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

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  • William Marcos Silva Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Hidráulica e Transportes
  • Kennedy Francis Roche Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Hidráulica e Transportes

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Craspedacusta sowerbii (=sowerbyi), calcareous lake, freshwater jellyfish, Brazilian centre-west, South America

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 was composed only of Rotifera 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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2007-01-01

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Silva, W. M., & Roche, K. F. (2007). Occurrence of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) in a calcareous lake in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 7(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/269

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