The phylum Cnidaria: a review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus

CS McFadden, M Daly, MR Brugler, P Cartwright… - 2007 - scholarship.claremont.edu
Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum
Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done …

Matrotrophy and placentation in invertebrates: a new paradigm

AN Ostrovsky, S Lidgard, DP Gordon… - Biological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Matrotrophy, the continuous extra‐vitelline supply of nutrients from the parent to the progeny
during gestation, is one of the masterpieces of nature, contributing to offspring fitness and …

Cnidarian phylogenetic relationships as revealed by mitogenomics

E Kayal, B Roure, H Philippe, AG Collins… - BMC evolutionary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, hydroids, jellyfish) is a phylum of relatively
simple aquatic animals characterized by the presence of the cnidocyst: a cell containing a …

Coupled biophysical global ocean model and molecular genetic analyses identify multiple introductions of cryptogenic species

MN Dawson, AS Gupta… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The anthropogenic introduction of exotic species is one of the greatest modern threats to
marine biodiversity. Yet exotic species introductions remain difficult to predict and are easily …

A review and synthesis on the systematics and evolution of jellyfish blooms: advantageous aggregations and adaptive assemblages

WM Hamner, MN Dawson - Hydrobiologia, 2009 - Springer
Pelagic gelatinous invertebrates in many diverse phyla aggregate, bloom, or swarm.
Although typically portrayed as annoying to humans, such accumulations probably are …

Transitions of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora: Lobata) from a native to an exotic species: a review

JH Costello, KM Bayha, HW Mianzan, TA Shiganova… - Hydrobiologia, 2012 - Springer
The genus Mnemiopsis is comprised of a single species, Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz,
1865, that has recently made the transition from a distribution limited to the Atlantic coasts of …

Species richness of jellyfishes (Scyphozoa: Discomedusae) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: missed taxa, molecules, and morphology match in a biodiversity hotspot

LG Daglio, MN Dawson - Invertebrate Systematics, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Species richness in the seas has been underestimated due to the combined challenges
presented by the taxonomic impediment, delimitation of species, preponderance of cryptic …

Evolutionary relationships among scyphozoan jellyfish families based on complete taxon sampling and phylogenetic analyses of 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA

KM Bayha, MN Dawson, AG Collins, MS Barbeitos… - 2010 - academic.oup.com
A stable phylogenetic hypothesis for families within jellyfish class Scyphozoa has been
elusive. Reasons for the lack of resolution of scyphozoan familial relationships include a …

[图书][B] What are jellyfishes and thaliaceans and why do they bloom?

CH Lucas, MN Dawson - 2014 - Springer
The jellyfishes and thaliaceans comprise primarily planktonic species of cnidarians,
ctenophores (jellyfishes) and chordates (thaliaceans or pelagic tunicates). Grouped together …

Rapid evolutionary radiation of marine zooplankton in peripheral environments

MN Dawson, WM Hamner - Proceedings of the National …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Populations of jellyfish, Mastigias sp., landlocked in tropical marine lakes during the
Holocene, show extreme genetic isolation (0.74≤ φST≤ 1.00), founder effects (genetic …