Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880
(Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCraspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)
FamilyOLINDIIDAE (a family of jellyfish)
OrderLIMNOMEDUSAE (ORDER) (an order of coelenterates)
SubclassTRACHYLINAE (a subclass of coelenterates)
ClassHYDROZOA (hydroids)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Didžiulis, V. & Żurek, R. 2013 NOBANIS - Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet: Craspedacusta sowerbii http://www.nobanis.org
Fish, G.R. 1971 Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester (Coelenterata: Limnomedusae) in New Zealand lakes New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Vol 5 (1): 66-69.
Green, J. 1998 Plankton associated with medusae of the Freshwater Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester) in a Thames backwater Freshwater Forum Vol 11(1): 69-76.
Howes, C. 2003 The amazing Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish in Yorkshire British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 3: 169-170.

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)
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