Basic morphogenetic processes in Hydrozoa and their evolutionary implications: an exercise in rational taxonomy |
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Authors: | Beloussov L V |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Embryology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, USSR |
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Abstract: | Species-specific morphology in thecate hydroids is considered as a function of 2 fundamental morphogenetic characteristics: parameters of growth pulsations and the relation between the migratory activities of the endo- and ectodermal cells of the growing tips. Comparative, experimental and modelling data are presented suggesting that increases in the values of these parameters lead to gradual transformation of the narrow tubular rudiments of primitive thecates to the more transversely extended and later bilaterally symmetrical morphologies of advanced forms. There is a corresponding change in the mode of branching, from stolonal through alternate to opposite, with densely packed hydranths and hydrothecae. The relations between the traditional systematic approach to this group and the present ontogenetically based interpretation are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Hydrozoa Thecata growth pulsations morphogenesis systematics |
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