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Transitions in morphologies, fluid regimes, and feeding mechanisms during development of the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna
2016; Inter-Research; Volume: 557; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/meps11855
ISSN1616-1599
AutoresRenato Mitsuo Nagata, André C. Morandini, SP Colin, Álvaro Esteves Migotto, John H. Costello,
Tópico(s)Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
ResumoMEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 557:145-159 (2016) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11855 Transitions in morphologies, fluid regimes, and feeding mechanisms during development of the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna Renato M. Nagata1,2,6,*, André C. Morandini1,2, Sean P. Colin3,4, Alvaro E. Migotto1,2, John H. Costello3,5 1Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, n. 101, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Centro de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 11600-970 São Sebastião, SP, Brazil 3Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA 4Marine Biology and Environmental Science, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 02809, USA 5Biology Department, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918, USA 6Present address: Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, 96203-000 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil *Corresponding author: renatonagata@gmail.com ABSTRACT: The early ontogeny of scyphomedusae involves morphological and functional transitions in body plans that affect the predators' propulsive and feeding strategies. We applied high-speed videography, digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV), and dye visualization techniques to evaluate alterations in swimming and feeding mechanisms during ontogeny of the rhizostome medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880 (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). During early ontogeny, the ephyral mouth lips develop into complex filtering structures along the oral arms. The viscous environments (Reynolds number <100) experienced by ephyrae constrain the feeding mechanisms that transport fluid during ephyral bell pulsations. In contrast, adult medusan fluid flows are dominated by inertial forces, and bell pulsations effectively transport fluids and entrained prey toward the oral arms. The oral arm surfaces are covered by motile epidermal cilia that drive these entrained flows through filtering gaps in the oral arms where food particles are retained. In addition to this process within the oral arms, vortices generated during bell pulsation flow downstream along the outside of the medusae and continuously transport prey toward the exterior oral arm surfaces. Although calanoid copepods are capable of escape velocities that greatly exceed L. lucerna's feeding current speeds, copepods often fail to detect the predator's feeding currents or inadvertently jump into medusan capture surfaces during failed escape attempts. Consequently, the comparatively weak predator feeding currents successfully capture a portion of the copepods encountered by swimming medusae. These results clarify the processes that enable rhizostome medusae to play key roles as consumers in tropical and subtropical coastal environments. KEY WORDS: Feeding behavior · Foraging mode · Filter-feeding · Jellyfish · Gelatinous zooplankton Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Nagata RM, Morandini AC, Colin SP, Migotto AE, Costello JH (2016) Transitions in morphologies, fluid regimes, and feeding mechanisms during development of the medusa Lychnorhiza lucerna. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 557:145-159. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11855 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 557. Online publication date: September 28, 2016 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2016 Inter-Research.
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