Explore the fascinating characteristics of jellyfish, ancient marine invertebrates that defy nature by lacking a brain, heart ...

Aa Aa Aa Corals reefs are communities of organisms in which corals (members of the phylum Cnidaria) provide the dominant structural elements. They are known to need a range of specific conditions ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

The museum’s large collection of amphibians and reptiles is one the longest maintained collections in the world, originating in the late eighteenth century. The cnidaria collections include corals, ...

A deep-sea expedition made the surprising discovery of a previously unknown ecosystem in which animals such as giant tube worms thrive beneath hydrothermal vents.

MAPSTONE GM, Pugh, PR (2004) Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827; proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora): Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: ...

They belong to the class Scyphozoa, in the phylum Cnidaria, which also includes corals. (A phylum is such a broad taxonomic category that humans, fish, snakes, frogs, and all other animals with a ...

this sea anemone is a member of the sea-dwelling phylum Cnidaria, which is well-known for its full-body regenerative abilities—so much so that some animals in this phylum, such as the jellyfish ...

"This yellow crust is a sponge, in the phylum Porifera. This sea anemone is in Cnidaria, and this tiny sea star is in Echinodermata. This snail and this nudibranch are both in Mollusca, and here ...

Corals are invertebrate animals that eat plankton and belong to a large group of amazing colorful animals called Cnidaria (“stinging needles”). Living together as coral reefs, they protect ...

Hill would also become the first president of the International Association for the study of Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera.