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Jellyfish TOOB (Safari Ltd.)

Jellyfish are familiar and popular animals! While beautiful in form and color and enchanting in their movements, they are also venomous predators, paralyzing and subduing prey with stinging nematocysts. They are also no stranger to the toy and figure realm, where sets devoted to jellyfish have been produced by K&M International, Kaiyodo, Kitan Club, Ikimon (multiple times), Qualia, and The […]

Ms. Que Banh Sep 2, 2024

When morbidity looks marvelous.
Death of a #moonjelly.

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photography by johnson earls May 7, 2023

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Jan Taubenheim Mar 8, 2023

Jensen et al. from the Schmitz-Streit lab Kiel: Timing of host-microbe interactions are important for the correct development of ephyra in the #moonjelly Aurelia aurita. Simple approach, but love the project - would love to see more on the molecular mechanisms of the host side. Check it out:
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2637771/v1

Asexual reproduction of Aurelia aurita depends on the presence of a balanced microbiome at polyp stage

The Cnidarian Aurelia aurita undergoes a complex life cycle alternating between the benthic polyp to the pelagic medusa. In absence of its natural microbiome, the asexual reproduction of this jellyfish is severely comprised, with limited strobilation and ephyrae release, whereas the r...

Matt Pritchett Dec 5, 2022

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