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The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future

The world of Medusa and her sisters

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Editors:
  1. Stefano Goffredo

    1. Biological, Geological and Env Scie, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  2. Zvy Dubinsky

    1. Fac. Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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  • unique, topical, multi-level, interdisciplinary coverage of Cnidaria
  • the reader through the earliest evolution of the taxon and the ramification of
  • Explores the Cnidaria genesis, evolution and systematics, its zoogeography, calcification, reproduction, symbiosis, photobiology, and global climate change, and gives insight in its immune system, medical aspects
  • Looks at the molecular and genomic make-up; ecology and physiology; use in jewelry; invasion of human imagination in art and myth
  • Bridges artificial schism between science, arts and Humanities

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About this book

This volume presents a broad panorama of the current status of research of invertebrate animals considered belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, such as hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, and coral. In this book the Cnidarians are traced from the Earth’s primordial oceans, to their response to the warming and acidifying oceans. Due to the role of corals in the carbon and calcium cycles, various aspects of cnidarian calcification are discussed. The relation of the Cnidaria with Mankind is approached, in accordance with the Editors’ philosophy of bridging the artificial schism between science, arts and Humanities.  Cnidarians' encounters with humans result in a broad spectrum of medical emergencies that are reviewed. The final section of the volume is devoted to the role of Hydra and Medusa in mythology and art. 

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Genesis, Evolution, and Systematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Emergence and Evolution of Early Life in the Geological Environment

      • Barbara Cavalazzi, Roberto Barbieri
      Pages 3-13

    3. Integrated Evolution of Cnidarians and Oceanic Geochemistry Before and During the Cambrian Explosion

      • Jian Han, Xingliang Zhang, Tsuyoshi Komiya
      Pages 15-29

    4. Origin and Early Diversification of Phylum Cnidaria: Key Macrofossils from the Ediacaran System of North and South America

      • Heyo Van Iten, Juliana M. Leme, Mírian L. A. F. Pacheco, Marcello G. Simões, Thomas R. Fairchild, Fábio Rodrigues et al.
      Pages 31-40

    5. The New Systematics of Scleractinia: Integrating Molecular and Morphological Evidence

      • Marcelo V. Kitahara, Hironobu Fukami, Francesca Benzoni, Danwei Huang
      Pages 41-59

    6. Ceriantharia in Current Systematics: Life Cycles, Morphology and Genetics

      • Sérgio N. Stampar, Maximiliano M. Maronna, Marcelo V. Kitahara, James D. Reimer, Julia S. Beneti, André C. Morandini
      Pages 61-72

    7. Origin and Evolution of the Nervous System Considered from the Diffuse Nervous System of Cnidarians

      • Osamu Koizumi
      Pages 73-91

  3. Zoogeography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Zoogeography of Hydrozoa: Past, Present and a Look to the Future

      • Cinzia Gravili
      Pages 95-107

    3. Diversity and Distribution of Octocorallia

      • Carlos Daniel Pérez, Bárbara de Moura Neves, Ralf Tarciso Cordeiro, Gary C. Williams, Stephen D. Cairns
      Pages 109-123

    4. Diversity and Distribution of Actiniaria

      • Paula Braga Gomes, Alessandra Gomes Targino, Rafael Antônio Brandão, Carlos Daniel Pérez
      Pages 125-138

    5. Cnidarian Alien Species in Expansion

      • Manuel María González-Duarte, Cesar Megina, Pablo J. López-González, Bella Galil
      Pages 139-160

  4. Calcification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Calcification in the Cnidaria Through Time: An Overview of Their Skeletal Patterns from Individual to Evolutionary Viewpoints

      • Jean-Pierre Cuif
      Pages 163-179

    3. A Non-traditional Stable Isotope Perspective on Coral Calcification

      • Casey Saenger, Jonathan Erez
      Pages 181-205

    4. Influences of Coral Intra-skeletal Organic Matrix on Calcium Carbonate Precipitation

      • Michela Reggi, Simona Fermani, Oren Levy, Zvy Dubinsky, Stefano Goffredo, Giuseppe Falini
      Pages 207-222

    5. From Molecules to Morphologies, a Multiscale Modeling Approach to Unravel the Complex System of Coral Calcification

      • Eva S. Deutekom, Pirom Konglerd, Paula Ramos-Silva, Jaap A. Kaandorp
      Pages 223-236

  5. Reproduction and Population Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Reproduction of Sea Anemones and Other Hexacorals

      • Ekaterina Bocharova
      Pages 239-248
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Biological, Geological and Env Scie, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Goffredo

  • Fac. Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Zvy Dubinsky

About the editors

Dr. Stefano Goffredo is consolidating his career. His scientific initiative promises to lead marine biology towards integrative interdisciplinary syntheses. By extensive collaborations with leaders in different fields, such as physics, chemistry, computational science and photobiology SG developed multidisciplinary methodologies attacking the questions identified by his field studies with novel laboratory tools. In his research, SG has developed original aspects in the interpretation of growth and population data, population dynamics, reproductive biology and conservation monitoring. Recently, he has expanded his interests to the biomineralization in relation to environmental parameters. 

Prof. Emeritus Zvy Dubinsky of the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences studies the response of the photosynthetic apparatus of microalgae to the intensity and spectral composition of underwaterirradiance and nutrient concentration. Dubinsky and his team focus on three systems – Phytoplankton in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and Lake Kinneret; Zooxanthellae living as endosymbionts in reef building corals; and algal mass cultures for the production of biodiesel and fine chemicals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future

  • Book Subtitle: The world of Medusa and her sisters

  • Editors: Stefano Goffredo, Zvy Dubinsky

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31303-0Published: 21 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81009-6Published: 12 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31305-4Published: 07 September 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 855

  • Number of Illustrations: 106 b/w illustrations, 182 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Invertebrates, Animal Ecology, Oceanography

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