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THE Trachyline medusa Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester (Mycrohydra ryderi Potts) has made several sporadic appearances in Great Britain and the continents of Europe and America since it was first described by Lankester1 from specimens found in the Victoria regia tank in Regent's Park, London, in 1880. In 1907, a freshwater medusa under the name of Limnocodium kawaii Oka was described from the Yangtse; but this is now believed to be identical with C. sowerbii2.
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Lankester, E. Ray, Quart. J. Micro. Sci., 20, 351 (1880).
Sowerby, A. de Carle, Hong Kong Naturalist, 10, 186 (1941).
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THOMAS, I. The Medusa Craspedacusta in Australia. Nature 166, 312–313 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166312a0
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