JBS-07 Cubozoan biology, ecology and management

 

This session will cope with different aspects of Cubozoans such as biology, ecology, taxonomy and management. Cubozoans, or box jellyfish, are the smallest class of Cnidaria, with only about 50 species, which occur in tropical and subtropical waters. Cubozoans are of great biological and social importance. They are active fish and zooplankton predators. They have complex eyes and visual capabilities, mating behaviour, and high to extreme toxicity, provoking painful stings to humans. Their toxicity depends on the species, being the tropical ones the most dangerous. Despite their biological and socioeconomic importance, studies on the biology, ecology, taxonomy and management of cubozoans are scarce.

This session pretends to exchange the current knowledge and research on Cubozoans around the world, including the Mediterranean species Carybdea marsupialis.

 

This session is organised in the frame of LIFE Cubomed project (www.cubomed.eu).

 

Chairs:

Cesar Bordehore - Universidad de Alicante (Spain)

Michael Kingsford - James Cook University (Australia)

Melissa Acevedo Dudley - Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC (Spain)