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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/72674| Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Título: | Eyes in staurozoa (cnidaria): a review |
| Autor(es): | Lucilia Souza Miranda Allen Gilbert Collins |
| Resumo: | The presence of dark pigment spots associated with primary tentacles (or structures derived from them, i.e., rhopalioids) in Staurozoa was recently overlooked in a study on the evolution of cnidarian eyes (defined as a “region made of photoreceptor cells adjacent to pigment cells”, irrespective of image formation, i.e., including all photoreceptive organs). Review of old and recent literature on Staurozoa shows that dark pigment spots are present in virtually all species of Manania, as well as some species of Haliclystus, Stylocoronella, and probably Calvadosia. The known ultrastructure of ocelli seems to be compatible with light perception, but no immediate response to changes in light intensity have been observed in the behavior of staurozoans. Therefore, although further studies addressing photic behavior are required, we discuss an earlier hypothesis that the dark spots in some stauromedusae may be related to synchronous spawning, as well as the possible sensorial function of rhopalioids. Observations summarized here suggest a possible ninth independent origin of eyes in Cnidaria, within a lineage of benthic medusae. Alternatively, documented similarity across medusae of Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Staurozoa—with eyes being topologically associated with primary tentacles in each of these taxa—could indicate shared ancestry and a single origin of eyes in this clade known as Acraspeda. Information on Staurozoa, one of the least studied groups within Cnidaria, is often neglected in the literature, but correctly recognizing the characters of this class is crucial for understanding cnidarian evolution. |
| Assunto: | Biodiversidade Taxonomia Zoologia Biologia marinha Evolucao - Estudo e ensino |
| Idioma: | eng |
| País: | Brasil |
| Editor: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Sigla da Instituição: | UFMG |
| Departamento: | ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGIA |
| Tipo de Acesso: | Acesso Aberto |
| Identificador DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.6693 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/72674 |
| Data do documento: | 1-Abr-2019 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://peerj.com/articles/6693/ |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | PeerJ |
| Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo de Periódico |
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