@article{e22d578c90764a53b2f129717601ca71,
title = "Upside-down but headed in the right direction: Review of the highly versatile Cassiopea xamachana system",
abstract = "The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) has been predominantly studied to understand its interaction with the endosymbiotic dinoflagellate algae Symbiodinium. As an easily culturable and tractable cnidarian model, it is an attractive alternative to stony corals to understanding the mechanisms driving establishment and maintenance of symbiosis. Cassiopea is also unique in requiring the symbiont in order to complete its transition to the adult stage, thereby providing an excellent model to understand symbiosis-driven development and evolution. Recently, the Cassiopea research system has gained interest beyond symbiosis in fields related to embryology, climate ecology, behavior, and more. With these developments, resources including genomes, transcriptomes, and laboratory protocols are steadily increasing. This review provides an overview of the broad range of interdisciplinary research that has utilized the Cassiopea model and highlights the advantages of using the model for future research.",
author = "Ohdera, {Aki H.} and Abrams, {Michael J.} and Ames, {Cheryl L.} and Baker, {David M.} and Suesc{\'u}n-Bol{\'i}var, {Luis P.} and Collins, {Allen G.} and Freeman, {Christopher J.} and Edgar Gamero-Mora and Goulet, {Tamar L.} and Hofmann, {Dietrich K.} and Adrian Jaimes-Becerra and Long, {Paul F.} and Marques, {Antonio C.} and Miller, {Laura A.} and Mydlarz, {Laura D.} and Morandini, {Andre C.} and Newkirk, {Casandra R.} and Putri, {Sastia P.} and Samson, {Julia E.} and Stampar, {S{\'e}rgio N.} and Bailey Steinworth and Michelle Templeman and Thom{\'e}, {Patricia E.} and Marli Vlok and Woodley, {Cheryl M.} and Wong, {Jane C.Y.} and Martindale, {Mark Q.} and Fitt, {William K.} and M{\'o}nica Medina",
note = "Funding Information: We'd like to thank Todd LaJeunesse, Yixian Zheng, and Chen-Ming Fan for providing comments on the manuscript. Some of the images used in Figure 1 were provided by Todd LaJeunesse and Priyanka Kanti Solanki. Many thanks to Jon Norenburg who, as the chair of Invertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, supported our endeavors to create the Aquaroom, thereby facilitating many interesting observations of Cassiopea polyps and medusae (some acquired from the National Aquarium) by some coauthors and Aquaroom interns. Financial support was provided from Funda{\c c}{\~a}o de Amparo {\`a} Pesquisa do Estado de S{\~a}o Paulo (FAPESP) projects 2011/50242-5, 2015/21007-9, 2015/24408-4, 2017/50028-0 and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Tecnol{\'o}gico (CNPq) project 304961/2016-7, 404121/2016-0. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Ohdera, Abrams, Ames, Baker, Suesc{\'u}n-Bol{\'i}var, Collins, Freeman, Gamero-Mora, Goulet, Hofmann, Jaimes-Becerra, Long, Marques, Miller, Mydlarz, Morandini, Newkirk, Putri, Samson, Stampar, Steinworth, Templeman, Thom{\'e}, Vlok, Woodley, Wong, Martindale, Fitt and Medina.",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "9",
doi = "10.3389/fevo.2018.00035",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
journal = "Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "2296-701X",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S. A.",
number = "APR",
}