Coelenterate Biology: Recent Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 1989

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The extracellular matrix (mesoglea) of hydrozoan jellyfish and its ability to support cell adhesion and spreading....Pages 3-10
Effects of tumor promoters and diacylglycerol on the transdifferentiation of striated muscle cells of the medusa Podocoryne carnea to RF-amide positive nerve cells....Pages 11-17
The physiology of feeding in the ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus ....Pages 19-25
Behavioural and ultrastructural studies on the sedentary platyctenean ctenophore Vallicula multiformis ....Pages 27-33
Problems of being a cell in a soft body....Pages 35-38
An ultrastructural study of the polyp and strobila of Atorella japonica (Cnidaria, Coronatae) with respect to muscles and nerves....Pages 39-43
Rhopalium development in Aurelia aurita ephyrae....Pages 45-49
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Bud formation in the scyphozoan Cassiopea andromeda : epithelial dynamics and fate map....Pages 53-59
Basic morphogenetic processes in Hydrozoa and their evolutionary implications: an exercise in rational taxonomy....Pages 61-67
Regression and replacement of hydranths in thecate hydroids, and the structure of hydrothecae....Pages 69-73
Differentiation of the interstitial cell line in hydrozoan planulae....Pages 75-82
A low-molecular weight factor from colonial hydroids affects body proportioning and cell differentiation....Pages 83-89
Polyp regeneration from isolated tentacles of Aurelia scyphistomae: a role for gating mechanisms and cell division....Pages 91-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Larval development and survivorship in the corals Favia favus and Platygyra lamellina ....Pages 101-108
Spawning of hermatypic corals in Bermuda: a pilot study....Pages 109-116
Annual cycle of gametogenesis and spawning in a tropical zoanthid, Protopalythoa sp.....Pages 117-123
Reproduction and developmental pathways of Red Sea Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea)....Pages 125-130
Sperm morphology of scleractinians from the Caribbean....Pages 131-135
Embryonic and larval development of the sea anemone Haliplanella lineata from Japan....Pages 137-142
Developmental pathways of anthozoans....Pages 143-149
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
The life cycle of Laodicea indica (Laodiceidae, Leptomedusae, Cnidaria)....Pages 151-157
Notes on the morphology, ecology and life cycles of Fukaurahydra anthoformis and Hataia parva (Hydrozoa, Athecata)....Pages 159-164
The ampullae and medusae of the calcareous hydrozoan Millepora complanata ....Pages 165-169
Observations on the anatomy, behaviour, reproduction and life cycle of the cubozoan Carybdea sivickisi ....Pages 171-179
Distributional ecology and behaviour of the early life stages of the box-jellyfish Chironex fleckeri ....Pages 181-188
Oocyte development in four species of scyphomedusa in the northern Adriatic Sea....Pages 189-195
Reproduction of Pelagia noctiluca in the central and northern Adriatic Sea....Pages 197-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
The growth patterns of some hydroids that are obligate epiphytes of seagrass leaves....Pages 205-210
The growth and degeneration of the hydroid Sertularia perpusilla , an obligate epiphyte of leaves of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica ....Pages 211-214
The settlement and growth of Sertularia cupressina (Hydrozoa, Sertulariidae) in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, UK....Pages 215-219
Abundance and distribution of hydroids in a mangrove ecosystem at Twin Cays, Belize, Central America....Pages 221-228
The adaptive pattern of growth and reproduction of the colonial hydroid Clavopsella michaeli ....Pages 229-234
Fission and the dynamics of genets and ramets in clonal cnidarian populations....Pages 235-240
Distribution and adaptive strategies of alcyonacean corals in Nanwan Bay, Taiwan....Pages 241-246
Effects of water movement on prey capture and distribution of reef corals....Pages 247-248
How many damaged corals in Red Sea reef systems ? A quantitative survey....Pages 249-256
The effects of Acanthaster planci predation on populations of two species of massive coral....Pages 257-262
Locomotion, asexual reproduction, and killing of corals by the corallimorpharian Corynactis californica ....Pages 263-269
Comparative ecology of subtidal actiniarians from the coasts of California and the Gulf of Maine, USA....Pages 271-278
Coral-crab association: a compact domain of a multilevel trophic system....Pages 279-284
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
The symbiotic relationship between the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma and the barnacle Savignium milleporum ....Pages 285-290
Chemical recognition by hermit crabs of their symbiotic sea anemones and a predatory octopus....Pages 291-295
Mutualism between the antipatharian Antipathes fiordensis and the ophiuroid Astrobrachion constrictum in New Zealand fjords....Pages 297-303
Predation on Cnidaria by vertebrates other than fishes....Pages 305-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Western Atlantic midwater hydrozoan and scyphozoan medusae: in situ studies using manned submersibles....Pages 311-317
Swimming movements of ctenophores, and the mechanics of propulsion by ctene rows....Pages 319-325
Co-occurrence of hippopodiid siphonophores and their potential prey....Pages 327-334
A review of cnidarians and ctenophores feeding on competitors in the plankton....Pages 335-342
The role of prey stratification in the predation pressure by the cydippid ctenophore Mertensia ovum in the Barents Sea....Pages 343-349
Hydromedusae of the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 351-354
Vertical distribution of epipelagic siphonophores at the confluence between Benguela waters and the Angola Current over 48 hours....Pages 355-362
Attraction of Aurelia and Aequorea to prey....Pages 363-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Amino acids as a nitrogen source for Chlorella symbiotic with green hydra....Pages 369-376
A review of some physiological and evolutionary aspects of body size and bud size of Hydra ....Pages 377-382
The stable level of coral primary production in a wide light range....Pages 383-387
Mechanisms of amplification of photosynthetically active radiation in the symbiotic deep-water coral Leptoseris fragilis ....Pages 389-394
Front Matter....Pages 395-395
The nature of the skeleton and skeletogenic tissues in the Cnidaria....Pages 397-402
Chemistry and structure of skeletal growth rings in the black coral Antipathes fiordensis (Cnidaria, Antipatharia)....Pages 403-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Principles of early ontogeny in the rugose corals: a critical review....Pages 413-418
The Bainbridgia — Dualipora association (Cnidaria, Tabulata): palaeogeographical and palaeoecological implications....Pages 419-425
Front Matter....Pages 427-427
Crossing-experiments between Japanese populations of three hydrozoans symbiotic with bivalves....Pages 429-436
The variation of Halocordyle disticha (Cnidaria, Athecata) from the Brazilian coast: an environmental indicator species?....Pages 437-442
 Samuraia tabularasa gen. nov., sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydrocorynidae), an intertidal hydroid from the Gulf of California, Mexico....Pages 443-451
A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov.....Pages 453-461
Taxonomic characters from the polyp tubes of coronate medusae (Scyphozoa, Coronatae)....Pages 463-470
Morphological differences between, and reproductive isolation of, two populations of the jellyfish Cyanea in Long Island Sound, USA....Pages 471-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
The benthic deep-water siphonophore Rhodalia miranda and other coelenterates in the south-west Atlantic: ecological and oceanographical implications....Pages 481-487
Hydromedusan distribution patterns....Pages 489-496
Siphonophores of upwelling areas of the Campeche Bank and the Mexican Caribbean Sea....Pages 497-502
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Dead-end evolution of the Cnidaria as deduced from 5S ribosomal RNA sequences....Pages 505-508
Relationships within the family Actiniidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) based on molecular characters....Pages 509-512
The heat shock response in hydra: immunological relationship of hsp60, the major heat shock protein of Hydra vulgaris , to the ubiquitous hsp70 family....Pages 513-517
Effects of asexual reproduction on population structure of Sagartia elegans (Anthozoa: Actiniaria)....Pages 519-525
Gonad development of the sea anemone Anthopleura asiatica in clonal populations....Pages 527-532
Experimental habituation of aggression in the sea anemone Actinia equina ....Pages 533-537
Acrorhagi, catch tentacles and sweeper tentacles: a synopsis of ‘aggression’ of actiniarian and scleractinian Cnidaria....Pages 539-545
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Monoamine concentrations in Hydra magnipapillata ....Pages 549-554
Neuropeptides in coelenterates: a review....Pages 555-563
Peptides in the Hydrozoa: are they transmitters?....Pages 565-571
Observations on bioluminescence in some deep-water anthozoans....Pages 573-579
Front Matter....Pages 547-547
Propagation of bioluminescence in Euphysa japonica hydromedusae, (Tubulariidae)....Pages 581-588
Interaction between the effects of light pulses of different chromatic content on Hydra attenuata and H. magnipapillata ....Pages 589-593
The physiological control of feeding in corals: a review....Pages 595-598
The senses of sea anemones: responses of the SS1 nerve net to chemical and mechanical stimuli....Pages 599-604
Front Matter....Pages 605-605
Nematocysts of the Mediterranean hydroid Halocordyle disticha ....Pages 607-613
A comparative analysis of nematocysts in Pelagia noctiluca and Rhizostoma pulmo from the North Adriatic Sea....Pages 615-621
Differentiation and ultrastructure of nematocysts in Halammohydra intermedia (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria)....Pages 623-628
Clinical manifestations of jellyfish envenomation....Pages 629-635
Cubozoan jellyfish envenomation syndromes and their medical treatment in northern Australia....Pages 637-640
Envenomation by the box-jellyfish Chironex fleckeri : how nematocysts discharge....Pages 641-648
Cnida discharge and the mechanism of venom delivery in Anemonia viridis (Cnidaria, Actiniaria)....Pages 649-654
Effects of controlled treatment with trypsin on the functional characteristics of isolated nematocysts of Calliactis parasitica and Aiptasia mutabilis (Cnidaria, Actiniaria)....Pages 655-660
The spatial distribution of cations in nematocytes of Hydra vulgaris ....Pages 661-669
Discharge of nematocysts isolated from aeolid nudibranchs....Pages 671-677
The differentiation of cytoskeletal structures in nematocytes of Hydra ....Pages 679-684
Remodelling during the development of nematocysts in a siphonophore....Pages 685-689
Nematocysts of sea anemones (Actiniaria, Ceriantharia and Corallimorpharia: Cnidaria): nomenclature....Pages 691-697
Back Matter....Pages 699-742