Solitary entoprocts
Solitary entoprocts
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Entoproct is a tiny sessile organisms of a few millimeter long. From the Ryukyus, Dr. T. Iseto, who was my graduate student, described many new species and one new genus in his thesis study. Since it is too small to find in situ, ecology of entoproct species are poorly understood.
Entoproct is a tiny sessile organisms of a few millimeter long. From the Ryukyus, Dr. T. Iseto, who was my graduate student, described many new species and one new genus in his thesis study. Since it is too small to find in situ, ecology of entoproct species are poorly understood.
Solitary entoproct: Lxosomella plakorticola on a sponge Plakortis sp.
Solitary entoproct: Lxosomella plakorticola on a sponge Plakortis sp.
Iseto T, Sugiyama N, Hirose E (2008) A new Loxosomella inhabiting a sponge from a reef slope in Okinawa Island, with special focus on foot structure (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). Zool Sci 25:1171–1178. doi: doi:10.2108/zsj.25.1171
Some entoprocts produce buds throughout the year but rarely produce gametes regardless of seasons.
Some entoprocts produce buds throughout the year but rarely produce gametes regardless of seasons.
Iseto T, Yokuta Y, Hirose E (2007) Seasonal change of species composition, abundance, and reproduction of solitary entoprocts in Okinawa Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Mar Biol 151:2099–2107. doi: DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0643-y
Sugiyama N, Iseto T, Hirose M, Hirose E (2010) Reproduction and population dynamics of the solitary entoproct Loxosomella plakorticola inhabiting a demosponge, Plakortis sp. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 415:73–82. doi: 10.3354/meps08747
Since the foot morphology is one of the essential key for the generic identification in the solitary entoprocts, we also study the fine structures of foot in some genera.
Since the foot morphology is one of the essential key for the generic identification in the solitary entoprocts, we also study the fine structures of foot in some genera.
Iseto T, Hirose E (2010) Comparative morphology of the foot structure of four genera of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta): Implications for foot functions and taxonomy. J Morphol 271:1185–1196. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10863
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