The protein is a part of the "weapons system" that the cnidarians use: a kind of harpoon launched from their body at extremely ... which then can be used in the form of a movement after release.

The single obvious axis and the near radially symmetric body plans of some of the MEDUSOZOANS led to cnidarians being grouped ... separately or together to form the RADIATA, whereas all of the ...

Cnidarians can have different body forms within their life cycle, including a polyp, which is shaped like a vase and usually attached to something like the seafloor. Medusozoans take their name ...

Nature Ecology & Evolution) (CN) — A fossilized cnidarian recently discovered in the United Kingdom ... Generally they have two basic body forms: the free-floating medusozoa and anthozoa, which are ...

While the cells are still undifferentiated in the beginning, they eventually form specific cell types ... right and left side), cnidarians have radial body symmetry, with body sections that ...

They have a flat, disk-shaped body, and no organs either. Comb jellies, the ctenophores, are life forms that resemble jellyfish. The true jellyfish, however, are part of the cnidarians ...

This unsettling creature is a hydra, a freshwater-dwelling cnidarian no more than a half ... but its ability to regenerate its body — even its head — from only a scrap of tissue or pile ...