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This collection contains over 20 review papers by the world's foremost research workers into hydroids and their medusae, or jellyfish, stages. The papers were originally presented at the first ever international conference on hydrozoan biology, and for this volume the authors have included overviews of their special research areas and complete bibliographies of their work. It is therefore a useful reference to new methodologies and current research into the systematics, ecology, and evolution of these marine animals. Cnidaria (Coelenterata) workers, university libraries, evolutionists, ecologists, taxonomists, systematists and marine biologists will find these papers of interest.

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Author:   Jean Bouillon ,  Ferdinando Boero ,  Fabio Cicogna ,  Paul F. S. Cornelius
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.684kg
ISBN:  

9780198571902

ISBN 10:   0198571909
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   01 November 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"MEMOIRS: J Bouillon, F Boero, F Cicogna, & P F S Cornelius: The cnidarian work of Donat Naumov, Frederick Russell, and Bernhard Werner; P F S Cornelius: Donat Vladimirovitch Naumov (1921-1984); P F S Cornelius: Sir Frederick Stratten Russell (1897-1984); G Jarms: Bernhard Werner (1910-1984); SYSTEMATICS: G Bavestrello: Description of the hydroid Perarella propagulata sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and a discussion of relations within the superfamily Bougainvillioidea Petersen; P F S Cornelius: Taxonomic characters from the hydranths of thecate hydroids; N Gravier-Bonnet: Nematocysts as taxonomic discriminators in thecate hydroids; G Jarms: Thecocodium quadratum (Werner 1965) redescribed, T. penicillatum sp. nov., and a method for rearing hydrozoans; C ""Ostman: New techniques and old problems in hydrozoan systematics; W Verwoort: Evaluation of taxonomic characters in the Hydroida, particularly in the Thecata (=Leptomedusae); ECOLOGY: M N Arai: Population ecology of the hydromedusae of Masset Inlet, British Columbia; A Benovi 'c and A Bender: Seasonal distribution of medusae in the Adriatic Sea; A Brinckmann-Voss: Seasonal distribution of hydromedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Gulf of Naples and vicinity, with observations on sexual and asexual reproduction in some species; A Garcia Rubies: Distribution of epiphytic hydroids on Posidonia sea grass; J-M Gili, F Pag `es, and F Vives: Distribution and ecology of a population of planktonic cnidarians in the western Mediterranean; R G Hughes: The loss of hydranths of Laomedea flexuosa Alder and other hydroids, with reference to hydroid senescence; H Mergner: Hydroids as indicator species of environmental factors on coral reefs; C E Mills: In situ and shipboard studies of living hydromedusae and hydroids - preliminary observations of life-cycle adaptations to the open ocean; I Roca: Hydroids on Posidonia in Majorcan waters; D A Staples & J E Watson: Associations between pycnogoids and hydroids; EVOLUTION: F Boero & J Bouillon: Inconsistent evolution and paedomorphosis among the hydroids and medusae of the Athecatae/Anthomedusae and the Thecatae/Leptomedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa); F Boero: Evolutionary implications of habitat selection in the hydroids of Posidonia oceanica meadows; S D Cairns: Evolutionary trends in the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa); S Kubota: The origin and systematics of four Japanese bivalve-inhabiting hydroids; WORKSHOP RESEARCH: P F S Cornelius: The hydranths of Clytia linearis (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and related species; C ""Ostman, S Piraino, & I Roca: Nematocyst comparisons between some Mediterranean and Scandinavian campanulariids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa); Indexes."

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