Carp River scenic area in Fujian Taimushan nine suspected "Chinese Peach Blossom Jellyfish"

Ningde BEIJING, August 8 (Xinhua Li Song) in Fujian Fuding Taimushan nine Carp River scenic gorge, has found a number of suspected Craspedacusta aquatic organisms. 8, Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Associate Dean Professor Chen Yinshan according to photos and video responses, are essential to determine the Peach Blossom Jellyfish.

It is understood that the discoverers of nine Carp River Li outdoor expansion project staff. Li told reporters, 6 am, the engineering team within a general worker in the scenic Lake salvage some jellyfish to the children to play. "These jellyfish microstrip transparent milky white, the size of the thumb cover, no head no tail, shining brilliantly, one of a reduction in the water, soft as silk, extremely beautiful," Li said, then he will be the characteristics of jellyfish in the online search and found it with the world's highest level of "very dangerous creature" - Chinese Craspedacusta shape very similar. Then reported to the Taimushan MC.

Fuding a senior teacher in the biological Xiaoqiao Ling told reporters at noon that day received Taimushan CMC staff sent the photos said that in nine carp found in novel biological Creek area, or "Chinese Peach Blossom Jellyfish."

The same evening she arrived Taimushan CMC staff with nine carp river, the staff presented the bottle to see with a small jellyfish, like the elf-like jellyfish floating in the water, pour in the glass where you can see the size of the shape, diameter about 5MM, exquisitely carved. Xiaoqiao Ling said, "As the afternoon before the next rain, jellyfish appear to relatively small, we expand the project through the scenic wilderness of the rope across the river to observe carefully." Xiao Qiaoling shot photos and video, and sampling, she will be photos and videos information sent to her teacher - Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Associate Dean Professor Chen Yinshan.

Area management side, said nine carp have scenic river found to Fuding the marine fisheries sector report, and within the University and Fujian oceanographic experts who had those days, associated professors and scholars will go to nine Carp River site visits , demonstration, confirmed by further studies. If the Department of the Chinese peach jellyfish jellyfish jellyfish or alternative, will add a world geological park Taimushan science education in the heavy content, but also to create for visitors to watch the rare species.

Peach Blossom Jellyfish as big as a peach, peach-shaped same applies in the water, hence the name. So far only 11 kinds Craspedacusta world, except Japan's Iraq, the United Kingdom Suochuan, the other nine kinds in China. Peach Blossom Jellyfish already exists in hundreds of millions or even billions of years, the most primitive on earth, the lowest invertebrates such as cnidarians, known as "aquatic living fossil", great academic value. As the "Peach Blossom Jellyfish" on the living environment has a very high demand, water can not have any pollution, the living is extremely rare among the world's highest level of protection "critically endangered creatures." (End)