Talk:Craspedacusta sowerbii

ORDER is missing
The "order" is missing in the taxon box for this page.... someone who knows what they're doing, pls. fix... thanks!


 * Hmm. That's very strange, but fixed now. Thanks for pointing that out Philiptdotcom!--TheAlphaWolf (talk) 13:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Species name is mispelt
The correct spelling for this species is Craspedacusta sowerbii, and the page therefore needs to be moved and corrected. See the original desription and recent review of its nomenclature in the papers below:

Lankester, E.R. 1880. On Limnocodium (Craspedacusta) sowerbii, a new Trachomedusa inhabiting fresh water. The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 20: 351-371

Fritz GB, Schill RO, Pfannkuchen M, et al. 2007 The freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (Limnomedusa : Olindiidae) in Germany, with a brief note on its nomenclature. Journal of Limnology 66:54-59

--Thedugganaut (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

--Finally corrected this. Not sure why it wasn't done earlier. Sushilover2000 (talk) 19:41, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Craspedacusta sowerbii found in Israel!
Not very surprising I guess, but still nice. Here is a translation of the news release:

For 35 years rumors of the existence of jellyfish in the Golan Heights had fired the imagination of the limnology expert Prof. "For years there were rumors and talk among scientists, but it amounted to this - talk," he says. "There was once a hiker that claimed he saw a jellyfish in Jordan Park, but there were no pictures. There are such jellyfish in Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Poland, Russia and East Asia. I talked with experts abroad about the chances of finding such jellyfish in the Golan Heights and they told me it could very well be."

But the evidence delayed. The breakthrough came two weeks ago when the ecologist, Dr. Liora Shaltiel, a colleague of Prof. Gofen from Migal - (Galilee Technology Center) and from Tel Hai College. She went with her family to walk next to one of the pools of water in the Golan Heights.

"We played and dived in the pool and suddenly the kids were shouting, 'Oh, look what we found, it looks like a jellyfish" recalls Dr. Shaltiel. "My husband and I, who also practice ecology, debated if any freshwater jellyfish exist. It looked so strange. It looked like a jellyfish, but very small. Size of a dime and very beautiful - clear with white stripes, long eyelashes and pulsing in the water. My son caught one in a water bottle. We immediately called Moses, he rushed to pick it and within two days came the reply that really moved us."

Professor Gofen examined the jellyfish under the microscope. "This is a Craspedacusta sowerbii jellyfish, first discovered in 1880 in Britain. The size ranges from two to four centimeters and it is common in small ponds, small lakes and even rivers with calm water" concludes Prof. Gofen. "Although she has stinging cells, but they can not penetrate the skin of a person. She burns and fed zooplankton, fish eggs, and even small fry and microscopic crustaceans. ... "

The original link (In Hebrew), with picture: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/280/735.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.202.41 (talk) 09:24, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

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Freshwater lake with no inlet or outlet
We saw these this summer on an inland lake with a 9.9hp motor limit which kinda rules out any boats from China getting into a lake in southern Illinois. Are they dangerous like saltwater jellyfish? What is the life span of a freshwater jellyfish? 70.100.44.205 (talk) 17:58, 15 January 2022 (UTC)