Gametogenesis in Madracis decactis Lyman, 1859 (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from Ilha Grande Bay (Rio de Janeiro), southeastern Brazil

Muramatsu, Daniela; Silveira, Fábio Lang da

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Collections were made every two months in Ilha Grande Bay, Rio de Janeiro, for 21 months (August/2004-May/2006) to study the gametogenesis of Madracis decactis Lyman, 1859. A total of 1800 polyps were examined using standard histological techniques. Madracis decactis is a hermaphroditic species whose male and female gametes develop within different mesenteries. Oogenesis begins in October, while spermatogenesis begins at the end of February, both reaching maturity at the end of April. The peak of reproductive activity occurred between February and April, when all the polyps were fertile, containing mainly stage III oocytes. Examination of fertile polyps indicated the simultaneous presence of stages I, II and III for oogenesis and I, II, III and IV for spermatogenesis. No embryos or planulae were observed in the histological sections. The gametes or planulae spawning may occur between April and May.

Cnidaria; Scleractinia; Madracis decactis; Gametogenesis; Reproductive cycle

Coletas foram feitas a cada dois meses na Baía de Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, durante 21 meses (agosto/2004 - maio/2006) para estudar a gametogênese de Madracis decactis Lyman, 1859. Um total de 1800 pólipos foram examinados através de técnicas histológicas padrão. M. decactis é uma espécie hermafrodita, cujos gametas masculinos e femininos se desenvolvem em mesentérios diferentes. A ovogênese iniciou em outubro, e a espermatogênese no final de fevereiro, ambas alcançando maturidade no final do mês de abril. O pico da atividade reprodutiva ocorreu entre fevereiro e abril quando todos os pólipos estavam férteis contendo, principalmente, ovócitos no estágio III de maturação. O exame dos pólipos férteis indicou a presença simultânea dos estágios de desenvolvimento I, II e III para a ovogênese e dos estágios I, II, III e IV para a espermatogênese. Não foram encontrados embriões ou plânulas nos cortes histológicos. Os dados indicam que a liberação dos gametas ou plânulas deve ocorrer, provavelmente, entre os meses de abril e maio.

Cnidaria; Scleractinia; Madracis decactis; Gametogênese; Ciclo reprodutivo

BABCOCK, R. C.; BULL, G. D.; HARRISON, P. L.; HEYWARD, A. J.; OLIVER, J. K.; WALLACE, C. C.; WILLIS, B. L. Synchronous spawning of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef.. Mar. Biol, v. 90, p. 379-394, 1986.
BASSIM, K. M.; SAMMARCO, P.W. Effects of temperature and ammonium on larval development and survivorship in a scleractinian coral (Diploria strigosa). Mar. Biol, v. 142, p. 241-252, 2003.
BASSIM, K. M.; SAMMARCO, P. W.; SNELL, T. L. Effects of temperature on success of (self and non-self) fertilization and embriogenesis in Diploria strigosa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Mar. Biol, v. 140, p. 479-488, 2002.
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CALDERON, E. M.; CASTRO, C. B.; PIRES, D. O. Natação, assentamento e metamorfose de plânulas do coral Favia gravida Verril, 1868 (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Bolm Mus. nac, n.s. Zool., v. 429, p. 1-12, 2000.
CASTRO, B. T.; PIRES, D. O. Reproductive biology of Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from southern Bahia reefs, Brazil. Arq. Mus. nac, v. 64, n. 1, p. 19-27, 2006.
CASTRO, C.B.; PIRES, D.O. Brazilian coral reefs: what we already know and what is still missing. Bull. mar. Sci, v. 69, n. 2, p. 357-371, 2001.
FADLALLAH, Y. H. Reproduction in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa on the reefs adjacent to the industrial city of Yanbu (Red Sea, Saudi Arabia). In: CORAL REEF CONGR., 5. Proc, v. 4, p. 313-318, 1985.
FRANCINI, C. L. B.; CASTRO, C. B.; PIRES, D. O. First record of a reef coral spawning event in the western South Atlantic. Reprod. Develop, v. 42, n.1, p. 17-19, 2002.
GLYNN, P. W.; GASSMAN, N. J.; EAKIN, C. M.; CORTÉS, J.; SMITH, D. B.; GUZMAN, H. M. Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panama, and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). I. Pocilloporidae. Mar. Biol, v. 109, p. 355-368, 1991.
GLYNN, P. W.; COLLEY, S. B.; EAKIN, C. M.; SMITH, D. B.; CORTÉS, J.; GASSMAN, N. J.; GUZMÁN, H. M.; DEL ROSARIO, J. B.; FEINGOLD, J. S. Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). II. Poritidae. Mar. Biol, v.118, p. 191-208, 1994.
HARRIOTT, V. J. Reproductive seasonality, settlement, and post-settlement mortality of Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus), at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, v. 2, p. 151-157, 1983.
HARRISON, P. L. Sexual characteristics of scleractinian corals: systematic and evolutionary implications. In: INT. CORAL REEF CONGR., 5. Proc.v. 4, p. 337-342, 1985.
HARRISON, P. L.; WALLACE, C. C. Reproduction, dispersal and recruitment of scleractinian corals. In: DUBINSKY, Z. (Ed.). Ecosystems of the World 25 Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1990. p. 133-196.
KOJIS, B. L.; QUINN, N .J. Aspects of sexual reproduction and larval development in the shallow water hermatypic coral, Goniastrea australiensis (Edward and Haime, 1857). Bull. mar. Sci, v. 31, n. 3, p. 558-573, 1981.
KRUGER, A.; SCHLEYER, M. H. Sexual reproduction in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mar. Biol, v. 132, p. 703-710, 1998.
LABOREL, J. L. Madréporaires et hydrocoralliaires récifaux des cotes brésiliennes: Systematique, écologie, répartition verticale et géographique. Campagne de la Calypso au large des cotes atlantiques de l'Amérique du Sud. Anns Inst. Océanogr. Paris, v. 47, n. 9, p. 15-229, 1969/70.
LEÃO, Z.M.A.N.; KIKUCHI, R. P.;TESTA, V. Coral and coral reefs of Brazil. In: CORTÉS, J. (Ed.). Latin American coral reefs Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2003. p. 9-52, 2003.
LINS DE BARROS, M.; PIRES, D. O.; CASTRO, C. B. Sexual reproduction of the Brazilian reef coral Siderastrea stellata Verril 1868 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bull. mar. Sci, v. 73, n. 3, p. 713-724, 2003.
MENDES, J. M.; WOODLEY, J. D. Timing of reproduction in Montastrea annularis: relationship to environmental variables. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 227, p. 241-251, 2002.
NEVES, E. G.; PIRES, D. O. Sexual reproduction of Brazilian coral Mussismilia hispida Coral Reefs, v. 21, p. 161-168, 2002.
NEVES, E. G.; SILVEIRA, F. L. D. Release of planulae larvae, settlement and development of Siderastrea stellata Verrill, 1868 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Hydrobiologia, v.501, p. 139-147, 2003.
OLIVER, J. K.; BABCOCK, R. C.; HARRISON, P. L.; WILLIS, B. L. Geographic extent of mass coral spawning: clues to ultimate causal factors. In: INT. CORAL REEF SYMP., 6, Proc., v. 2, p. 803-810, 1988.
PENLAND, L.; KOULECHAD, J.; IDIP, D.; VAN WOESIK, R. Coral spawning in the western Pacific Ocean is related to solar insolation: evidence of multiple spawning events in Palau. Coral Reefs, v. 23, p. 133-140, 2004.
PIRES, D. O.; CAPARELLI, A. C. Biologia reprodutiva de Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816 (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) do Complexo Recifal dos Abrolhos, BA, Brasil. Bolm Mus. nac, v. 484, p. 1-12, 2002.
PIRES, D. O.; CASTRO, C. B.; RATTO, C. C. Reef coral reproduction in the Abrolhos Reef Complex, Brazil: the endemic genus Mussismilia Mar. Biol, v. 135, p. 463-471, 1999.
PIRES, D. O.; CASTRO, C. B.; RATTO, C. C. Reproduction of the solitary coral Scolymia wellsi Laborel (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the Abrolhos Reef Complex, Brazil. In: INT. CORAL REEF SYMP., 9. Proc , v. 1, p. 381-384, 2002.
RINKEVICH, B. The contribution of photosynthetic products to coral reproduction. Mar. Biol, v. 101, p. 259-263, 1989.
SIER, C.J.S.; OLIVE, P.J.W. Reproduction and reproductive variability in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Republic of Maldives. Mar. Biol, v. 118, p. 713-722, 1994.
SOONG, K. Sexual reproductive patterns of shallow-water reef corals in Panama. Bull. mar. Sci., v. 49, n. 3, p. 832-846, 1991.
SOARES, F. S.; FRANCISCO, C. N.; CARVALHO, C. N. D. Análise dos fatores que influenciam a distribuição espacial da precipitação no litoral sul fluminense, RJ. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE SENSORIAMENTO REMOTO, 12. Anais , p. 3365-3370, 2005.
STIMSON, J.S. Mode and timing of reproduction of some common hermatypic corals of Hawaii and Enewetak. Mar. Biol, v. 48, p. 173-184, 1978.
SZMANT-FROELICH, A. M.; YEVICH, P.; PILSON, E. Q.Gametogenesis and early development of the temperate coral Astrangia danae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Biol. Bull, v. 158, p. 257-269, 1980.
SZMANT-FROELICH, A. M; REUTTER, M.; RIGGS, L. Sexual reproduction of Favia fragum (Esper): lunar patterns of gametogenesis, embriogenesis and planulation in Puerto Rico. Bull. mar. Sci, v. 37, n. 3, p. 880-892, 1985.
TANNER, J.E. Seasonality and lunar periodicity in the reproduction of Pocilloporid corals. Coral Reefs, v. 15, p. 59-66, 1996.
VAN WOESIK, R., LACHARMOISE, F.; KÖKSAL, S. Annual cycles of solar insolation predict spawning times of Caribbean corals. Ecol. Letters, v. 9, p. 390-398, 2006.
VERMEIJ, M. J. A.; SAMPAYO, E.; BRÖKER, K.; BAK, R. P. M. Variation in the planulae release of closely related coral species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 247, p. 75-84, 2003.
VERMEIJ, M.J.A.; SAMPAYO, E.; BRÖKER, K.; BAK, R.P.M. The reproductive biology of closely related coral species: gametogenesis in Madracis from the southern Caribbean. Coral Reefs, v. 23, p. 206-214, 2004.
VERMEIJ, M. J .A.; FOGARTY, N. D.; MILLER, M. W. Pelagic conditions affect larval behavior, survival and settlement pattern in the Caribbean coral Montastrea faveolata Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 310, p. 119-128, 2006.
WARD, S. Evidence for broadcast spawning as well as brooding in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Mar. Biol, v. 112, p. 641-646, 1992.

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[2] BASSIM, K. M.; SAMMARCO, P.W. Effects of temperature and ammonium on larval development and survivorship in a scleractinian coral (Diploria strigosa). Mar. Biol, v. 142, p. 241-252, 2003.

[3] BASSIM, K. M.; SAMMARCO, P. W.; SNELL, T. L. Effects of temperature on success of (self and non-self) fertilization and embriogenesis in Diploria strigosa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Mar. Biol, v. 140, p. 479-488, 2002.

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[20] MENDES, J. M.; WOODLEY, J. D. Timing of reproduction in Montastrea annularis: relationship to environmental variables. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 227, p. 241-251, 2002.

[21] NEVES, E. G.; PIRES, D. O. Sexual reproduction of Brazilian coral Mussismilia hispida Coral Reefs, v. 21, p. 161-168, 2002.

[22] NEVES, E. G.; SILVEIRA, F. L. D. Release of planulae larvae, settlement and development of Siderastrea stellata Verrill, 1868 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Hydrobiologia, v.501, p. 139-147, 2003.

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[29] SIER, C.J.S.; OLIVE, P.J.W. Reproduction and reproductive variability in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Republic of Maldives. Mar. Biol, v. 118, p. 713-722, 1994.

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[35] TANNER, J.E. Seasonality and lunar periodicity in the reproduction of Pocilloporid corals. Coral Reefs, v. 15, p. 59-66, 1996.

[36] VAN WOESIK, R., LACHARMOISE, F.; KÖKSAL, S. Annual cycles of solar insolation predict spawning times of Caribbean corals. Ecol. Letters, v. 9, p. 390-398, 2006.

[37] VERMEIJ, M. J. A.; SAMPAYO, E.; BRÖKER, K.; BAK, R. P. M. Variation in the planulae release of closely related coral species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 247, p. 75-84, 2003.

[38] VERMEIJ, M.J.A.; SAMPAYO, E.; BRÖKER, K.; BAK, R.P.M. The reproductive biology of closely related coral species: gametogenesis in Madracis from the southern Caribbean. Coral Reefs, v. 23, p. 206-214, 2004.

[39] VERMEIJ, M. J .A.; FOGARTY, N. D.; MILLER, M. W. Pelagic conditions affect larval behavior, survival and settlement pattern in the Caribbean coral Montastrea faveolata Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser, v. 310, p. 119-128, 2006.

[40] WARD, S. Evidence for broadcast spawning as well as brooding in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Mar. Biol, v. 112, p. 641-646, 1992.

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