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- Title
First record of the invasive stinging medusa Gonionemus vertens in the southern hemisphere (Mar del Plata, Argentina).
- Authors
Rodriguez, Carolina S.; Pujol, María Gabriela; Mianzan, Hermes W.; Genzano, Gabriel N.
- Abstract
In this paper we report the first finding of the hydromedusa Gonionemus vertens Agassiz, 1862 in the southern hemisphere. About 30 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 fed with Artemia salina until sexual maturation. Possible way of species introduction is discussed.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Hemisphere; ATHECATE hydroids; GONIONEMUS vertens; INTRODUCED fishes; AQUARIUM fishes; FISH development; LIMNOMEDUSAE
- Publication
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 3, p653
- ISSN
0718-560X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3856/vol42-issue3-fulltext-23