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 ...

Scientists believe they may have identified the first animal to have roamed the Earth about 700 million years ago, a new study published in Nature revealed. Researchers determined that the first ...

Scientists have discovered a new blob-like species of ctenophore, or comb jelly, off Puerto Rico. The creature, named Duobrachium sparksae, was first spotted during a 2015 dive led by the NOAA Office ...

Ctenophores, also known as comb jellies, are a group of over 200 living species of invertebrate animals with a transparent gelatinous body superficially resembling that of a jellyfish. There is much ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Blooms of the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi proliferate in estuaries and coastal regions worldwide. However, their role in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The impact of Mnemiopsis leidyi as a predator was studied quantitatively to determine their feeding rates on mixed natural zooplankton. These ...

Under stressful conditions, the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi can revert from a lobate adult stage to a cyddipid larva, depicted here. Animal life cycles typically follow a familiar pattern, declined ...

Strange sea creatures called ctenophores have a fused nerve net where scientists expected to see synapses. Did they evolve their nervous system separately from other animals? When you purchase through ...

Experts have confirmed that it is a jellyfish-like organism called a ctenophore - also known as a comb jelly. They first emerged up to 700 million years ago - a long time before dinosaurs, which only ...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers have identified a strange new ctenophore species using a novel new method. Duobrachium sparksae is a gelatinous type of ctenophore ...

A video showing a transparent deep sea creature called ctenophore or comb jelly was posted on Instagram. The video is fascinating to watch. The underwater world is vast and is filled with incredible ...