But new research offers a way to keep all coral cell types alive in a lab culture for two weeks or longer, opening novel experimental possibilities. The cells of cnidarians (a group that includes ...

Cnidarians nominally develop from two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm ... were grouped either separately or together to form the RADIATA, whereas all of the 'higher' animals were grouped ...

The animal kingdom contains a vast array of animals capability of remarkable regenerative abilities, but known are quite as adept at this healing task than sea-swelling Cnidarians, such as hydra ...

A study published today (September 11) in Nature Ecology & Evolution suggests that instead of two distinct germ layers, cnidarians may indeed have three. The authors show that the mesendoderm of the ...

The researchers describe four types of cnidarian fossils preserving traits that allow them to be related to modern orders and families of jellyfish. The specimens are about 200 million years older ...