• Source: Beroe (ctenophore)

Beroe, commonly known as the cigar comb jellies, is a genus of comb jellies in the family Beroidae. Beroe exhibits bioluminescence.




Anatomy


Inside the mouths of beroid ctenophores, macrocilia are present and essential for feeding. Each macrocillium contains multiple axonemes that are surrounded by a common membrane with a distinct capping structure at the distal tip. The cap structure consists of extensions of axonemal microtubules that are embedded in an electron dense matrix to form pointed projections or "teeth". During the beat cycle of macrocilia, these teeth shift from a straight to hooked configuration which is thought to aid ingestion and break up prey. These macrocilia are diverse amongst Beroe families and can be used to identify ctenophores by way of morphological differences.

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are members of this genus:

Beroe abyssicola Mortensen, 1927
Beroe australis Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Beroe baffini Kramp, 1942
Beroe basteri Lesson, 1830
Beroe campana Komai, 1918
Beroe compacta Moser, 1909
Beroe constricta Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780
Beroe culcullus Martens, 1829
Beroe cyathina A. Agassiz, 1860
Beroe flemingii (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Beroe forskalii Milne Edwards, 1841
Beroe gilva Eschscholtz, 1829
Beroe gracilis Künne, 1939
Beroe hyalina Moser, 1907
Beroe macrostoma Péron & Lesueur, 1808
Beroe mitraeformis Lesson, 1830
Beroe mitrata (Moser, 1907)
Beroe ovale Bosc, 1802
Beroe ovata Bruguière, 1789
Beroe pandorina (Moser, 1903)
Beroe penicillata (Mertens, 1833)
Beroe ramosa Komai, 1921
Beroe roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Beroe rufescens (Eschscholtz, 1829)




References






Further reading



Galil, Bella; Gevili, Roy; Shiganova, Tamara (2011). "Not far behind: First record of Beroe ovata Mayer, 1912 (Ctenophora: Beroida: Beroidae) off the Mediterranean coast of Israel". Aquatic Invasions. 6: S89–90. doi:10.3391/ai.2011.6.S1.020.
Oliveira, Otto M.P.; Migotto, Alvaro E. (2014). "First occurrence of Beroe forskalii (Ctenophora) in South American Atlantic coastal waters, with notes on the use of macrociliary patterns for beroid identification". Zootaxa. 3779 (4): 470–6. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3779.4.5. PMID 24871741.
Oliveira, Otto M. P.; Feliú, Guillermo; Palma, Sergio (2014). "Beroe gracilis (Ctenophora) from the Humboldt Current System: first occurrence of this species in the southern hemisphere". Zootaxa. 3827 (3): 397–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.10. PMID 25081170.
Mianzan, Hermes; Dawson, Elliot W.; Mills, Claudia E. (2009). "Phylum Ctenophora: Comb Jellies" (PDF). In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. pp. 49–58. ISBN 978-1877257-72-8.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ctenophora
• Beroe (ctenophore)
• Beroe abyssicola
• Beroe
• Ctenophora
• Beroe penicillata
• Beroidae
• Mnemiopsis
• Ganesha (ctenophore)
• Cigar (disambiguation)
• Velamen parallelum