The meaning of EPHYRA is a free-swimming larva of a scyphozoan jellyfish formed by transverse fission of a scyphistoma and growing into a medusa.
As with the planula larva, the main function of the ephyra is to link the benthic and pelagic stages, from polyp to medusa. Survival of the ephyra is determined largely by the polyp, which determines the timing of release. However once released into the water column, like the planul...
EPHYRA PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND EPHYRA PRODUCTION METHODPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce ephyra which is a larva of jellyfish stably throughout the year.AOYAMA ZENICHI青山 善一