Looking at the protein structure, the Hydractinia proteins possess a V-set domain at the very tip of each protein. “That domain hadn’t been identified in organisms outside of the group called ...

So it’s surprising that this species in the phylum Cnidarians (along with jellyfish, corals, and other sea creatures) contains an ancient blueprint for bilaterians, of which Homo sapiens are a ...

One major division of the kingdom Animalia is Cnidarians (animals built around a central point) and bilaterians (animals with bilateral symmetry), which includes us humans. A new study found that ...