PBS The Shape of Life Disc 1: Life On The Move (Cnidarians) (2002)

Index
Peter's DVD rating: 4.0 stars
7:00Abraham Trembley observed Hydra feeding 10:10Cnidarians invented mouth, stomach, movement of hairs 500 MYA 11:402 sets of muscles and nerves allow bending
13:30 Sea Anemone captures goby with nematocysts (Big Sur, California) 17:55 Anemones battle for territory 21:00 Coral polyps form vast colonies, build reefs, spawn
24:20 Stomphia is a sea anemone 24:30 Stomphia swims away from sea star Dermasterias triggered by nerve impulses 31:10 Jellyfish eaten by sea turtle
33:40 Moon Jelly polyps produce ephyra (juvenile jellyfish). 16:00Adult Moon Jelly form massive swarms when spawning. 36:30 Females ingest thread-like sperm of males
38:00 Swimming motion creates current for feeding (Greenwich Cove, Rhode island) 44:30 Praya is a medusa 44:40 Praya also has stalk-like polyp and trailing tentacles up to 120 feet
45:30 Colobonema 45:40 Colobonema can detach tentacles as a defense 49:30 new species of jellyfish has massive arms, below 3,000 fett (research vessel Western Flyer, Monterey, California)
Hydra-feeding.jpg
7:00 Hydra feeding
hairs.JPG
10:10 movement of hairs
bending.JPG
11:40 bending
Actiniaria.jpg
13:30 Sea Anemone captures goby with nematocysts
Anemone_war.JPG
17:55 Anemones battle for territory
Coral-polyps.JPG
21:00 Coral polyps form vast colonies,
Coral-spawn.JPG
21:00 spawn
Stomphia_coccinea.jpg
24:20 Stomphia
Stomphia_coccinea-swim.jpg
24:30 Stomphia swims away
Dermasterias.jpg
24:30 Dermasterias
nerve-impulses.JPG
24:30 nerve impulses
Sea_turtle-jellyfish.JPG
31:10 Jellyfish eaten by sea turtle
Aurelia_aurita-ephyra.jpg
33:40 Moon Jelly polyps produce ephyra (juvenile jellyfish).
Aurelia_aurita-swarm.jpg
16:00 Moon Jelly
Aurelia_aurita-mating.jpg
36:30 Females ingest thread-like sperm of males
Aurelia_aurita-feeding.jpg
38:00 Swimming motion creates current for feeding
Praya_dubia.jpg
44:30 Praya
Praya_dubia-tentacles.jpg
44:40 Praya also has stalk-like polyp
Colobonema_sericeum.jpg
45:30 Colobonema
Colobonema_sericeum-tentacles.jpg
45:40 Colobonema can detach tentacles
New-jellyfish.JPG
49:30 new species of jellyfish has massive arms,
Index Mar 15, 2010 copyleft Peter Chen