I have received information that a fishing club has been encountering large numbers of freshwater jellyfish in a dam in NSW, Australia. These organisms are considered to be rare and little is know of there biology and ecology.
Hi Matt, I have been working with the freshwater jellyfish and I still try to keep track of new records. Can you give me more detail on the location? And ist there any way to determine their sex? It would be at this point quite unncessary to mail them to Germany, but maybe you or someone else could take a close up pic of the jellyfish especially the gonads? Greetings Gisela
Hi Gisela, the location is Ben Chiffley Dam in central western New South Wales. I'm not sure if there are any existing records for the location, however i do know there are records not far from this location in Burrendong Dam.
I'm unsure about determining the sex of these jellyfish. If i can get some samples ill be sure to get you some pictures for you.
Further if you are interested in the freshwater jellyfish of Australia i can put you in contact with a person i know who has collated much of the information on Australian freshwater jellyfish and has an unpublished article on them.
Kind regards Matt
Hi Matt,
thanks for the information. I would be interested in this article indeed, thus it would be great if you could give me the contact.
Gisela
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