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
(15)
(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)
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.
Web of Science Citations: 0.
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.
Web of Science Citations: 0.
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.
Web of Science Citations: 1.
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.
Web of Science Citations: 2.
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.
Web of Science Citations: 2.