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Edwardsiella lineata has often been the object of study of many marine biologists, and in the course of a research work the parasitic lifestyle of the anemone was discovered.
As a planula larva, it invades the intestine of ctenophores, usually Mnemiopsis leidyi, as a parasite and transforms into a worm-like parasitic stage without tentacles or mesenteries.
Outside the ctenophore host, Edwardsiella lineata develop into an adult sessile polyp, the familiar typical anemone.
The body column of the adult anemone is elongate with a length of about 3 cm and a diameter of about 4 mm.
Edwardsiella lineata has also become known in another really unpleasant feature for humans, because its larvae cause an unpleasant bath dermatitis, a severe skin inflammation inflammation
In regions with large numbers of larvae, entire beach areas can thus become temporarily unusable for bathers' recreation.
Because Edwardsiella lineata is capable of asexual reproduction through clonal formation in addition to sexual reproduction, and tends to occur in large numbers, this species could become invasive, exacerbating the basic problem of introduced species.
Source:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/147549823/Publishers_version.pdf
Dispersal and speciation: The cross Atlantic relationship of two parasitic cnidarians
Authors: Rohit Dnyansagar , Bob Zimmermanna, Yehu Moran, Daniela Praher, Per Sundberg, Lene Friis Møller, Ulrich Technau
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.035
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/)
Synonyms:
Edwardsia leidyi Verrill, 1898
Edwardsia lineata (Verrill in Baird, 1873)
Fagesia lineata (Verrill, 1873)
As a planula larva, it invades the intestine of ctenophores, usually Mnemiopsis leidyi, as a parasite and transforms into a worm-like parasitic stage without tentacles or mesenteries.
Outside the ctenophore host, Edwardsiella lineata develop into an adult sessile polyp, the familiar typical anemone.
The body column of the adult anemone is elongate with a length of about 3 cm and a diameter of about 4 mm.
Edwardsiella lineata has also become known in another really unpleasant feature for humans, because its larvae cause an unpleasant bath dermatitis, a severe skin inflammation inflammation
In regions with large numbers of larvae, entire beach areas can thus become temporarily unusable for bathers' recreation.
Because Edwardsiella lineata is capable of asexual reproduction through clonal formation in addition to sexual reproduction, and tends to occur in large numbers, this species could become invasive, exacerbating the basic problem of introduced species.
Source:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/147549823/Publishers_version.pdf
Dispersal and speciation: The cross Atlantic relationship of two parasitic cnidarians
Authors: Rohit Dnyansagar , Bob Zimmermanna, Yehu Moran, Daniela Praher, Per Sundberg, Lene Friis Møller, Ulrich Technau
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.035
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/)
Synonyms:
Edwardsia leidyi Verrill, 1898
Edwardsia lineata (Verrill in Baird, 1873)
Fagesia lineata (Verrill, 1873)
