Freshwater Jellyfish identified in the waters of Mysterious Lagoon

Occurrence of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) in a calcareous lake in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

by William Marcos Silva & Kennedy Francis Roche

Article published in the magazine: Biota Neotropica v7 (n1)
http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n1/pt/abstract?short-communication+bn02107012007

Abstract

The occurrence of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (=sowerbyi) Lankester, 1880 was recorded in April 2006 in the Lagoa Misteriosa water body, a calcareous lake (doline) in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil.
Only Rotifera composed the zooplankton community and the environment was meso-eutrophic system. The nomenclature of C. sowerbii is discussed with regard to the use of the correct spelling and an alternative one. The distributions of C. sowerbii in Brazil include eight states and in South America the distribution includes four countries.

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