Macroscale abundance patterns of hydromedusae in the temperate Southwestern Atlantic (27°-56° S). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Gelatinous organisms are crucial components of marine ecosystems and some species imply social and economic consequences. However, certain geographic areas, such as the temperate Southwestern Atlantic (SWA, 27 - 56 S), remain understudied in terms of ...
Dutto MS +5 more
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Spatial Distribution of Medusa Cunina octonaria and Frequency of Parasitic Association with Liriope tetraphylla (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachylina) in Temperate Southwestern Atlantic Waters. [PDF]
Zool Stud, 2020 This study examined the spatial distribution of the medusae phase of Cunina octonaria (Narcomedusae) in temperate Southwestern Atlantic waters using a total of 3,288 zooplankton lots collected along the Uruguayan and Argentine waters (34-56°S), which ...
Puente-Tapia FA +3 more
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First visual occurrence data for deep-sea cnidarians in the South-western Colombian Caribbean. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2019 Attention to the deep-sea environment has increased dramatically in the last decade due to the rising interest in natural resource exploitation. Although Colombia holds a large submerged territory, knowledge of the seabed and its biodiversity beyond 1 ...
Dueñas LF +7 more
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Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora diversity patterns and trends in Macaronesia insular systems (NE Atlantic) [PDF]
, 2021 Jellyfish are important components of the marine ecosystem and present a potential resource for different economic domains (e.g. medicine, food and biotechnology).
Andrade, Carlos +5 more
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Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea [PDF]
, 2023 The abyssal plains are vast areas without large scale relief that occupy much of the ocean floor. Although long considered relatively featureless, they are now known to display substantial biological heterogeneity across different spatial scales ...
Brandt, Angelika +23 more
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Phylogenetics of Trachylina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) with new insights on the evolution of some problematical taxa [PDF]
, 2014 This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408001732.Some of the most interesting and enigmatic cnidarians are classified within the hydrozoan subclass Trachylina. Despite being relatively depauperate in species
Bentlage, Bastian +8 more
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The Phylum Cnidaria: A Review of Phylogenetic Patterns and Diversity 300 Years After Linnaeus [PDF]
, 2007 Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done, and the diversity of the group is not well represented.
Brugler, Mercer R. +11 more
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First shallow record of Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) (Siphonophora, Cystonectae), a live specimen in the Strait of Gibraltar. Worldwide species distribution review [PDF]
, 2021 The rarely observed cystonect siphonophore Bathyphysa conifera was recorded for the first time in shallow depth water (- 16 m) as a live specimen, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea by SCUBA divers.
DIOSDADO, GILBERTO +2 more
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Hydrozoa, fjord Comau, Chile. [PDF]
, 2007 The shallow-water hydrozoan fauna of fjordComau is surveyed. A total of thirty three specieswere recorded. They have been assigned to eightfamilies of Athecata, eight families of Thecata,two families of Narcomedusae and one family ofTrachymedusae.
Försterra, G +2 more
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Are jellyfish increasing in response to ocean acidification? [PDF]
, 2008 Ocean acidification may negatively affect calcifying plankton, opening ecological space for noncalcifying species. Recently, a study of climate-forcing of jellyfish reported the first analysis suggesting that there were more jellyfish (generally ...
Gibbons, Mark J., Richardson, Anthony J.
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