A crown-group cnidarian from the Ediacaran of Charnwood Forest, UK

FS Dunn, CG Kenchington, LA Parry… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Cnidarians are a disparate and ancient phylum, encompassing corals and jellyfish, and
occupy both the pelagic and benthic realms. They have a rich fossil record from the …

A comprehensive compilation of Iberian Medusozoan data: Diversity, ecology, and omics insights

T Rodrigues, D Almeida, FA Guardiola… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the diversity and distribution of Medusozoa, a clade of the phylum
Cnidaria, within the framework of the Iberian Peninsula and surrounding archipelagos …

Description of a common stauromedusa on the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada, Haliclystus sanjuanensis new species (Cnidaria: Staurozoa)

CE Mills, H Westlake, YM Hirano, LS Miranda - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Haliclystus “sanjuanensis” nomen nudum is the most common staurozoan on the west coast
of the United States and Canada. This species was described in the MS Thesis by …

An intermediate type of medusa from the early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation, South China

X Wang, J Vannier, X Yang, S Kubota, Q Ou… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The tetraradial or pentaradial fossil embryos and related hatched individuals from the early
Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation are of great interest for understanding the early …

Morphological analyses of the adult and juvenile stages of the stalked jellyfish Craterolophus convolvulus (Johnston, 1835)(Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Stauromedusae …

S Holst, LS Miranda, P Meyer, P Michalik, I Soetje - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2021 - Elsevier
Investigations on the internal anatomy of stalked jellyfishes (Staurozoa) are crucial for
species descriptions and systematic studies on this taxon. Contrast-enhanced X-ray micro …

An early Cambrian polyp reveals an anemone-like ancestor for medusozoan cnidarians

Y Zhao, LA Parry, J Vinther, FS Dunn, Y Li, F Wei… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Extant cnidarians are a disparate phylum of non-bilaterians and their diploblastic body plan
represents a key step in animal evolution. Anthozoans (anemones, corals) are benthic …

[HTML][HTML] CORAL Excerpt: Stauromedusans: The Stalked Jellyfishes

RL Shimek - coralmagazine.com
I have been fortunate in the long and meandering safari that is my life to have spent some
time examining and investigating the often overlooked, the small, the unknown, the …