Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID168153
GroupCoelenterates-Hydrozoans
GenusCraspedacusta
Speciessowerbii
Common Namefreshwater jellyfish
StateCT
CountyNew London
LocalityPowers Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameThames
HUC8 Number01100003
HUC10 NameMystic River-Frontal Fishers Island Sound
HUC10 Number0110000303
HUC12 NamePattagansett River-Frontal Long Island Sound
HUC12 Number011000030306
Map
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Collection Year2005
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish | hitch hiker on aquatic plants?
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:15858
Author:Peard, T.
Date:2016
Title:freshwaterjellyfish.org
Publisher:Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
CommentsFound at a site near East Lyme, near I-95, Rout 161, Pataganset Rd. Reported to freshwater Jellyfish website. Seen but not collected.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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