The potential importance of podocysts to the formation of scyphozoan blooms: a review |
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Authors: | Mary Needler Arai |
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Institution: | (1) Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9T 6N7 |
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Abstract: | Podocysts are cysts with stored reserves of organic compounds produced beneath the pedal discs of polyps of scyphozoans in
the orders Rhizostomae (suborder Dactyliophorae) and Semaeostomae. They excyst small polyps that develop into fully active
polyps (scyphistomae) capable of further podocyst production and of medusa production by strobilation. They contribute to
increasing the number of polyps and also to survival through seasonal periods of reduced food availability or predation. These
attributes may help support scyphozoan blooms, but as yet there are few quantitative data.
Guest editors: K. A. Pitt & J. E. Purcell
Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences, and Recent Advances |
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Keywords: | Reproduction Polyp Medusa Production Excystment Predation |
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