Lukas VFN 🇪🇺#Jellyfish under attack https://phys.org/news/2024-09-jellyfish-uncovers-parasitic-spillover-burrowing.html
From #ctenophores to #scyphozoans: parasitic spillover of a burrowing sea anemone https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72168-7
"Some #SeaAnemones have developed a unique way to overcome the challenges of ocean dispersal. These anemones parasitize jelly-like marine #animals called #CombJellies to spread more easily through the #ocean... This study has uncovered the first documented cases of parasitic anemone planulae in true jellyfish"
Jellyfish under attack: Study uncovers parasitic spillover of a burrowing sea anemone
Many marine organisms, like sea anemones, struggle to spread across the ocean, especially if they lack long, mobile larval stages. Unlike their jellyfish relatives, sea anemones do not have a medusa stage, making their dispersal challenging. Their only mobile stage is a tiny larva called a planula.