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Coelenterate Biology: Recent Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora

Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 1989

  • Editors
  • R. B. Williams
  • P. F. S. Cornelius
  • R. G. Hughes
  • E. A. Robson
Conference proceedings

Part of the Developments in Hydrobiology book series (DIHY, volume 66)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xx
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  2. Cellular Biology

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. The extracellular matrix (mesoglea) of hydrozoan jellyfish and its ability to support cell adhesion and spreading
      V. Schmid, A. Bally, K. Beck, M. Haller, W. K. Schlage, Ch. Weber
      Pages 3-10
    3. Effects of tumor promoters and diacylglycerol on the transdifferentiation of striated muscle cells of the medusa Podocoryne carnea to RF-amide positive nerve cells
      E. Kurz, V. Schmid
      Pages 11-17
    4. The physiology of feeding in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus
      Anthony G. Moss
      Pages 19-25
    5. Behavioural and ultrastructural studies on the sedentary platyctenean ctenophore Vallicula multiformis
      R. H. Emson, P. J. Whitfield
      Pages 27-33
    6. Problems of being a cell in a soft body
      M. C. Holley
      Pages 35-38
    7. An ultrastructural study of the polyp and strobila of Atorella japonica (Cnidaria, Coronatae) with respect to muscles and nerves
      Akira Matsuno, Siro Kawaguti
      Pages 39-43
    8. Rhopalium development in Aurelia aurita ephyrae
      Dorothy B. Spangenberg
      Pages 45-49

  3. Developmental Biology

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 51-51
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    2. Bud formation in the scyphozoan Cassiopea andromeda: epithelial dynamics and fate map
      D. K. Hofmann, M. Gottlieb
      Pages 53-59
    3. Basic morphogenetic processes in Hydrozoa and their evolutionary implications: an exercise in rational taxonomy
      L. V. Beloussov
      Pages 61-67
    4. Regression and replacement of hydranths in thecate hydroids, and the structure of hydrothecae
      Sears Crowell
      Pages 69-73
    5. Differentiation of the interstitial cell line in hydrozoan planulae
      Vicki J. Martin
      Pages 75-82
    6. A low-molecular weight factor from colonial hydroids affects body proportioning and cell differentiation
      G. Plickert
      Pages 83-89
    7. Polyp regeneration from isolated tentacles of Aurelia scyphistomae: a role for gating mechanisms and cell division
      G. E. Lesh-Laurie, A. Hujer, P. Suchy
      Pages 91-97

  4. Reproduction

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 99-99
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    2. Corals and sea anemones

      1. Larval development and survivorship in the corals Favia favus and Platygyra lamellina
        Y. Shlesinger, Y. Loya
        Pages 101-108
      2. Spawning of hermatypic corals in Bermuda: a pilot study
        S. C. Wyers, H. S. Barnes, S. R. Smith
        Pages 109-116
      3. Annual cycle of gametogenesis and spawning in a tropical zoanthid, Protopalythoa sp.
        J. S. Ryland, R. C. Babcock
        Pages 117-123
      4. Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)
        Y. Benayahu
        Pages 125-130
      5. Sperm morphology of scleractinians from the Caribbean
        S. C. C. Steiner
        Pages 131-135
      6. Embryonic and larval development of the sea anemone Haliplanella lineata from Japan
        Yoko Fukui
        Pages 137-142
      7. Developmental pathways of anthozoans
        D. G. Fautin
        Pages 143-149

    3. Life Cycles

      1. The life cycle of Laodicea indica (Laodiceidae, Leptomedusae, Cnidaria)
        J. Bouillon, F. Boero, S. Fraschetti
        Pages 151-157
      2. Notes on the morphology, ecology and life cycles of Fukaurahydra anthoformis and Hataia parva (Hydrozoa, Athecata)
        Mayumi Yamada, Shin Kubota
        Pages 159-164
      3. The ampullae and medusae of the calcareous hydrozoan Millepora complanata
        J. B. Lewis
        Pages 165-169
      4. Observations on the anatomy, behaviour, reproduction and life cycle of the cubozoan Carybdea sivickisi
        R. F. Hartwick
        Pages 171-179
      5. Distributional ecology and behaviour of the early life stages of the box-jellyfish Chironex fleckeri
        R. F. Hartwick
        Pages 181-188
      6. Oocyte development in four species of scyphomedusa in the northern Adriatic Sea
        M. Avian, L. Rottini Sandrini
        Pages 189-195
      7. Reproduction of Pelagia noctiluca in the central and northern Adriatic Sea
        L. Rottini Sandrini, M. Avian
        Pages 197-202

  5. Ecology

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 203-203
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    2. Hydroids

      1. The growth patterns of some hydroids that are obligate epiphytes of seagrass leaves
        R. G. Hughes, S. Johnson, I. D. Smith
        Pages 205-210
      2. The growth and degeneration of the hydroid Sertularia perpusilla, an obligate epiphyte of leaves of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
        R. G. Hughes, A. Garcia Rubies, J. M. Gili
        Pages 211-214
      3. The settlement and growth of Sertularia cupressina (Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae) in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, UK
        Günter H. Schmidt, George F. Warner
        Pages 215-219
      4. Abundance and distribution of hydroids in a mangrove ecosystem at Twin Cays, Belize, Central America
        Dale R. Calder
        Pages 221-228
      5. The adaptive pattern of growth and reproduction of the colonial hydroid Clavopsella michaeli
        S. Piraino
        Pages 229-234

    3. Zoanthids, corals and sea anemones

      1. Fission and the dynamics of genets and ramets in clonal cnidarian populations
        R. H. Karlson
        Pages 235-240
      2. Distribution and adaptive strategies of alcyonacean corals in Nanwan Bay, Taiwan
        Chang-Feng Dai
        Pages 241-246
      3. Effects of water movement on prey capture and distribution of reef corals
        K. P. Sebens, A. S. Johnson
        Pages 247-248
      4. How many damaged corals in Red Sea reef systems ? A quantitative survey
        Bernhard Riegl, Branko Velimirov
        Pages 249-256
      5. The effects of Acanthaster planci predation on populations of two species of massive coral
        Ann M. Cameron, R. Endean, L. M. DeVantier
        Pages 257-262
      6. Locomotion, asexual reproduction, and killing of corals by the corallimorpharian Corynactis californica
        N. E. Chadwick, C. Adams
        Pages 263-269
      7. Comparative ecology of subtidal actiniarians from the coasts of California and the Gulf of Maine, USA
        Larry G. Harris
        Pages 271-278

    4. Associations

      1. Coral-crab association: a compact domain of a multilevel trophic system
        B. Rinkevich, Z. Wolodarsky, Y. Loya
        Pages 279-284
      2. The symbiotic relationship between the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma and the barnacle Savignium milleporum
        P. A. Cook, B. A. Stewart, Y. Achituv
        Pages 285-290
      3. Chemical recognition by hermit crabs of their symbiotic sea anemones and a predatory octopus
        W. R. Brooks
        Pages 291-295
      4. Mutualism between the antipatharian Antipathes fiordensis and the ophiuroid Astrobrachion constrictum in New Zealand fjords
        Ken R. Grange
        Pages 297-303
      5. Predation on Cnidaria by vertebrates other than fishes
        R. M. L. Ates
        Pages 305-307

  6. Pelagic Coelenterates

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 309-309
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Keywords

Cnidaria Ctenophora Mangrove development ecology ecosystem morphology plankton population structure tissue

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