A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov.
A jellyfish-eating sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Palau: Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov.
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来自帕劳的食水母海葵（刺胞动物门、海葵属）：Entacmaea medusivora sp.
作者：
D. Fautin;W. Fitt
nov.，海蜇是海蜇科的一员，栖息在加罗林群岛西部的帕劳的水母湖，以根口水母巴布亚海蜇为食。海葵是偶氮黄藻，尽管它的水母猎物含有共生藻类。在实验室中，当保持在30 °C以上时，喂养良好的海葵释放出纤毛浮囊状幼虫。无法确定幼虫是有性还是无性繁殖，幼虫通常在释放后24小时内定居在亲本周围。
Entacmaea medusivora sp. nov., a member of the family Actiniidae, inhabits Jellyfish Lake in Palau, western Caroline Islands, and eats the rhizostome jellyfish Mastigias papua. The anemone is azooxanthellate, despite its jellyfish prey containing symbiotic algae. Well fed anemones released ciliated planula-like larvae in the laboratory when maintained at more than 30 °C. It could not be determined whether the larvae, which usually settled around the parent within 24 h of release, were produced sexually or asexually.