AW: [Cnidaria] Mnemiopsis and parasite?

[Ulrich Technau]

Hi,

it very much looks like Edwardsiella lineata, a sea anemone of the Edwardsiidae which is a facultative parasite in Mnemiopsis.

Uli

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Dr. Ulrich Technau
Sars Centre for Marine Molecular Biology
University of Bergen
Thormohlensgt. 55
5008 Bergen
Http://www.sars.no

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Technau
University of Vienna
Althanstr. 14
1090 Wien
Tel: 0043-6646027756703
ulrich.technau at univie.ac.at




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Von: cnidaria-bounces at uci.edu im Auftrag von TVanwey428 at aol.com
Gesendet: Mo 08.10.2007 14:34
An: cnidaria at uci.edu
Betreff: Re: [Cnidaria] Mnemiopsis and parasite?
 
In populations around the coast of Massachusetts, RI and CT, it is unusual if 
they are missing. I think it's a cnidarian, an anemone, but I'm not sure.

Over the weekend (serendipitously) I observed free-swimming individuals, 
maybe either finding hosts or abandoning the crowd of mnemiopsis in our 
pseudo-kreisel tanks at the New England Aquarium.

Email Chris Dollar <cdollar at neaq.org> since he's more knowledgable (I'm a 
part time jellies guy who teaches Chemistry for a living).

Tim Van Wey


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