Recognizing the diversity of jellyfishes (Medusozoa, Rhopaliophora)

• Grant number: 15/21007-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2016
• End date: May 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Biological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: André Carrara Morandini
• Grantee: André Carrara Morandini
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo

Abstract

The project aims to generate knowledge about the systematics of jellyfish, focusing on morphological aspects and using molecular tools. Life cycle studies and biology data will also be used once they provide additional data for identification and help comprehend the role of jellyfish in the marine environment (blooms/outbreaks, trophic chains). Jellyfishes attract and move away men by their beauty and due to the possibility of causing accidents. The study of evolutionary patterns (understood through the relationships) inside this group can allow deciding which species can be explored in several aspects (e.g. study of toxins). Notwithstanding there is still a gap, regarding the information about the fauna of these invertebrates, in certain areas of the Brazilian coast and also the world. Thus, any study will greatly contribute to increase the knowledge about cnidarian biodiversity. The differential of the project lies in using an integrative approach [life cycle, biology, detailed morphology, molecular data] to diagnose and define species. (AU)

Scientific publications

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LOPES, CELINE S. S.; CEDELLO, HELLEN; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Revision of the genus Ceriantheomorphe (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic. ZOOKEYS, n. 874, p. 127-148, SEP 9 2019. (15/24408-4, 16/04962-0, 16/50389-0, 15/21007-9)

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)

ARRUDA, GIAN LUCAS M.; VIGERELLI, HUGO; BUFALO, MICHELLE C.; LONGATO, GIOVANNA B.; VELOSO, RODINEI V.; ZAMBELLI, VANESSA O.; PICOLO, GISELE; CURY, YARA; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MARQUES, ANTONIO CARLOS; et al. Box Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) Extract Increases Neuron's Connection: A Possible Neuroprotector Effect. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, v. 2021, MAR 5 2021. (15/21007-9, 15/50040-4, 16/06137-6, 19/19929-6, 13/07467-1, 11/50242-5)

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)

HARI PRAVED, P.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO M.; SUHAANA, M. NAZAR; JIMA, M.; ANEESH, B. P.; BIJOY NANDAN, S.; JAYACHANDRAN, P. R.. Report of Mauve Stinger Pelagia cf. noctiluca (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) Bloom from Northeastern Arabian Sea (NEAS). THALASSAS, v. 37, n. 2, p. 569-576, OCT 2021. (16/04560-9, 15/21007-9)

BANHA, THOMAS N. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; ROSARIO, RENAN P.; MARTINELLI FILHO, JOSE E.. Scyphozoan jellyfish (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) from Amazon coast: distribution, temporal variation and length-weight relationship. Journal of Plankton Research, v. 42, n. 6, p. 767-778, NOV-DEC 2020. (15/21007-9, 11/50242-5)

SOUSA, FABRICIO B.; MILANIN, TIAGO; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; ESPINOZA, LUIS L.; FLORES-GONZALES, ANAI; GOMES, ANA L. S.; MATOSO, DANIELE A.; MATHEWS, PATRICK D.. Molecular diagnostic based on 18S rDNA and supplemental taxonomic data of the cnidarian coelozoic Ceratomyxa (Cnidaria, Myxosporea) and comments on the intraspecific morphological variation. ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 97, n. 2, p. 307-314, JUN 10 2021. (15/18807-3, 15/21007-9, 18/20482-3)

STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; MILLS, V. SADIE; KEABLE, STEPHEN J.. Ceriantharia (Cnidaria) from Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica with Descriptions of Four New Species. RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, v. 72, n. 3, p. 81-100, JUL 29 2020. (15/24408-4, 16/04962-0, 16/50389-0, 15/21007-9)

DE SOUZA CAVALCANTI, ISABELA RODRIGUES; CELESTE LUNA, MARIA; FAIVOVICH, JULIAN; GRANT, TARAN. tructure and evolution of the sexually dimorphic integumentary swelling on the hands of dendrobatid poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatoidea. Journal of Anatomy, v. 240, n. 3, NOV 2021. (15/21007-9, 18/15425-0, 12/10000-5)

JORDANO, MAYARA DE A.; MIYAKE, HIROSHI; NAGATA, RENATO M.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Patterns of morphological development in Scyphozoa ephyrae (Cnidaria, Medusozoa). MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 52, n. 3, p. 29-pg., 2022-06-01. (15/21007-9, 16/24801-0, 15/25142-8)

AMES, CHERYL LEWIS; OHDERA, AKI H.; COLSTON, SOPHIE M.; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; FITT, WILLIAM K.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; ERICKSON, JEFFREY S.; VORA, GARY J.. Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore Waters of the Florida Keys, United States. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 8, APR 13 2021. (15/21007-9)

CRISTINA GOMEZ-SALINAS, LAURA; LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, JUANA; CARRARA MORANDINI, ANDRE. The Young Stages of the Cannonball Jellyfish (Stomolophus sp. 2) from the Central Gulf of California (Mexico). DIVERSITY-BASEL, v. 13, n. 6, JUN 2021. (15/21007-9)

LOPES, CELINE S. S.; CEDELLO, HELLEN; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. Revision of the genus Ceriantheomorphe (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Ceriantharia) with description of a new species from the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 874, p. 22-pg., 2019-09-09. (16/50389-0, 15/21007-9, 16/04962-0, 15/24408-4)

DONG, ZHIJUN; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; SCHIARITI, AGUSTIN; WANG, LEI; SUN, TINGTING. First record of Phyllorhiza sp. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in a Chinese coastal aquaculture pond. PeerJ, v. 7, JAN 9 2019. (15/21007-9)

MOLINARI, CLARISSA G.; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker,1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria). Zootaxa, v. 5336, n. 1, p. 32-pg., 2023-08-21. (15/21007-9, 17/04954-0, 10/50174-7)

GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; HALBAUER, ROLAND; BARTSCH, VANESSA; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Regenerative Capacity of the Upside-down Jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana. ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, v. 58, p. 9-pg., 2019-12-04. (15/21007-9)

ACEVEDO, MELISSA J.; STRAEHLER-POHL, ILKA; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; BENTLAGE, BASTIAN; MATSUMOTO, GEORGE, I; YANAGIHARA, ANGEL; TOSHINO, SHO; BORDEHORE, CESAR; FUENTES, VERONICA L.. Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis . Zootaxa, v. 4543, n. 4, p. 34-pg., 2019-01-09. (15/21007-9, 15/24408-4, 10/50174-7, 16/50389-0, 11/50242-5)

DOONAN, LIAM B.; LYNHAM, STEVEN; QUINLAN, CATHERINE; IBIJI, SPIKE C.; WINTER, CARLOS E.; PADILLA, GABRIEL; JAIMES-BECERRA, ADRIAN; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.; LONG, PAUL F.. Venom Composition Does Not Vary Greatly Between Different Nematocyst Types Isolated from the Primary Tentacles of Olindias sambaquiensis (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN, v. 237, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2019-08-01. (13/50484-4, 11/50242-5, 10/50174-7, 10/06927-0, 15/21007-9)

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)

ALE, EZEQUIEL; RAMSAK, ANDREJA; STANKOVIC, DAVID; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA; MEYER, DIOGO; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Early Pleistocene divergence of Pelagia noctiluca populations (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 99, n. 8, p. 12-pg., 2019-12-01. (04/09961-4, 13/50484-4, 11/50242-5, 15/21007-9)

MATHEWS, PATRICK D.; MADRID, RAFAEL R. M.; MERTINS, OMAR; RIGONI, VERA L. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. A new Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) infecting the ornamental catfish Corydoras schwartzi from the Purus River in Brazil. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 620, p. 14-pg., 2020-03-30. (16/13368-4, 18/20482-3, 15/23948-5, 15/21007-9)

DOONAN, LIAM B.; LYNHAM, STEVEN; QUINLAN, CATHERINE; IBIJI, SPIKE C.; WINTER, CARLOS E.; PADILLA, GABRIEL; JAIMES-BECERRA, ADRIAN; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.; LONG, PAUL F.. Venom Composition Does Not Vary Greatly Between Different Nematocyst Types Isolated from the Primary Tentacles of Olindias sambaquiensis (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). BIOLOGICAL BULLETIN, v. 237, n. 1, p. 26-35, AUG 1 2019. (15/21007-9, 10/50174-7, 13/50484-4, 11/50242-5, 10/06927-0)

GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; HALBAUER, ROLAND; BARTSCH, VANESSA; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Regenerative Capacity of the Upside-down Jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana. ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, v. 58, DEC 4 2019. (15/24408-4, 15/21007-9)

MIRANDA, LUCILIA S.; GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ, JIMENA; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Evolution of the claustrum in Cnidaria: comparative anatomy reveals that it is exclusive to some species of Staurozoa and absent in Cubozoa. ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION, v. 17, n. 4, p. 753-766, DEC 2017. (10/50174-7, 15/23695-0, 13/50484-4, 10/07362-7, 11/50242-5, 15/21007-9)

ALE, EZEQUIEL; RAMSAK, ANDREJA; STANKOVIC, DAVID; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA; MEYER, DIOGO; MARQUES, ANTONIO C.. Early Pleistocene divergence of Pelagia noctiluca populations (Cnidaria, Medusozoa) between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 99, n. 8, p. 1753-1764, DEC 2019. (04/09961-4, 15/21007-9, 11/50242-5, 13/50484-4)

MOLINARI, CLARISSA GARBI; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO MANUEL; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA. New record of Nausithoe werneri (Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Nausithoidae) from the Brazilian coast and a new synonymy for Nausithoe maculata. ZOOKEYS, n. 984, p. 1-21, NOV 4 2020. (10/50174-7, 16/04560-9, 17/04954-0, 15/21007-9)

THE, JORGE; BARROSO, HORTENCIA DE SOUSA; MAMMONE, MARTA; VIANA, MICHAEL; BATISTA MELO, CAIO SERVULO; MIES, MIGUEL; BANHA, THOMAS N. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; ROSSI, SERGIO; SOARES, MARCELO DE OLIVEIRA. Aquaculture facilities promote populational stability throughout seasons and increase medusae size for the invasive jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 162, DEC 2020. (15/21007-9)

NAGATA, RENATO M.; TEIXEIRA-AMARAL, PRISCILA; LEMOS, VITORIA R.; JORDANO, MAYARA A.; MUXAGATA, ERIK; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. First description of wild-collected ephyrae of Lychnorhiza lucerna (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 93, n. 2, 2021. (15/21007-9, 15/25142-8)

MATHEWS, PATRICK D.; MADRID, RAFAEL R. M.; MERTINS, OMAR; RIGONI, VERA L. S.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. A new Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) infecting the ornamental catfish Corydoras schwartzi from the Purus River in Brazil. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 620, p. 1-14, MAR 30 2020. (18/20482-3, 16/13368-4, 15/23948-5, 15/21007-9)

GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; COLLINS, ALLEN G.; BOCO, SHELDON REY; GESON, SERAFIN MENDEZ; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; WILSON, NERIDA. evealing hidden diversity among upside-down jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cassiopea): distinct evidence allows the change of status of a neglected variety and the description of a new specie. INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS, v. 36, n. 1, p. 63-89, 2022. (15/21007-9)

THE, JORGE; GAMERO-MORA, EDGAR; CHAGAS DA SILVA, MARCUS V.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; ROSSI, SERGIO; DE OLIVEIRA SOARES, MARCELO. Non-indigenous upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda in shrimp farms (Brazil). Aquaculture, v. 532, FEB 15 2021. (15/21007-9)

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)

YAHIA, MOHAMED NEJIB DALY; RANGE, PEDRO; GIRALDES, BRUNO WELTER; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. First jellyfish records for Qatar and further notes on Scyphomedusae species from the Arabian Gulf (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 103, p. 9-pg., 2023-02-10. (19/20042-6, 15/21007-9)

ACEVEDO, MELISSA J.; STRAEHLER-POHL, ILKA; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.; BENTLAGE, BASTIAN; MATSUMOTO, I, GEORGE; YANAGIHARA, ANGEL; TOSHINO, SHO; BORDEHORE, CESAR; FUENTES, VERONICA L.. Revision of the genus Carybdea (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeidae): clarifying the identity of its type species Carybdea marsupialis. Zootaxa, v. 4543, n. 4, p. 515-548, JAN 9 2019. (11/50242-5, 10/50174-7, 16/50389-0, 15/24408-4, 15/21007-9)

JORDANO, MAYARA DE A.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; NAGATA, RENATO M.. Is phenotypic plasticity determined by temperature and fluid regime in filter-feeding gelatinous organisms?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 522, JAN 2020. (15/25142-8, 15/21007-9)

MILANIN, TIAGO; MATHEWS, PATRICK D.; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.; MERTINS, OMAR; AUDEBERT, FABIENNE; PEREIRA, JOSE O. L.; MAIA, ANTONIO A. M.. Morphostructural data and phylogenetic relationships of a new cnidarian myxosporean infecting spleen of an economic and ecological important bryconid fish from Brazil. Microbial Pathogenesis, v. 150, JAN 2021. (15/21007-9, 19/13147-6, 18/20482-3, 15/18807-3)

MATHEWS, PATRICK D.; MERTINS, OMAR; ESPINOZA, LUIS L.; MILANIN, TIAGO; ALAMA-BERMEJO, GEMA; AUDEBERT, FABIENNE; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Taxonomy and 18S rDNA-based phylogeny of Henneguya multiradiatus n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxobolidae) a parasite of Brochis multiradiatus from Peruvian Amazon. Microbial Pathogenesis, v. 147, p. 7-pg., 2020-10-01. (15/18807-3, 19/13147-6, 18/20482-3, 15/21007-9)

MOLINARI, CLARISSA GARBI; MARONNA, MAXIMILIANO MANUEL; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA. New record of Nausithoe werneri (Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Nausithoidae) from the Brazilian coast and a new synonymy for Nausithoe maculata. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 984, p. 21-pg., 2020-11-04. (15/21007-9, 16/04560-9, 17/04954-0, 10/50174-7)

PUENTE TAPIA, FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO; GASCA, REBECA; GENZANO, GABRIEL; SCHIARITI, AGUSTIN; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA. New records of association between Brachyscelus cf. rapacoides (Arthropoda: Amphipoda) and medusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa) from São Sebastião Channel, southeast Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, v. 66, n. 3, JUL-SEP 2018. (15/21007-9, 13/50484-4, 11/50242-5)

NAGATA, RENATO MITSUO; MORANDINI, ANDRE CARRARA. Diet, prey selection, and individual feeding rates of the jellyfish Lychnorhiza lucerna (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Marine Biology, v. 165, n. 12, DEC 2018. (10/50174-7, 11/00436-8, 15/01307-8, 11/50242-5, 15/21007-9)

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)

SÉRGIO NASCIMENTO STAMPAR; CELINE S.S. LOPES; STEFANY ARCHANGELO DE ANGELIS; ANDRÉ CARRARA MORANDINI. DNA Barcoding revealing the occurrence of Isarachnanthus (Cnidaria; Anthozoa; eriantharia) in Cape Verde. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 59, 2019-10-03. (15/24408-4, 16/50389-0, 17/50028-0, 16/04962-0, 15/21007-9)

SCHIARITI, AGUSTIN; SOFIA DUTTO, M.; PEREYRA, DAIANA Y.; FAILLA SIQUIER, GABRIELA; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Medusae (Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) from southwestern Atlantic and Subantarctic region (32-60 degrees S, 34-70 degrees W): species composition, spatial distribution and life history traits. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, v. 46, n. 2, p. 240-257, MAY 2018. (10/50174-7, 11/50242-5, 15/21007-9)

MATHEWS, PATRICK D.; MERTINS, OMAR; MILANIN, TIAGO; ESPINOZA, LUIS L.; FLORES-GONZALES, ANAI P.; AUDEBERT, FABIENNE; MORANDINI, ANDRE C.. Molecular Phylogeny and taxonomy of a new Myxobolus species from the endangered ornamental fish, Otocinclus cocama endemic to Peru: A host-parasite coextinction approach. Acta Tropica, v. 210, OCT 2020. (16/13368-4, 15/18807-3, 18/20482-3, 15/23948-5, 15/21007-9)