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The puzzling occurrence of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the Brazilian coast: a result of several invasion events?
Fecha
2020-12-09Registro en:
Zoologia. Curitiba: Soc Brasileira Zoologia, Univ Federal Parana, v. 37, 10 p., 2020.
1984-4689
10.3897/zoologia.37.e50834
S1984-46702020000100324
WOS:000599116900001
S1984-46702020000100324.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Inst Meio Ambiente Alagoas
Inst Biota Conservacao
Univ Fed Alagoas
Institución
Resumen
The massive occurrence of jellyfish in several areas of the world is reported annually, but most of the data come from the northern hemisphere and often refer to a restricted group of species that are not in the genus Cassiopea. This study records a massive, clonal and non-native population of Cassiopea and discusses the possible scenarios that resulted in the invasion of the Brazilian coast by these organisms. The results indicate that this jellyfish might have invaded the Brazilian coast multiple times.