The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west coast

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Annette F. Govindarajan, Björn Källström, Erik Selander, Carina Östman, Thomas G. Dahlgren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Sea grass; Zostera; Taxonomy; Biogeography; Climate change; Burn; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Medusa; Pacific; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6883; https://doaj.org/article/1bfdec1d01b947958f51104fad6dc8ca

The clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. is a small hydromedusa species known historically from the Swedish west coast but not reported in recent times. This species is thought to be native to the northwest Pacific where it is notorious for causing severe stings in humans and is considered invasive or...