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  Genus Craspedacusta

Species C. sowerbyi (+ C. sowerbii) (freshwater jellyfish)

Taxon Information

The Species C. sowerbyi has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Craspedacusta sowerbii, [lakes/reservoirs, ponds/pools, tropica-subtropical-temperate, cosmopolitan] "Victoria regia basin, London" (Jankowski, 2001).
• Craspedacusta sowerbii kiantingi, (Jankowski, 2001).
• Craspedacusta sowerbyi, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Craspedacusta sowerbyi, "recorded from most states east of the Great Plains; also in Okla., Tex., Calif., Ore., Wash., British Columbia" (Hyman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Jankowski, T. 2001. The freshwater medusae of the world — a taxonomic and systematic literature study with some remarks on other inland water jellyfish. Hydrobiologia 462: 91-113. [Available online]
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Hyman, L.H. 1959. Coelenterata. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 313-322.

Student Essays

• "Life Cycle of Freshwater Jellyfish: Craspedacusta sowerbyi" by Sarah Francart (BIOL/WATR 361, Fall 2012 )

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