| Specimen ID | 166723 |
| Group | Coelenterates-Scyphozoan |
| Genus | Phyllorhiza |
| Species | punctata |
| Common Name | Australian spotted jellyfish |
| State | TX |
| County | Galveston |
| Locality | Galveston Bay in Eckerts Bayou |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | West Galveston Bay |
| HUC8 Number | 12040204 |
| HUC10 Name | Dickinson Bayou |
| HUC10 Number | 1204020402 |
| HUC12 Name | Dickinson Bayou |
| HUC12 Number | 120402040200 |
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| Collection Day | 19 |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 2006 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | dispersed ocean current | shipping ballast water |
| Status | collected |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 18077 |
| Author: | Barord, G.J., W.M. Graham, and K.M. Bayha |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Title: | First report of the invasive medusa, Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld (1884) in Galveston Bay, Texas. |
| Journal: | Gulf of Mexico Science |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 166-167 |
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| Comments | first record for the area; species identity was confirmed by DNA |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Brackish |
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