IIMYC 23581
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
First record of the invasive stinging medusa Gonionemus vertens in the southern hemisphere (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Autor/es:
RODRIGUEZ, C.S.; PUJOL, M.G.; MIANZAN, H.W.; GENZANO, G.N.
Revista:
LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC RESEARCH
Editorial:
UNIV CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Referencias:
Lugar: Valparaíso; Año: 2014 vol. 42 p. 653 - 657
ISSN:
0718-560X
Resumen:
In this paper we report the first finding of the hydromedusa Gonionemus vertens Agassiz, 1862 in the southern hemisphere. About thirty newly released medusae were found within an aquarium on September 2008. The aquarium contained benthic samples collected in intertidal and subtidal rocky fringe off Mar del Plata, near a commercially important harbor in Argentina. Medusae were feed with Artemia salina until sexual maturation. Possible way of species introduction is discussed.
