Standard Presentation (15 mins) Australian Marine Sciences Association 2022

Advancements in Cubozoan Husbandry (#202)

Robert Courtney 1 , Jamie Seymour 1
  1. James Cook University, Smithfield, QLD, Australia

Conducting research on cubozoans has routinely been challenging due primarily to difficulties in maintaining specimens for extended periods of time in laboratory and/or aquarium environments. These challenges are further impacted by the complexity of cubozoan life cycles, with each life stage often requiring different specific conditions and resources for survival and proliferation. Further exacerbating the challenges in maintaining cubozoans is the high variation in specific requirements between species, whereby methods that are advantageous to one species are often not directly transferable to another. This presentation will outline recent advancements in cubozoan husbandry and tank designs, highlighting life stage and species-specific requirements for improved survivorship and growth, which have the capacity to improve and expand future research possibilities on cubozoans.