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

Biota Neotropica

William Marcos Silva¹  Kennedy Francis Roche¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul Departamento de Hidráulica e Transportes Campo Grande MS ,Brasil

关键词: Craspedacusta sowerbii (=sowerbyi);    calcareous lake;    freshwater jellyfish;    Brazilian centre-west;    South America;    Craspedacusta sowerbii (=sowerbyi);    lagos calcários;    medusa de água doce;    centro-oeste;    América do Sul;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-06032007000100028

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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