The life cycle of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) with notes on the scyphistoma stage of three other species

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2004, Pages 347-354

  Morandini, André Carrara ^a   Da Silveira, Fábio Lang ^a   Jarms, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Pelagiidae; Semaeostomeae

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; LABORATORIES; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE BIOLOGY;

METAMORPHOSIS; PLANULAE; POLYPS; STROBILATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; JELLYFISH; LIFE CYCLE; MATURATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA LACTEA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; PELAGIIDAE; SCYPHOZOA; SEMAEOSTOMEAE; VERRUCA;

EID: 12444344954     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-2694-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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