[Cnidaria] Information on Maeotias marginata polyps

[Robert Egon Schroeter]

Peter, Thanks for the reply.  I should have been more clear in my 
request for information on the polyps of M. marginata.  The Rees and 
Gershwin 2000 article only provides details of a very early stage 
polyp, as the authors were unsuccessful in rearing the polyp to an 
older, more mature size.  As a result, further developmental changes 
are quite possible.  After extensive benthic sampling and settling 
plate investigations, polyps resembling those in the Rees and 
Gershwin 2000 paper have not been located, although polyps of 
Moerisia sp. and presumably Blackfordia virginica are 
common.  Medusae of Maeotias marginata, on the other hand, remain 
highly abundant.
Any additional information would be appreciated!

Robert Schroeter
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