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A new report of Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in southern Chile.

Authors :
Fraire-Pacheco, Karen
Arancibia-Avila, Patricia
Concha, Jorge
Echeverría, Francisca
Salazar, María Luisa
Figueroa, Carolina
Espinoza, Matías
Sepúlveda, Jonathan
Jara-Zapata, Pamela
Jeldres-Urra, Javiera
Vega-Román, Emmanuel
Source :
BioInvasions Record; 2017, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p25-31, 7p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) is a cnidarian thought to originate from the Yangtze River valley in China. However, C. sowerbii is now an invasive species in freshwater systems worldwide. In Chile, C. sowerbii was first recorded in 1942 by Porter and Schmitt in the Marga-Marga Reservoir, in Valparaíso. Since then, there have been few further Chilean records of this species. Here, we report the presence of C. sowerbii medusae in Santa Elena Lake, Bulnes, Región del Bío-Bío, along with limnological parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22421300
Volume :
6
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
BioInvasions Record
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
121420955
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.1.05