Pelagia noctiluca

Morin, J. G., and Reynolds, G. T. (1972). Spectral and kinetic characteristics of bioluminescence in Pelagia noctiluca and other coelenterates. Biol. Bull. 143 470-471. 

Medusozoa Scyphozoa Semaostomeae Pelagidae Pelagia noctiluca... 

Pelagia noctiluca Palau, Western Caroline Islands 21 — —... 

Malej, A. (1989). Respiration and excretion rates of Pelagia noctiluca (Semaeostomeae, Scyphozoa). Proceedings of the 21st EMBS, Gdansk, Pohsh Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Gdansk, pp. 107—113. 

Morand, P., Carre, C., andBiggs, D. C. (1987). Feeding and metabolism of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (scyphomedusae, semaeostomae). J. Plankton Res. 9, 651-665. 

Luminiferous animal organisms are well known. Examples include the small sea animal Noctiluca miliaris, the firefly Lampyris noctiluca and the lamp jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca. The amazing light emission produced by these species is due to luciferasc catalysts, whose coferment luciferin (molecular formula below) can regulate the bioluminescence processes by means of its action in redox and light transfer cycles. 

The ephyrae of most species of scyphomedusae can be kept in the above aquaria. A variety of containers have been designed to maintain ephyrae until they develop into small medusae and need to be changed to another kind of tank. A small rectangular 3-6 L aquarium with central aeration is adequate for many species (Table 13.2). Widmer (2008) found glass culture dishes adequate for most scyphozoan ephyrae and some small hydromedusae. Pelagia noctiluca ephyrae cannot be kept in this kind of aquarium. 

Pelagia noctiluca Australia/Indo-Pacific Apr 2004 Ehime Prefecture Mortality of penned fish Uye (pers. info, from local fisherman)... 

Pelagia noctiluca 1994 Brittany, France Salmon and trout Merceron et al., 1995... 

Pelagia noctiluca Nov 2007 Western Ireland 250000 salmon killed Doyle eta/.,2008... 

Fig.13.5 Examples of harmful jellyfish species that have caused gill problems and/ or mortalities in marine-farmed sahnon. (a) A bloom of Aurelia aurita (and a single Chrysaora hysoscella in the centre) on an Atlantic sahnon in Ireland, (b) Pelagia noctiluca taken from the snrface waters during the 2007 bloom in Northern Ireland, (c) a single polyp head of the biofouhng hydroid species, Ectopleura larynx, found on aquacnlture nets in Ireland, (d) Muggiaea atlantica and (e) Solmaris corona, (c-e) only a few mm in length (a) and (c-e) photos courtesy of Emily Baxter (b) photo...

J and HAYS G c (2008) Widespread occurrence of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in Irish coastal and shelf waters , I Plankton Res, 30,963-968. 

Pelagia noctiluca Mediterranean Sea Mariottini, Giacco, and Pane, 2008... 

Mariottini, G.L., Sottofattori, E., Mazzei, M., Robbiano, L., and Carli, A. (2002) Cytotoxicity of the venom of Pelagia noctiluca Forskal (Cnidaria Scyphozoa). Toxicon, 40, 695-698. 

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