Review of the diversity, traits, and ecology of zooxanthellate jellyfishes

N Djeghri, P Pondaven, H Stibor, MN Dawson - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Many marine organisms form photosymbioses with zooxanthellae, but some, such as the
medusozoans, are less well known. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the …

The state of Medusozoa genomics: current evidence and future challenges

MD Santander, MM Maronna, JF Ryan… - GigaScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Medusozoa is a widely distributed ancient lineage that harbors one-third of Cnidaria
diversity divided into 4 classes. This clade is characterized by the succession of stages and …

Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from south American marine waters

OMP Oliveira, TP Miranda, EM Araujo, P Ayon… - 2016 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
We have compiled available records in the literature for medusozoan cnidarians and
ctenophores of South America. New records of species are also included. Each entry (ie …

Prolific origination of eyes in Cnidaria with co-option of non-visual opsins

N Picciani, JR Kerlin, N Sierra, AJM Swafford… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Animal eyes vary considerably in morphology and complexity and are thus ideal for
understanding the evolution of complex biological traits [1]. While eyes evolved many times …

Animal evolution at the ocean's water-air interface

CJ Anthony, B Bentlage, RR Helm - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Innovation is a key to evolutionary success and entrance into novel ecosystems. 1 Species
that float freely at the ocean's surface, termed obligate neuston (also called pleuston, here …

Deep-sea hydrozoans in the western part of the Bering Sea: some hydroids associated with methane seep communities at upper bathyal depths and abyssal hydroids …

A Prudkovsky, E Rybakova, N Sanamyan… - Deep Sea Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seven hydrozoan species were collected from the abyssal depths of the Volcanologists
Massif and Komandorsky Basin (∼ 3360–3930 m) and from methane seep communities on …

The puzzling occurrence of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the Brazilian coast: a result of several invasion events?

SN Stampar, E Gamero-Mora, MM Maronna… - Zoologia (curitiba …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
The massive occurrence of jellyfish in several areas of the world is reported annually, but
most of the data come from the northern hemisphere and often refer to a restricted group of …

Reproductive and environmental traits explain the variation in egg size among Medusozoa (Cnidaria)

J García-Rodríguez, AF Cunha… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Medusozoa (Cnidaria) are characterized by diverse life cycles, with different semaphoronts
(medusa, medusoid, fixed gonophore, polyp) representing the sexual phase and carrying …

Systematics and character evolution of capitate hydrozoans

D Maggioni, P Schuchert, AN Ostrovsky, A Schiavo… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Capitate hydrozoans are a morphologically and ecologically diverse hydrozoan suborder,
currently including about 200 species. Being grouped in two clades, Corynida and …

Phylogenetic relationships of Proboscoida Broch, 1910 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): are traditional morphological diagnostic characters relevant for the delimitation of …

AF Cunha, AG Collins, AC Marques - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Overlapping variation of morphological characters can lead to misinterpretation in taxonomic
diagnoses and the delimitation of different lineages. This is the case for hydrozoans that …