Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1813
GroupCoelenterates-Hydrozoans
GenusCraspedacusta
Speciessowerbii
Common Namefreshwater jellyfish
StateHI
CountyMaui
LocalityMaliko Gulch
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameMaui
HUC8 Number20020000
HUC10 NameMaalaea Bay-Pacific Ocean
HUC10 Number2002000008
HUC12 NameMaalaea Bay-Pacific Ocean
HUC12 Number200200000800
Map
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Collection Year1940
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1420
Author:Eldredge, L.G.
Date:1994
Title:Perspectives in Aquatic Exotic Species Management in the Pacific Islands. Vol. I. Introductions of commercially significant aquatic organisms to the Pacific Islands.
Publisher:South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Volume:1
Pages:127 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13211
Author:Edmondson, C.H.
Date:1940
Title:Freshwater jellyfish in Hawaii.
Journal:Science
Volume:91
Issue:2361
Pages:313-314
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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