Diversity of invertebrates associated to Ceriantharian tubes (Cnidaria; Anthozoa)

• Grant number: 17/07870-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Effective date (Start): August 16, 2017
• Effective date (End): November 13, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Sérgio Nascimento Stampar
• Grantee: Hellen Ceriello
• Supervisor: Torkild Bakken
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/00689-7 - Interspecific relationships: diversity, anchoring methods and feeding habits associated to the tubes of Ceriantharias species (Cnidaria Anthozoa), BP.MS

Abstract

Ceriantharia, a group of the phylum Cnidaria, is represented by members generallyknown as cerianthids or tube-dwelling anemones. They inhabit soft bottoms where theirbodies are lodged into tubes (secreted by themselves via a special kind of cnida) buriedamong sediments. In general, the fouling of marine invertebrates is observed on rigidstructures while the use of soft structures is not fully understood. The tube compositionof Ceriantharia is essentially an overlap of ptychocyst filaments combined with anadhering mucus and, occasionally, some sediments. In this way, the ceriantharian tubeis not a suitable option for settlement of marine invertebrates due to its filamentous/softtexture. However, numerous species live on these tubes and so these species wererequired to develop special structures for anchoring. Through this study, it will bepossible to identify the marine invertebrates associated to the Ceriantharian tubes andthe manner that these associations occurred as well.

Scientific publications

(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)

CERIELLO, HELLEN; LOPES, CELINE S. S.; DIAS, GUSTAVO MUNIZ; STAMPAR, SERGIO N.. A different manner to share a house: is a colonial species possible in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa)?. MARINE BIODIVERSITY, v. 49, n. 4, p. 2017-2020, AUG 2019. (15/24408-4, 16/04962-0, 16/00689-7, 17/07870-1)