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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