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Life Cycle of Edible Jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) Inhabiting a Brackish-Water Environment

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The edible jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 is an important fishery resource. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the life history of this brackish-water jellyfish in order to conserve the species and develop sustainable jellyfish fisheries. Matured medusae wer...

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Autores principales: Miyake, Hiroshi, Honda, Shiho, Nishikawa, Jun, Yusoff, Fatimah Md.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8300628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359266
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11072138
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author Miyake, Hiroshi
Honda, Shiho
Nishikawa, Jun
Yusoff, Fatimah Md.
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: The edible jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 is an important fishery resource. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the life history of this brackish-water jellyfish in order to conserve the species and develop sustainable jellyfish fisheries. Matured medusae were collected at the mouth of the Perak River. Primary polyps had a long stalk with a small stolon at the base of the calyx. Fully developed polyps were bowl- or goblet-shaped. Asexual reproduction was accomplished only by means of budding. Strobilation was mono-disc type. Polyps of A. hardenbergi expand their population not by podocysts, but by budding as quickly as possible and forming one large ephyra by mono-disc strobilation without the residuum, because the polyp cannot remain for a long time at its settlement place where there is a sediment-rich environment with drastic salinity change. ABSTRACT: The edible jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 is harvested throughout the year at the mouth of the Perak River, Malaysia. Although this species is an important fishery resource in the local area, limited biological studies have been carried out on it. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the life cycle of this unique brackish-water jellyfish in order to conserve the species and develop sustainable jellyfish fisheries. Mature medusae were collected at the mouth of the Perak River. Embryonic and larval development after fertilization was completed within 24 h until the planula stage and within 48 h until the polyp stage. Primary polyps had a long stalk with a small stolon at the base of the calyx. Fully developed polyps were bowl-or goblet-shaped but became an elongated stalk under starved conditions. Asexual reproduction was accomplished only by means of budding, and no podocysts were produced. Strobilation was mono-disc type. These characteristics may be adaptations to the dynamic environmental conditions in the estuary of the Perak River, where salinity fluctuates widely due to strong inflows of highly turbid freshwater coupled with tidal changes. This study suggests that polyps of A. hardenbergi expand their population not by podocysts, but by budding as quickly as possible and forming one large ephyra by mono-disc strobilation without the residuum, because the polyp cannot remain for a long time at its settlement place in the sediment-rich environment with drastic salinity change.
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spelling pubmed-83006282021-07-24 Life Cycle of Edible Jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) Inhabiting a Brackish-Water Environment Miyake, Hiroshi Honda, Shiho Nishikawa, Jun Yusoff, Fatimah Md. Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: The edible jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 is an important fishery resource. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the life history of this brackish-water jellyfish in order to conserve the species and develop sustainable jellyfish fisheries. Matured medusae were collected at the mouth of the Perak River. Primary polyps had a long stalk with a small stolon at the base of the calyx. Fully developed polyps were bowl- or goblet-shaped. Asexual reproduction was accomplished only by means of budding. Strobilation was mono-disc type. Polyps of A. hardenbergi expand their population not by podocysts, but by budding as quickly as possible and forming one large ephyra by mono-disc strobilation without the residuum, because the polyp cannot remain for a long time at its settlement place where there is a sediment-rich environment with drastic salinity change. ABSTRACT: The edible jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 is harvested throughout the year at the mouth of the Perak River, Malaysia. Although this species is an important fishery resource in the local area, limited biological studies have been carried out on it. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the life cycle of this unique brackish-water jellyfish in order to conserve the species and develop sustainable jellyfish fisheries. Mature medusae were collected at the mouth of the Perak River. Embryonic and larval development after fertilization was completed within 24 h until the planula stage and within 48 h until the polyp stage. Primary polyps had a long stalk with a small stolon at the base of the calyx. Fully developed polyps were bowl-or goblet-shaped but became an elongated stalk under starved conditions. Asexual reproduction was accomplished only by means of budding, and no podocysts were produced. Strobilation was mono-disc type. These characteristics may be adaptations to the dynamic environmental conditions in the estuary of the Perak River, where salinity fluctuates widely due to strong inflows of highly turbid freshwater coupled with tidal changes. This study suggests that polyps of A. hardenbergi expand their population not by podocysts, but by budding as quickly as possible and forming one large ephyra by mono-disc strobilation without the residuum, because the polyp cannot remain for a long time at its settlement place in the sediment-rich environment with drastic salinity change. MDPI 2021-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8300628/ /pubmed/34359266 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11072138 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Life Cycle of Edible Jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) Inhabiting a Brackish-Water Environment
title_full_unstemmed Life Cycle of Edible Jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) Inhabiting a Brackish-Water Environment
title_short Life Cycle of Edible Jellyfish Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny, 1934 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) Inhabiting a Brackish-Water Environment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8300628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34359266
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11072138
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