Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880
(Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)

Interactions where Craspedacusta sowerbii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
tentacle tentacle is commensal with UK/Ireland Trichodina pediculus a protozoan Mobilida: Trichodinidae Plankton associated with medusae of the Freshwater Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester) in a Thames backwater, Green, J., 1998
 /Chromista/Ciliophora/Oligohymenophorea/Mobilida/Trichodinidae/Trichodina pediculus/Trichodina pediculusa protozoan Animal / commensalUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Cnidaria/Hydrozoa/Limnomedusae/Olindiidae/Craspedacusta sowerbii/Craspedacusta sowerbiiAmazonian freshwater jellyfishtentacle is commensal with tentacle

Author & YearTitleSource
Green, J., 1998Plankton associated with medusae of the Freshwater Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester) in a Thames backwaterFreshwater Forum Vol 11(1): 69-76.

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCraspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)
FamilyOLINDIIDAE (a family of jellyfish)
OrderLIMNOMEDUSAE (an order of coelenterates)
SubclassTRACHYLINAE (a subclass of coelenterates)
ClassHYDROZOA (hydroids)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Didžiulis, V. & Żurek, R. 2013 NOBANIS - Invasive Alien Species Fact Sheet: Craspedacusta sowerbii http://www.nobanis.org
Fish, G.R. 1971 Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester (Coelenterata: Limnomedusae) in New Zealand lakes New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research Vol 5 (1): 66-69.
Green, J. 1998 Plankton associated with medusae of the Freshwater Jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Lankester) in a Thames backwater Freshwater Forum Vol 11(1): 69-76.
Howes, C. 2003 The amazing Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish in Yorkshire British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 3: 169-170.

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Craspedacusta sowerbii (Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish):

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