New students must be interested in whole organisms and their evolution. Most of my recent experience has involved echinoderms, but I’m not a taxon snob and the occasional mollusk and cnidarian has ...
The aeolid animals employ a coating of chitin, a glucose derivative, in the front part of their digestive system which can deflect the cnidarian attacks. Any harm done is rapidly repaired. Deflecting ...
"In this study, our aim was to address the mechanism of blastema formation, using the tentacle of cnidarian jellyfish Cladonema as a regenerative model in non-bilaterians, or animals that do not form ...
Hydrozoa belongs to the cnidarian family, the same as sea anemones. Although Hydrozoa do not affect the edibility of kelp, they do alter its appearance. “I have never seen so many Hydrozoa adher ...
Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae ...