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The life cycle of Clytia linearis and Clytia noliformis metagenic campanulariids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) with contrasting polyp and medusa stages

Alberto Lindner Alvaro Esteves Migotto

Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom v. 82, p. 541-53, 2002

Localização: CEBIMAR - Centro de Biologia Marinha (Mem 2002 12 )(Acessar)

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The life cycle of Clytia linearis and Clytia noliformis metagenic campanulariids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) with contrasting polyp and medusa stages
Autor: Alberto Lindner
Alvaro Esteves Migotto
Assuntos: CNIDARIA; MEDUSAE; HYDROZOA
É parte de: Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom v. 82, p. 541-53, 2002
Descrição: The life cycles of Clytia linearis and Clytia noliformis, two common campanulariids previously known solely from their polyp and young medusa stages, were investigated. Adult medusae of C linearis have a bell diameter of 2.5-3.6 mm, and up to 29 tentacles. The bell is almost flat when relaxed and C-type microbasic mastigophore nematocysts form a cluster at the tip of the tentacles. Mature medusae of C. noliformis have a more hemispherical, saucer-shaped bell (3.5-4.5 mm in diameter), up to 16 tentacles, and no diagnostic nematocysts. Polyps of both species also differ in morphology, colour, and cnidome, and a possible resting structure is described for C. linearis. The relevance of characters from the perisarc and hydranths for taxonomy within the Campanulariidae is also evaluated, and whether the size of nematocysts is variable or not, and therefore appropriate for species identification
Data de criação/publicação: 2002
Formato: p. 541-553.
Idioma: Inglês

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