On the polyps of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita in Kagoshima Bay

• Published in: Journal of oceanography Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 451 - 459
• Main Authors: MIYAKE, Hiroshi, TERAZAKI, Makoto, KAKINUMA, Yoshiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer 01.06.2002; Dordrecht Terra; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Aurelia aurita; Biological and medical sciences; Coastal zone; Distribution patterns; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Invertebrates; Marine; Marine biology; Marine ecology; Medusae; Mytilus; Piers; Sea water ecosystems; Spatial distribution; Synecology; Water temperature; Pacific Ocean; Asia; Japan; North Pacific; INW, Japan, Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefect., Kagoshima Bay; Aurelia aurita; Population structure; Marine environment; Substrate; Coelenterata; Geographic distribution; Animal community; Cnidaria; Habitat; Invertebrata; Animal population; Population density; Interspecific relation

There is the natural habitat of polyps of the common jellyfish Aurelia aurita in the Taniyama area, Kagoshima Bay. We examined the attachment substrata, density, colony structure and strobilation of the polyps. The polyps were observed only on the horizontal undersurface of floating piers. They atta...