New records of association between brachyscelus cf. Rapacoides (arthropoda: Amphipoda) and medusae (cnidaria: Scyphozoa and hydrozoa) from são sebastião channel, southeast Brazil

TAPIA, FRANCISCO ALEJANDRO PUENTE; SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN; GENZANO, GABRIEL; GASCA, REBECA; MORANDINI, ANDRÉ CARRARA

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY

INST OCEANOGRAFICO

Lugar: São Paulo; Año: 2018 vol. 66 p. 301 - 306

1679-8759

Medusae have a great diversity of associationswith different crustacean groups such as Amphipoda,Cirripedia, Isopoda, Copepoda, Decapoda and Mysidacea(e.g. Moreira, 1961; Phillips et al., 1969; Bruce, 1972;Martin and Kuck, 1991; Pagès, 2000; Sorarrain et al.,2001; Browne and Kingsford, 2005; Nogueira Jr. andDe Loyola e Silva, 2005; Martinelli Filho et al., 2008).Amphipoda is one of the most representative groups ofmarine symbiotic crustaceans, many species are associatedas symbionts or parasites of other organisms includingcnidarians, mollusks, other crustaceans, tunicates, as wellas fishes, sea turtles, dolphins, and whales (LeCroy et al.,2009). According to Laval (1980), hyperiids represent aremarkable lineage of amphipods that are adapted to live asholoplanktonic forms that evolved from benthic ancestors,and use as a substratum, shelter and source of food otherpelagic organisms, mainly gelatinous zooplankters, atleast during the first part of their life cycle.