Specimen ID | 1865 |
Group | Coelenterates-Scyphozoan |
Genus | Phyllorhiza |
Species | punctata |
Common Name | Australian spotted jellyfish |
State | MS |
Locality | Intracoastal Waterway west of Mobile Bay, in the passes between barrier islands between Mobile Bay and Cat Island along the western Mississippi Sound |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Mississippi Coastal |
HUC8 Number | 03170009 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 1 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2000 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping ballast water |
Status | established |
Comments | photos; rare to absent beyond the tip of the Chandeleur Islands |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Verifier | Monty Graham-Dauphin Island Sea Lab |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Size | to 50 cm; 100 m aggregations |