Monday, March 8, 2010
Freshwater Jellies!
There's a kind of freshwater jellyfish. I don't know much about them except they're not really true "jellyfish" They are called Craspedacusta sowerbii. They actually live here in New Mexico! Here's a website where you can find out more about them. http://freshwaterjellyfish.org/. The locations it says they've found them are at Elephant Butte and Santa Rosa Lake in Santa Rosa! They are usually found near the surface of the water in late summer. Maybe I'll go out to Elephant Butte with my dad this summer to find some!
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I've done a little more research:
ReplyDeleteThese "Jellyfish" do have a polyp stage so they would be able to breed just like other jellies.
Also, Craspedacusta sowerbii prefers standing water which means no circular flow and probably not even a kreisel aquarium! Hurray!