Common Freshwater Jellyfish
Craspedacusta sowerbii
Animalia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- A few weeks
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Venom
- Status
- Rare
About
The Common Freshwater Jellyfish, also known as the Peach Blossom Jellyfish, is a freshwater hydrozoan that has been introduced to many parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, and Australia. Unlike its scyphozoan relatives, the Common Freshwater Jellyfish has a muscular, shelf-like structure called a velum on its ventral surface, attached to the bell margin.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
- 2.adultFully grown.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Limnomedusae
- Family
- Olindiidae
- Genus
- Craspedacusta
- Species
- Craspedacusta sowerbii