A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria,Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov. |
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| Authors: | Fautin D. G. Fitt W. K. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Invertebrate Zoology, California Academy of Sciences, 94118 San Francisco, CA, USA;(2) Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia, USA;(3) Present address: Department of Systematics and Ecology, Snow Museum, Snow Hall, University of Kansas, 66045 Lawrence, KS, USA |
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| Abstract: | Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov., a member of the family Actiniidae, inhabits Jellyfish Lake in Palau, western Caroline Islands, and eats the rhizostome jellyfish Mastigias papua. The anemone is azooxanthellate, despite its jellyfish prey containing symbiotic algae. Well fed anemones released ciliated planula-like larvae in the laboratory when maintained at more than 30 °C. It could not be determined whether the larvae, which usually settled around the parent within 24 h of release, were produced sexually or asexually. |
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| Keywords: | Actiniidae planulae taxonomy zooxanthellae diet feeding predation |
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