Specimen ID | 1724602 |
Group | Coelenterates-Hydrozoans |
Genus | Craspedacusta |
Species | sowerbii |
Common Name | freshwater jellyfish |
State | CT |
County | New London |
Locality | Dodge Pond |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Thames |
HUC8 Number | 01100003 |
HUC10 Name | Mystic River-Frontal Fishers Island Sound |
HUC10 Number | 0110000303 |
HUC12 Name | Pattagansett River-Frontal Long Island Sound |
HUC12 Number | 011000030306 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 6 |
Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2023 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on waterfowl | hitch hiker |
Status | established |
Comments | I am 64, and have lived and swam on and in Dodge Pond my entire life. I snorkel every summer.. this past year for 2 days I observed a bloom of fresh water jelly fish, which I have never seen before that date.. no one i have spoken to has either seen them. |
Record Type | NAS sighting report |
Verifier | Wesley Daniel (USGS) |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 75 |