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Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, P. Bag X54001, Durban, 4000 South Africa
  • 2. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, P. Bag X01, St Lucia Estuary, 3936 South Africa

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Perissinotto, R., Taylor, R. H., Carrasco, N. K., Fox, C. (2013): Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa. African Invertebrates 54 (1): 161, DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0110

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