Specimen Information

Craspedacusta sowerbii
Craspedacusta sowerbii
(freshwater jellyfish)
Coelenterates-Hydrozoans
Exotic

Specimen ID168074
GroupCoelenterates-Hydrozoans
GenusCraspedacusta
Speciessowerbii
Common Namefreshwater jellyfish
StateAL
CountyDale
LocalityParcourse Lake, near Daleville.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Choctawhatchee
HUC8 Number03140201
HUC10 NameLower Clay Bank Creek
HUC10 Number0314020109
HUC12 NameLower Clay Band Creek
HUC12 Number031402010904
Map
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Collection Year2003
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish | hitch hiker on aquatic plants?
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1068
Author:Bay, E.C.
Date:1966
Title:Adaptation studies with the Argentine pearl fish, Cynolebias bellottii, for its introduction into California.
Journal:Copeia
Volume:1966
Issue:4
Pages:839-846
CommentsFound at a site near Farrel Road. Reported to the freshwater jellyfish website. Seen but not collected.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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