Distribution of the invasive jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii species complex (Cnidaria, Olindiidae) in Italy

Massimo Morpurgo; Federico Marrone; Francesca Ciutti; Cristina Cappelletti; Samuel Vorhauser; Renate Alber; Matteo Dossena; Nico Salmaso; Diego Fontaneto; Luciano Caputo; Luca Vecchioni

doi:10.15468/9t7ead

Distribution of the invasive jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii species complex (Cnidaria, Olindiidae) in Italy

Citation

Morpurgo M, Marrone F, Ciutti F, Cappelletti C, Vorhauser S, Alber R, Dossena M, Salmaso N, Fontaneto D, Caputo L, Vecchioni L (2024). Distribution of the invasive jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii species complex (Cnidaria, Olindiidae) in Italy. Version 1.11. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9t7ead accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-10.

Description

We report all known records of the invasive jellyfish species Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in Italy, from its first occurrence in 1946, using published records, personal communications, images from webpages, and DNA sequences. A total of 60 water bodies is listed.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Italian freshwater bodies

Sampling

Observations, published records, photos, DNA sequences.

Method steps

Observations, published records, photos, DNA sequences

Taxonomic Coverages

One species complex only: the invasive jellyfish species Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 (Cnidaria, Olindiidae).

Cnidaria
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Italy

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Massimo Morpurgo
originator
position: Curator
Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy
via Bottai 1
Bolzano
39100
IT
email: Massimo.Morpurgo@museonatura.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Massimo-Morpurgo
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-8062

Federico Marrone
originator
position: Professor
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Via Archirafi 18
Palermo
90123
Palermo
IT
email: federico.marrone@unipa.it
homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/m/federico.marrone
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-0452

Francesca Ciutti
originator
position: Researcher
Fondazione Edmund Mach - Istituto Agrario San Michele All'Adige
via E. Much 1
S. Michele all'Adige
38098
TN
IT
email: francesca.ciutti@fmach.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesca-Ciutti
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5216-1375

Cristina Cappelletti
originator
position: Researcher
Fondazione Edmund Mach - Istituto Agrario San Michele All'Adige
via E. Much 1
S. Michele all'Adige
38098
TN
IT
email: cristina.cappelletti@fmach.it
homepage: https://ctt.fmach.it/Classificazioni/Punti-di-contatto/Cristina-Cappelletti
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1585-7222

Samuel Vorhauser
originator
position: Researcher
Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection of Autonomous Province of Bolzano
Via Sottomonte 2
Laives
39055
IT
email: samuel.vorhauser@provinz.bz.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samuel-Vorhauser
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-4357

Renate Alber
originator
position: Researcher
Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection of Autonomous Province of Bolzano
Via Sottomonte 2
Laives
39055
IT
email: renate.alber@provinz.bz.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renate-Alber
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2567-651X

Matteo Dossena
originator
position: Laboratory technician
Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection of Autonomous Province of Bolzano
Via Sottomonte 2
Laives
39055
IT
email: matteo.dossena@provinz.bz.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-8579

Nico Salmaso
originator
position: Head of Research Unit
Fondazione E. Mach- Istituto Agrario di S. Michele all'Adige
via E. Much 1
S. Michele all'Adige
38010
TN
IT
email: nico.salmaso@fmach.it
homepage: https://trasparenza.fmach.it/Amministrazione-Trasparente/Personale/Posizioni-organizzative/NICO-SALMASO
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-3642

Diego Fontaneto
originator
position: Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA); National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC)
Largo Vittorio Tonolli 50 CNR-IRSA
Verbania
28922
VCO
IT
email: diego.fontaneto@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diego-Fontaneto
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-0353

Luciano Caputo
originator
position: Professor
Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Universidad Austral de Chile
Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia
5090000
CL
email: luciano.caputo@uach.cl
homepage: https://www.icml.uach.cl/personal/luciano-caputo.php
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-3192

Luca Vecchioni
originator
position: Researcher
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Via Archirafi 18
Palermo
90123
Palermo
IT
email: luca.vecchioni@unipa.it
homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/v/luca.vecchioni/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-9728

Massimo Morpurgo
metadata author
position: Curator
Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy
via Bottai 1
Bolzano
39100
IT
email: Massimo.Morpurgo@museonatura.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Massimo-Morpurgo
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-8062

Massimo Morpurgo
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Museum of Nature South Tyrol, Bolzano, Italy
via Bottai 1
Bolzano
39100
IT
email: Massimo.Morpurgo@museonatura.it
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Massimo-Morpurgo
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-8062

Federico Marrone
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Via Archirafi 18
Palermo
90123
Palermo
IT
email: federico.marrone@unipa.it
homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/m/federico.marrone
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-0452

Luca Vecchioni
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Via Archirafi 18
Palermo
90123
Palermo
IT
email: luca.vecchioni@unipa.it
homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/v/luca.vecchioni/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-9728