CORAL Excerpt: Stauromedusans: The Stalked Jellyfishes
What is that strange invader in my reef aquarium? Meet the Stauromedusans.
BNFFF (Best Non-Fish Friends Forever)
Initially, the worm was thought to obtain a permanent shelter from predation at a minor expense to the coral. However, experimental work has shown that the cost to the coral is minimal and that the worms can provide two quite significant benefits to the coral: First, the top of the calcareous operculum is secreted in the form of multiple sharp rays.
First Aid for Jelly Stings
“Olde mossie-backed divers” such as myself, were usually told the urine tale in our scuba classes in the late 1960s or early 1970s; but once we started to think about it, particularly as scientists (junior grade), it made no sense, whatsoever.
Kissed By an Anemone: Cnidarian Stings Part I
The moral is…never underestimate the power of nematocysts.
In The Season Of Giving, Santa Was Asking For Jet Skis…
A large and intense Arctic temperature swing—more than 40 degrees above normal—has caught the attention of scientists.
Matt Pedersen says:
Some addtional updates: Bocas Mariculture reports the successful cultivation of Serranus flaviventris, which didn't make it onto the list, and two accomplishments initially attributed to Bocas were in fact reported by Till Deuss from earlier when he was working with Biota Palau, so these have been attributed to the Biota Group with date information.Matt Pedersen says:
It's been brought to my attention that we overlooked the first breeding of Corythoichthys conspicillatus by Pholium Mariculture in the UK, which occurred in 2022. And thus, the first addition to the next list is already known!CORAL Magazine’s Captive-Bred Marine Fish Species List for says:
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