Reproductive, behavioral and genomic patterns in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria): a step towards understanding marine evolution

• Grant number: 19/03552-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2020
• End date: September 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Biological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Sérgio Nascimento Stampar
• Grantee: Sérgio Nascimento Stampar
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: André Carrara Morandini ; Carlos Camargo Alberts ; Fabian H Acuña ; James Davis Reimer ; Jason Macrander ; Marcelo Visentini Kitahara ; Maximiliano Manuel Maronna ; Renato Mitsuo Nagata

Abstract

Evolutionary patterns in Metazoa are often very difficult to understand. Largely, lineages are influenced by the several life cycle possibilities and this is especially relevant in marine organisms. Among these, one of the main interest groups is Cnidaria due to the multiple life cycle variations found in the species. Nevertheless, in this phylum the subclass Ceriantharia stands out with quite different standards and some alternatives that are exclusive among the group without jellyfish, Anthozoa. The lack of information related to life cycle possibilities, molecular and behavioral variations of the species in this group end up restricting evolutionary discussions and leading to taxonomy problems in several lineages. Based on the above scenario, the present project focuses on aspects of the life cycle of different Ceriantharia species with a description of the stages of development and their morphological and molecular variations via transcriptome data. Furthermore, describe the microbiota associated with the different stages of the life cycle. Another approach will be the presentation of genomic data of Ceriantharia species using third generation sequencing. Another approach will be the study of feeding behavior via the metagenomic content of stomach and also filming for recognition of eating patterns. Based on the above objectives, the present project should present several results related to the description of life cycles of different species, data on variations in larval development, description and annotation of genomes and information on trophic performance of different species. In this way, the results of this project will be an important contribution to broad discussions on marine evolution. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; FRITSCHER, JULIANO M.; OLIVEIRA, BRUNO S. P.; SAMPAIO, CLAUDIO L. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. The puzzling occurrence of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the Brazilian coast: a result of several invasion events?. ZOOLOGIA, v. 37, p. 10-pg., 2020-12-09. (15/24408-4, 15/21007-9, 11/50242-5, 19/03552-0, 16/50389-0, 16/04560-9)

GARESE, AGUSTIN; CORREA, FABIOLA GOES; ACUNA, FABIAN H.; STAMPAR, SERGIO NASCIMENTO. Cnidom in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): new findings in the composition and micrometric variations of cnidocysts. PeerJ, v. 11, p. 22-pg., 2023-06-21. (19/03552-0, 18/21566-6)

DE GODOY, ISABELA A.; ALBERTS, CARLOS C.; NESPOLO, CAIO H.; DE OLIVEIRA, JULIANA; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Is it possible to use behavior characters for evolutionary reconstruction in marine invertebrates? A methodological approach using Ethokit Logger. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 93, n. 3, 2021. (16/50389-0, 16/04962-0, 19/01261-9, 15/21007-9, 19/03552-0)

CERIELLO, HELLEN; SENNA, ANDRE R.; ANDRADE, LUIZ F.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. rustacea biodiversity in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa), including the description of a novel species of Amphipoda from southeastern Brazi. MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 17, n. 7-8, p. 692-706, SEP 14 2021. (16/50389-0, 15/24408-4, 19/03552-0)

LOPES, CELINE S. S.; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; MARTINELLI FILHO, JOSE E.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. New evidence to demystify the supposed holoplanktonic life cycle in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria). MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 53, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2023-02-01. (16/04560-9, 19/03552-0)

STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; FRITSCHER, JULIANO M.; OLIVEIRA, BRUNO S. P.; SAMPAIO, CLAUDIO L. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. The puzzling occurrence of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the Brazilian coast: a result of several invasion events?. Zoologia, v. 37, DEC 9 2020. (11/50242-5, 16/50389-0, 15/24408-4, 16/04560-9, 15/21007-9, 19/03552-0)

KLOMPEN, ANNA M. L.; MACRANDER, JASON; REITZEL, ADAM M.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Transcriptomic Analysis of Four Cerianthid (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia) Venoms. MARINE DRUGS, v. 18, n. 8, AUG 2020. (15/24408-4, 17/50028-0, 19/03552-0)

LAWLEY, JONATHAN W.; GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; CHIAVERANO, LUCIANO M.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; HOPCROFT, RUSSELL R.; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). PeerJ, v. 9, SEP 9 2021. (19/03552-0, 17/07317-0, 16/04560-9, 16/12163-0, 15/21007-9)

CERIELLO, HELLEN; COSTA, GABRIEL G.; BAKKEN, TORKILD; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Corals as substrate for tube-dwelling anemones. MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 50, n. 5, SEP 22 2020. (19/03789-0, 16/50389-0, 19/03552-0, 15/24408-4)

OSES, GABRIEL LADEIRA; WOOD, RACHEL; ROMERO, GUILHERME RAFFAELI; EVANGELISTA MARTINS PRADO, GUSTAVO MARCONDES; BIDOLA, PIDASSA; HERZEN, JULIA; PFEIFFER, FRANZ; STAMPAR, SERGIO NASCIMENTO; ALVES FORANCELLI PACHECO, MIRIAN LIZA. Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization. ISCIENCE, v. 25, n. 12, p. 19-pg., 2022-12-08. (22/10829-1, 09/02312-4, 19/03552-0, 21/05083-8, 21/07007-7, 16/06114-6, 17/21584-1)

SANTOS, THAIS BARBOSA; REIMER, JAMES D.; ACUNA, FABIAN H.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Diversity of Feeding in Anthozoa (Cnidaria): A Systematic Review. DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 12, n. 10, OCT 2020. (16/50389-0, 19/14236-2, 15/24408-4, 18/07622-0, 19/03552-0)

LOPES, CELINE S. S.; SCARABINO, FABRIZIO; CARRANZA, ALVAR; MUNOZ, RICARDO GONZALEZ; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; NAGATA, RENATO MITSUO; STAMPAR, SERGIO NASCIMENTO. Description and life cycle of a new species of the genus Arachnanthus (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. PeerJ, v. 11, p. 28-pg., 2023-05-22. (19/03552-0)

STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; REIMER, JAMES D.; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; LOPES, CELINE S. S.; CERIELLO, HELLEN; SANTOS, THAIS B.; ACUNA, FABIAN H.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) of the World: an annotated catalogue and key to species. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 952, p. 63-pg., 2020-07-23. (15/21007-9, 19/14236-2, 19/03552-0, 16/50389-0, 18/07622-0, 16/04560-9)