Taxonomy
Craspedacusta sowerbyi
Distribution
Status
First reported in the wild
2016
Invasiveness
Not assessed
Irish status
Occasionally present, casual, vagrant, migratory
Species Biology
Broad environment
Freshwater
Species group
Invertebrate
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Irish distribution
Craspedacusta sowerbii was observed for the first time in Ireland at five localities in two separate river catchments (Shannon and Erne) during the summer of 2013 (Minchin, et al, 2016).
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2025
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References
Publications
Minchin, D., Caffrey, J., Haberlin4, D., Germaine, D., Walsh, C. , Boelens, R. and Doyle, T. (2016) First observations of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Ireland coincides with unusually high water temperatures. BioInvasions Records . Volume 5, Issue 2: 67–74