The origins of neural systems remain unresolved. In contrast to other basal metazoans, ctenophores (comb jellies) have both complex nervous and mesoderm-derived muscular systems. These holoplanktonic ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 54, No. 6 (Nov., 2009), pp. 2025-2033 (9 pages) Nucleotide sequence analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA gene (rRNA), internal transcribed spacer, and 5.8S rRNA was used for ...

A beautiful marine animal with a jelly-like body surrounded by iridescent combs. The most likely candidate for the earliest branched-off animal lineage. And now, an impossible nervous system. Comb ...

A multi-institutional team that includes researchers from the University of Delaware, University of California San Diego and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), among others, published a ...

A clip from a 2010 video of a comb jelly eating its genetic relative has surfaced recently, and it’s notable for several reasons. The most important reason (as far as we’re concerned), is that, ...

A researcher at The University of Alabama was part of a new study that provides further evidence in support of a controversial hypothesis that a group of marine animals commonly called comb jellies ...

Susan Lawler has received funding from the ARC in the past. Most of us have never heard of Ctenophores, or comb jellies, but this is about to change. In a publication out today in Science, a team of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For one species of comb jelly, survival from injury can come down to ...

Bristol study reaffirms classical view of early animal evolution. Whether sponges or comb jellies (also known as sea gooseberries) represent the oldest extant animal phylum is of crucial importance to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The bottom of Earth’s oceans may as well be another planet. The ...