Scholarship 16/24801-0 - Morfologia animal, Crescimento animal - BV FAPESP
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Characterization of feeding structures along the development of Scyphozoa ephyrae

Grant number: 16/24801-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
Start date until: May 29, 2017
End date until: July 27, 2017
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
Principal Investigator:André Carrara Morandini
Grantee:Mayara de Almeida Jordano
Supervisor: Hiroshi Miyake
Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan  
Associated to the scholarship:15/25142-8 - Temperature effect over ontogenetic patterns of feeding structures in scyphozoan ephyrae: functional and ecological implications, BP.MS

Abstract

The diversity of adult jellyfish prey capture structures is associated with different capture mechanisms and feeding habits. The understanding of morphological structures development can clarify feeding mechanics and, consequently, increase the knowledge about the trophic consequences of the recurrent jellyfish blooms. By describing the formation of feeding mechanisms during the early differentiation from ephyra to the adult medusa, in many scyphozoan species, important functional and evolutionary information can be revealed. The present BEPE Project aims to describe the initial developmental stages in Rhizostomeae species, focusing on the structures of oral arms. Species of different lineages will be followed from recent released ephyrae until they reach the adult morphology. Morphological descriptions will focus on the transition of ephyra manubrium into the 8 filtering oral arms of adults. In addition to the observations of live animals, pictures will be taken, at standard intervals, over the development of medusae. In order to increase the diversity of species studied, we intend to visit the Kitasato University School of Marine Biosciences (KUSMB) and the Enoshima Aquarium (EA), institutions that regularly sample and cultivate a greater diversity of Rhizostomeae species. The goals of this project are complementary to the applicant's MSc project, that aims to study such developmental patterns in scyphomedusae species, under different temperatures. (AU)

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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)
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., . (15/21007-9, 16/24801-0, 15/25142-8)

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