Craspedacusta sowerbyi

jellyfish

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  • freshwater jellyfish
    In freshwater jellyfish

    Craspedacusta sowerbyi, which is widespread in freshwaters of the Northern Hemisphere, grows to about 2 centimetres (0.8 inch) in diameter. Several hundred short tentacles extend, fringelike, from the margins of the animal’s bell-shaped body.

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