First record of the association between Stomolophus meleagris (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) and Conchoderma cf virgatum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the Gulf of California

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  • Francisco Javier Álvarez-Tello Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Km 2.35 carretera a Las Tinajas, S. N., Colonia Tinajas, Guaymas, Sonora, 85460. México
  • Juana López-Martínez Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Km 2.35 carretera a Las Tinajas, S. N., Colonia Tinajas, Guaymas, Sonora, 85460. México
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Romero Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Km 1 carretera a San Juan de la Costa el Comitán. La Paz, BCS, México, 23097.México

Keywords:

Association, cirripede, epibiosis, Gulf of California, jellyfish.

Abstract

The association between the scyphomedusae Stomolophus meleagris (Agassiz 1862) and a cirripede indentified as Conchoderma cf virgatum (Spengler, 1790) in the Gulf of California was recorded for the first time on April 2010, during the fishing season of edible jellyfish in Guaymas, Mexico. Despite its wide distribution,records on this barnacle are scarce on the coast of Mexico, so this note is one of the few reports of C. virgatum in the Gulf of California and the first record of symbiosis with jellyfish S. meleagris worldwide. Some damage observed on the bell surface of the jellyfish suggest that the epibiont affected the growth of its host negatively, although C. virgatum is not considered an obligate parasite.

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Published

2017-01-03

How to Cite

Álvarez-Tello, F. J., López-Martínez, J., & Rodríguez-Romero, J. (2017). First record of the association between Stomolophus meleagris (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) and Conchoderma cf virgatum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the Gulf of California. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 23(1), 138–142. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/hidrobiologica/index.php/revHidro/article/view/631

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