Life cycle of the rhizostome jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus (L.) (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae), with studies on cnidocysts and statoliths

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1695-1710

  Holst, Sabine ^a   Sötje, Ilka ^a   Tiemann, Henry ^a   Jarms, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EGG; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); JELLYFISH; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; POLYP; STATOLITH;

HYDROIDA; OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMA OCTOPUS; RHIZOSTOMEAE; RHOPALIA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 34249029041     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0594-8     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Arai MN (1997) A functional biology of Scyphozoa. Chapman & Hall, London
2. Avian M, Del Negro P, Rottini Sandrini L (1991) A comparative analysis of nematocysts in Pelagia noctiluca and Rhizostoma pulmo from the North Adriatic Sea. Hydrobiologia 216/217:615-621
3. Bigelow RP (1900) The anatomy and development of Cassiopea xamachana. Mem Boston Soc Nat Hist 5:193-237
4. Becker A, Sötje I, Paulmann C, Beckmann F, Donath T, Boese R, Prymak O, Tiemann H, Epple M (2005) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate is the inorganic mineral in statoliths of scyphozoan medusae (Cnidaria). J Chem Soc, Dalton Trans 1445-1550
5. Berrill NJ (1949) Developmental analysis of scyphomedusae. Biol Rev 24:393-410
6. Bolton TF, Graham WM (2004) Morphological variation among populations of an invasive jellyfish. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 278:125-139
7. Brewer RH (1991) Morphological differences between, and reproductive isolation of two populations of the jellyfish Cyanea in Long Island Sound, USA. Hydrobiologia 216/217:471-477
8. Calder DR (1971) Nematocysts of polyps of Aurelia, Chrysaora, and Cyanea, and their utility in identification. Trans Am Microsc Soc 90:269-274
9. Calder DR (1973) Laboratory observations on the life history of Rhopilema verrilli (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). Mar Biol 21:109-114
10. Calder DR (1974) Nematocysts of the coronatae scyphomedusa, Linuche unguiculata, with a brief reexamination of scyphozoan nematocyst classification. Chesap Sci 15:170-173
11. Calder DR (1977) Nematocysts of the ephyra stages of Aurelia, Chrysaora, Cyanea, and Rhopilema (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Trans Am Microsc Soc 96:13-19
12. Calder DR (1982) Life history of the cannonball jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz, 1860 (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomida). Biol Bull 162:149-162
13. Calder DR (1983) Nematocysts of stages in the life cycle of Stomolophus meleagris, with keys to scyphistomae and ephyrae of some western Atlantic Scyphozoa. Can J Zool 61:1185-1192
14. Cargo DG (1971) The sessile stages of a scyphozoan identified as Rhopilema verrilli. Tulane Stud Zool Bot 17:31-34
15. Chen J, Ding G (1983) Effect of temperature on the strobilation of jellyfish (Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye-Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae) (in Chinese). Acta Zool Sin 29:195-206
16. Dawson MN (2003) Macro-morphological variation among cryptic species of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). Mar Biol 143:369-379
17. Dawson MN (2005a) Morphological variation and taxonomy in the Scyphozoa: Mastigias (Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae)-a golden unstandard? Hydrobiologia 530/531:249-260
18. Dawson MN (2005b) Five new subspecies of Mastigias (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from marine lakes, Palau, Micronesia. J Mar Biol Ass UK 85:679-694
19. Dawson MN (2005c) Morphologic and molecular redescription of Catostylus mosaicus conservativus (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) from south-east Australia. J Mar Biol Ass UK 85:723-731
20. Dawson MN, Jacobs DK (2001) Molecular evidence for cryptic species of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Biol Bull 200:92-96
21. Ding G, Chen J (1981) The life history of Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye. J Fish China 5:93-104 (in Chinese)
22. Gohar HAF, Eisawy AM (1960) The development of Cassiopea andromeda (Scyphomedusae). Publ Mar Biol Sta Ghardaqa 11:147-190
23. Hernroth L, Gröndahl F (1983) On the biology of Aurelia aurita (L.): 1. Release and growth of Aurelia aurita (L.) ephyrae in the Gullmar Fjord, western Sweden. Ophelia 22:189-199
24. Hernroth L, Gröndahl F (1985) On the biology of Aurelia aurita (L.): 2. Major factors regulating the occurrence of ephyrae and young medusae in the Gullmar Fjord, western Sweden. Bull Mar Sci 37:567-576
25. Holst S, Jarms G (2006) Substrate choice and settlement preferences of planula larvae of five Scyphozoa (Cnidaria) from German Bight, North Sea. Mar Biol. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0530-y
26. Iwanzoff N (1896) Über den Bau, die Wirkungsweise und die Entwicklung der Nesselkapseln der Coelenteraten. Byull mosk obshch Isput Prir (Bull soc nat Moscau) 10:323-355
27. Kawahara M, Uye S, Ohtsu K, Iizumi H (2006) Unusual population explosion of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) in East Asian waters. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 307:161-173
28. Kikinger R (1992) Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)-life history of a stationary population. Mar Ecol 13(4):333-362
29. Kramp PL (1961) Synopsis of the medusae of the world. J Mar Biol Ass UK 40:5-469
30. Kühl H (1967) Scheibenquallen an unseren Küsten. Mikrokosmos 6:169-174
31. Lotan A, Loya BH, Loya Y (1992) Life cycle of Rhopilema nomadica: a new immigrant scyphomedusan in the Mediterranean. Mar Biol 112:237-242
32. Mayer AG (1910) Medusae of the world. Carnegie Institution, Washington
33. Morandini AC, Silveira dFL, Jarms G (2004) The life cycle of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) with notes on the scyphistoma stages of three other species. Hydrobiologia 530/531:347-354
34. Paspaleff GW (1938) Über die Entwicklung von Rhizostoma pulmo Agass. Arb biol Meeresst Varna 7:1-17
35. Pitt KA (2000) Life history and settlement preferences of the edible jellyfish Catostylus mosaicus (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). Mar Biol 136:269-279
36. Purcell JE (2005) Climate effects on formation of jellyfish and cteneophore blooms: a review. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 85:461-476
37. Rippingale RJ, Kelly SJ (1995) Reproduction and survival of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria: Rhizostomeae) in a seasonally fluctuating salinity regime in Western Australia. Mar Freshw Res 46:1145-1151
38. Russell FS (1970) The medusae of the British Isles II. Pelagic Scyphozoa with a supplement to the first volume on hydromedusae. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
39. Schroth W, Jarms G, Streit B, Schierwater B (2002) Speciation and phylogeography in the moon jelly, Aurelia aurita. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2:1
40. Singla CL (1975) Statocysts of hydromedusae. Cell Tiss Res 158:391-407
41. Spangenberg DB (1968a) Statolith differentiation in Aurelia aurita. J Exp Zool 169:487-500
42. Spangenberg DB (1968b) Recent studies of strobilation in jellyfish. Oceanogr Mar Biol Ann Rev 6:231-247
43. Spangenberg DB, Beck CW (1968) Calcium sulfate dihydrate statoliths in Aurelia. Trans Am Microsc Soc 87(3):329-335
44. Stiasny DG (1922) Ein neues System der Rhizostomeen. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft E. V. 27:84-85
45. Stiasny DG (1923) Das Gastrovascularsystem als Grundlage für ein neues System der Rhizostomeen. Zool Anz LVII: 241-247
46. Stiasny DG (1928) Mitteilungen über Scyphomedusen II. 1. Über einige Entwicklungsstadien von Rhizostoma octopus Linn. Zool Meded Leiden 11:177-198
47. Stiasny DG (1929) Ueber Anomalien des Gastrovascularsystems von Rhizostoma octopus L. und ihre Bedeutung für die Phylogenie. Zoöl Meded Leiden 12:4-15
48. Stiasny DG (1931) Die Rhizostomeensammlung des British Museum (Nat. Hist.) in London. Zool Meded Leiden 14:137-178
49. Sugiura J (1963) On the life-history of rhizostome medusae. I. Mastigias papua L. Agassiz. Annot Zool Jpn 36:194-202
50. Sugiura Y (1965) On the life-history of rhizostome medusae. III. On the effects of temperature on the strobilation of Mastigias papua. Biol Bull 128:493-496
51. Sugiura Y (1966) On the life-history of rhizostome medusae IV. Cephea cephea. Embryologia 9:105-122
52. Thiel ME (1960) Beobachtungen über Wachstum, Variationen und Abnormitäten bei Cyanea capillata der Ostsee. Abh Verh Naturw Ver Hamburg NF 4:89-108
53. Thiel ME (1965) Untersuchungen zur Systematik der Gattung Rhizostoma. Abh Verh naturw Ver Hamburg NF 9:37-53
54. Thiel ME (1966) Untersuchungen über die Herkunft, das Auftreten, das Wachstum und die Fortpflanzung von Rhizostoma octopus L. Ag. im Elbmündungsgebiet. Abh Verh naturw Ver Hamburg NF 10:59-88
55. Thiel ME (1970) Über den zweifachen stammesgeschichtlichen ("biphyletischen") Ursprung der Rhizostomae (Scyphomedusae) und ihre Aufteilung in die zwei neuen Ordnungen Cepheida und Rhizostomida. Abh Verh naturwiss Ver Hamburg NF 14:145-168
56. Thiel ME (1978) Die postephyrale Entwicklung des Gastrovascularsystems der Rhizostomida nebst Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zu den Stiasnischen Typen dieser Entwicklung, zugleich ein Zeugnis für das Haeckelsche biogenetische Grundgesetz. Z zool Syst Evolut-forsch 16:267-289
57. Tiemann H, Sötje I, Jarms G, Paulmann C, Epple M, Hasse, B (2002) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate in statoliths of deep-sea medusae. J Chem Soc, Dalton Trans 1266-1268
58. Tiemann H, Sötje I, Becker A, Jarms G, Epple M (2006) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) statoliths in the cubozoan Carybdea sp. Zool Anz 245:13-17
59. Uchida T (1926) The anatomy and development of a rhizostome medusa, Mastigas papua L. Agassiz, with observations on the phylogeny of Rhizostomae. J fac Sci Tokyo Univ (Sect IV, Zool) 1:45-95
60. Uchida T, Nagao Z (1963) The metamorphosis of the Scyphomedusa, Aurelia limbata (Brandt). Annot Zool Jpn 36:83-91
61. Ueno S, Imai C, Mitsutani A (1995) Statolith formation and increment in Carybdea rastoni Haacke, 1886 (Scyphozoa: Cubomedusae): evidence of synchronization with semilunar rhythms. In: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on coelenterate biology: 491-496
62. Weill R (1934) Contribution à l'étude des cnidaires et de leurs nématocystes. Trav Stn zool Wimereux 11:351-701
63. Werner B (1965) Die Nesselkapseln der Cnidaria, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Hydroida. I. Klassifikation und Bedeutung für die Systematik und Evolution. Helgoländer Wiss Meeresunters 12(1/2):1-39
64. Werner B (1967) Morphologie, Systematik und Lebensgeschichte von Stephanoscyphus (Scyphozoa, Coronatae) sowie seine Bedeutung für die Evolution der Scyphozoa. Zool Anz (Suppl.) 30:297-319
65. Widersten B (1965) Genital organs and fertilization in some Scyphozoa. Zool Bidr Upps 37:45-61