Synopsis of the Medusae of the World

Kramp, Peter

doi:10.1017/s0025315400007347

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“…Kramp (1961) records C. mastigophora as reaching 400 mm in diameter, but our specimens were almost all less than half this size. There is no information on growth rates of C. mastigophora, and it is not known if C. mastigophora in Australian waters grow to the size stated by Kramp (1961) whose records drew on studies in Malaysia. Extensive further study of the biology (especially growth and feeding and swarm size) along with better resolution of spatial and temporal occurrence of C. mastigophora is needed to evaluate the ecological and socioeconomic significance of this phenomenon and whether the frequency or intensity of swarms has changed recently.…”

Section: Distribution and Occurrence Of Swarmsmentioning

confidence: 64%

“…Other jellyfish species which undergo swarms have been shown to be important in delivering significant quantities of organic matter into coastal food webs (Pitt et al, 2009b;West et al, 2009). Kramp (1961) records C. mastigophora as reaching 400 mm in diameter, but our specimens were almost all less than half this size. There is no information on growth rates of C. mastigophora, and it is not known if C. mastigophora in Australian waters grow to the size stated by Kramp (1961) whose records drew on studies in Malaysia.…”

Section: Distribution and Occurrence Of Swarmsmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Despite its apparently common and sometimes abundant occurrence in north-western Australia (this study), Indonesia (Omori & Nakano, 2001), the ''Malayan Archipelago'', Sri Lanka and the ''Truk Islands'' (Micronesia) (Kramp, 1961), there is little published information on C. mastigophora beyond the taxonomic texts of Kramp (1961) and Stiansy (1929). C. mastigophora is capable of forming large swarms in north-western Australia where they are a nuisance due to stinging swimmers (Marsh & Slack-Smith, 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…The jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Maas 1903 is recorded from the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific (Kramp, 1961;Omori & Nakano, 2001;Kitamura & Omori, 2010). Despite its apparently common and sometimes abundant occurrence in north-western Australia (this study), Indonesia (Omori & Nakano, 2001), the ''Malayan Archipelago'', Sri Lanka and the ''Truk Islands'' (Micronesia) (Kramp, 1961), there is little published information on C. mastigophora beyond the taxonomic texts of Kramp (1961) and Stiansy (1929).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 87%

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Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia

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Very large swarms of the red jellyfish Crambione mastigophora in north-western Australia disrupt swimming on tourist beaches causing economic impacts. In October 2012, jellyfish stranding on Cable Beach (density 2.20 ± 0.43 ind. m -2 ) was estimated at 52.8 million individuals or 14,172 t wet weight along 15 km of beach. Reports of strandings after this period and up to 250 km south of this location indicate even larger swarm biomass. Strandings of jellyfish were significantly associated with a 2-day lag in conditions of small tidal ranges (\5 m). More than 90% of strandings occurred 2 days after winds were blowing onshore, but with the small number of days when satellite wind data were available during the study period, this result was not statistically significant. Dedicated instrument measurements of meteorological parameters, rather than the indirect measures used in this study (satellite winds and modelled currents) may improve the predictability of such events and help authorities to plan for and manage swimming activity on beaches. We also show a high incidence of predation by C. mastigophora on bivalve larvae which may have a significant impact on the reproductive output of pearl oyster broodstock in the region.

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Section: Distribution and Occurrence Of Swarmsmentioning

confidence: 64%

Section: Distribution and Occurrence Of Swarmsmentioning

confidence: 74%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 87%

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Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia

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“…Since there is a simple ring of gonadal tissue without diverticula and since no canals have been seen in the peronial tissue near the bases of the tentacles ( Fig. 2A), the medusae are referred to the genus Solmaris rather than Pegantha (Kramp, 1961;Bouillon, 1985). In the northeast Pacific, species of Solmaris with more than four tentacles (including S. coronata and S. rhodoloma) have been reported off central and southern California andMexico (Alvarino, 1980, 1985;Segura-Puertas, 1984;Wrobel and Mills, 1998).…”

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Morphology and distribution of a deep-water Narcomedusa (Solmarisidae) from the northeast Pacific

Arai¹,

Cavey²,

Moore³

2000

Sci. Mar.

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SUMMARY: Specimens of Solmaris sp. (Solmarisidae, Narcomedusae) with only four tentacles were collected in the northeast Pacific. The majority were collected in Canadian Pacific waters by Tucker trawl from stations outside the 500-m contour off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, at depths of 300-700 m. Six were collected in vertical hauls at Station P (50 o N, 145 o W). The oral stomach wall contains three prominent rings of tissue. There is a peripheral ring of aggregates of gonadal tissue. Nematogenic areas with three types of nematocysts form an intermediate ring closer to the mouth than the gonads, and they also overlie the gonadal position where nematogenic tissue extends out to the base of each tentacle. Immediately surrounding the mouth, the epithelium of the oral stomach wall is greatly thickened, and this central ring contains large numbers of secretory cells.

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Comparative genetics of scyphozoan species reveals the geological history and contemporary processes of the Mediterranean Sea

Mizrahi

Shemesh

Mizrachi

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Synopsis of the Medusae of the World

Cited by 551 publications

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Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia

Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia

Morphology and distribution of a deep-water Narcomedusa (Solmarisidae) from the northeast Pacific

Comparative genetics of scyphozoan species reveals the geological history and contemporary processes of the Mediterranean Sea

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