
''Craspedacusta sowerbii'' is a freshwater jellyfish in the phylum Cnidaria. Since it is classified as a hydrozoan, it is one of many jellyfish that are also known as hydromedusae. Hydromedusan jellyfish differ from scyphozoan jellyfish because they have a muscular, shelf-like structure called a velum on the ventral surface, attached to the bell margin. Originally from the Yangtze basin in China, ''C. sowerbii'' is an invasive species now found throughout the world in bodies of fresh water.
Similar species: Limnomedusae
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Uploaded Mar 11, 2016. Captured Jul 19, 2015 17:29 in Gastelsedijk Zuid 12A, 4751 VG Oud Gastel, Netherlands.
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Gr Jeroen. Posted 9 years ago
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