Life in tidepools: distribution and abundance of two crawling hydromedusae, Staurocladia oahuensis and S. bilateralis, on a rocky intertidal shore in Kominato, central Japan

Two crawling medusae, Staurocladia oahuensis (Edmondson, 1930) and S. bilateralis (Edmondson, 1930) were found to be abundant in intertidal rock pools in Kominato from late summer until early winter. The two species were found to rarely share the same individual alga, and sometimes showed exclusive...

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Main Authors: Yayoi M. Hirano, Yoshuiaki J. Hirano, Mayumi Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2000-12-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/807