Specimen ID | 273894 |
Group | Coelenterates-Hydrozoans |
Genus | Craspedacusta |
Species | sowerbii |
Common Name | freshwater jellyfish |
State | WV |
County | Lewis |
Locality | Stonewall Jackson Lake at Wolf Fork [West Fork River] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | West Fork |
HUC8 Number | 05020002 |
HUC10 Name | Upper West Fork River |
HUC10 Number | 0502000201 |
HUC12 Name | Skin Creek |
HUC12 Number | 050200020102 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 16 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 1995 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | unknown |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 13164 |
Author: | Angradi, T.R. |
Date: | 1998 |
Title: | Observations of freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester (Trachylina: Petasidae), in a West Virginia reservoir. |
Journal: | Brimleyana |
Volume: | 25 |
Pages: | 34-42 |
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Comments | Likely dispersal via polyps attached to aquatic plants or waterfowl |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Size | 6-21 mm diameter |