Specimen ID | 241445 |
Group | Coelenterates-Scyphozoan |
Genus | Phyllorhiza |
Species | punctata |
Common Name | Australian spotted jellyfish |
State | NC |
County | Brunswick |
Locality | Intracoastal Waterway, eastern tip of Sunset Beach (next to Tubbs Inlet, separating Sunset Beach from Ocean Isle Beach) |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Coastal Carolina |
HUC8 Number | 03040208 |
HUC10 Name | Little River |
HUC10 Number | 0304020803 |
HUC12 Name | Lower Little River-Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway |
HUC12 Number | 030402080303 |
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Collection Day | 30 |
Collection Month | 10 |
Collection Year | 2007 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed ocean current |
Status | unknown |
Comments | may be largest of the species ever found according to Monty Graham. It measured ~74 cm; previous record is ~62 cm. Photos |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | drainage |
Disposal | left on beach |
Verifier | Allen Collins and Monty Graham |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Number Collected | 1 |
Size | 74 cm |
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