DEVELOPMENT FROM POLYP TO STAUROMEDUSA IN STYLOCORONELLA (CNIDARIA, SCYPHOZOA)

Authors
KIKINGER R VONSALVINIPLAWEN L
Citation
R. Kikinger et L. Vonsalviniplawen, DEVELOPMENT FROM POLYP TO STAUROMEDUSA IN STYLOCORONELLA (CNIDARIA, SCYPHOZOA), Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75(4), 1995, pp. 899-912
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom → ACNP
ISSN journal
00253154
Volume
75
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
899 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-3154(1995)75:4<899:DFPTSI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Marine interstitial scyphopolyps were collected in Rovinj, Istria, Cro atia (Stylocoronella riedli) and in Plymouth (S. variabilis). They wer e cultured in aquaria to determine their life history and systematic p osition within the Scyphozoa. The tiny polyps develop into gonochorist ic stauromedusae (Eleuthelocarpina: Lucernariidae) with a calyx diamet er of up to 5 mm and a 20-mm long stalk. This relatively large size in dicates the adult stage is epipsammic or epiphytic in contrast to the mesopsammic polyp.