Specimen Information

Phyllorhiza punctata
Phyllorhiza punctata
(Australian spotted jellyfish)
Coelenterates-Scyphozoan
Exotic

Specimen ID621877
GroupCoelenterates-Scyphozoan
GenusPhyllorhiza
Speciespunctata
Common NameAustralian spotted jellyfish
StateCA
CountySan Diego
LocalityMission Bay
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Diego
HUC8 Number18070304
HUC10 NameMission Bay
HUC10 Number1807030411
HUC12 NameSmiley Lagoon-Mission Bay
HUC12 Number180703041102
Map
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Collection Day1
Collection Month1
Collection Year1981
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | shipping hull fouling
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26266
Author:California Department of Fish and Game.
Date:2009
Title:California Aquatic Non-native Organism Database (CANOD).
Publisher:California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:33645
Author:Larson, R.J., and A.C. Arneson
Date:1990
Title:Two medusae new to hte coast of Claifornia: Carybdea marsupialis (Linnaeus, 1758), a Cubomeduca and Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884, a Rhizostome Scyphomedusa
Journal:Bulletin of Southern California Academy of Science
Volume:89
Issue:3
Pages:130-136
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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