Sunday Times 2
All about jellyfish of Sri Lanka
View(s):The Sri Lanka Natural History Society’s monthly lecture on Monday, March 18, at 5.30 p.m. will be on ‘Jellyfish of Sri Lanka’. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Dileepa de Croos and Krishan Karunarathne at the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Colombo University. All are welcome – entrance is free.
The speakers are the first Sri Lankans to conduct a formal study of these animals. They have reported one new species collected in Lankan coastal waters.
Dr. de Croos is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries, Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition, Wayamba University and Krishan Karunarathne is a post-graduate researcher at the same University.