Hidden gems: Scattered knowledge hampered freshwater jellyfish research over the past one-and-a-half centuries.

ABSTRACT: Freshwater jellyfish (= limnic medusa-budding hydrozoans, FWJ) are a small group of cnidarians found on all continents except Antarctica in temperate to tropical latitudes. Members of this group belong primarily to three genera: Astrohydra, Craspedacusta, and Limnocnida. While Astrohydra and Limnocnida are typically restricted to the islands of Japan, Africa, and the Indian subcontinent, one species or potential species complex, Craspedacusta sowerbii, became globally invasive. Despite research going back about one-and-a-half centuries, little is known about their phylogeny and ecology compared to marine jellyfish. Recent species distribution modelling, however, showed that by 2050, C. sowerbii will potentially extend their distribution rang

SUBMITTER: Luskow F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11439511 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature