Researchers sequenced and compared the genomes of the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) and the giant box jellyfish (Morbakka virulenta) and reported their results Monday (April 15) in Nature Ecology & ...

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists watching ...

Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is a member of the phylum Cnidaria, making it a close relative of jellyfish and corals. The animal’s tendency to form large colonies comes with problems, says study ...

Some species of nudibranch have turned to a life of crime, robbing prey of their only defences: their stings. Nematocysts are the venomous stinging cell organelles produced by cnidarians such as ...

Stanley Gardiner and J.J. Lister. The Natural History Museum cnidaria collection is used for taxonomic research, studies of coral richness (species, generic, morphological, genetic), as well as for ...