Specific immune priming enables an induced immune response upon repeated pathogen encounter. As a functional analogue to vertebrate immune memory, such adaptive plasticity has been described, for instance, in insects and crustaceans. However, towards the base of the metazoan tree our knowledge about the existence of specific immune priming becomes scattered. Here, we exposed the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi repeatedly to two different bacterial epitopes (Gram-positive or -negative) and measured gene expression. Ctenophores experienced either the same bacterial epitope twice (homologous treatments) or different bacterial epitopes (heterologous treatments). Our results demonstrate that immune gene expression depends on earlier bacterial exposure. We detected significantly different expression upon heterologous compared with homologous bacterial treatment at three immune activator and effector genes. This is the first experimental evidence for specific immune priming in Ctenophora and ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Modelling survival and connectivity of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the south-western North Sea and Scheldt estuaries. AU - van der Molen, J.. AU - van Beek, J.. AU - Augustine, Starrlight. AU - Vansteenbrugge, L.. AU - van Walraven, L.. AU - Langenberg, V.. AU - van der Veer, H. W.. AU - Hostens, K.. AU - Pitois, S.. AU - Robbens, J.. PY - 2015. Y1 - 2015. N2 - Three different models were applied to study the reproduction, survival and dispersal of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Scheldt estuaries and the southern North Sea: a high-resolution particle tracking model with passive particles, a low-resolution particle tracking model with a reproduction model coupled to a biogeochemical model, and a dynamic energy budget (DEB) model. The results of the models, each with its strengths and weaknesses, suggest the following conceptual situation: (i) the estuaries possess enough retention capability to keep an overwintering population, and enough exchange with coastal waters of the North Sea to seed ...

There has been a long debate in the scientific community over the oldest surviving metazoan lineage. Traditionally it has been taught that Porifera, the sponges, occupy that nitche possessing a diploblastic body plan without true organs; however recent phylogentic analysis has suggests that Ctenophora may truly be the oldest lineage, free floating animals with a possible mesoderm layer and complex organs. In this study we searched for the presence of mesoderm in Ctenophora by examining the genome of Pleurobrachia bachei for the presence of tropomyosin, calponin, and β-catenin. Gene expression for all three were found not only in the muscular regions of P. bachei, but in the epidermal tissues as well, indicating there is an unknown function in the metazoan common ancestor. Homology comparisons to the rest of Metazoa reveal little about tropomyosin and calponin, however the ctenophore β-catenin protein appears to be to least derived of all metazoans and suggests Ctenophora may be the most basal ...

The phylum Ctenophora,[1] the comb jellies, is a phylum of marine invertebrates. They are part of the plankton, and there are also pelagic species. The phylum includes the sea gooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus) and Venus girdle (Cestum veneris). The phylum was grouped with Cnidaria (jellyfish) in the former Coelenterata phylum. Ctenophores are the most basal known type of animals.[2] Even though they look like jellyfish, they are zoologically not related to them. They lack the characteristic nematocysts (stinging cells), but have colloblasts, sticky cells that snare small victims. They have eight rows of cilia which look like the teeth of a comb, hence Ctenophore = comb-bearer. Ctenophores have connective tissues and a nervous system. There are about 150 described species of ctenophora spread throughout the worlds oceans, from shallow estuarine waters to the deep sea. Although there are a few benthic species, most are gelatinous zooplankton and form a considerable proportion of the entire ...

Radiata or Radiates is a historical taxonomic rank that was used to classify animals with radially symmetric body plans. The term Radiata is no longer accepted, as it united several different groupings of animals that do not form a monophyletic group under current views of animal phylogeny. The similarities once offered in justification of the taxon, such as radial symmetry, are now taken to be the result of either incorrect evaluations by early researchers or convergent evolution, rather than an indication of a common ancestor. Because of this, the term is used mostly in a historical context.[1] In the early 19th century, Georges Cuvier united Ctenophora and Cnidaria in the Radiata (Zoophytes).[2] Thomas Cavalier-Smith, in 1983, redefined Radiata as a subkingdom consisting of Myxozoa, Placozoa, Cnidaria and Ctenophora.[3] Lynn Margulis and K. V. Schwartz later redefined Radiata in their Five Kingdom classification, this time including only Cnidaria and Ctenophora.[4] This definition is similar ...

Comments, concepts and statistics about Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi: a new view of ctenophore photocytes.

Micro RNAs (miRNAs) and piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs), along with the more ancient eukaryotic endogenous small interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs) constitute the principal components of the RNA interference (RNAi) repertoire of most animals. RNAi in non-bilaterians - sponges, ctenophores, placozoans and cnidarians - appears to be more diverse than that of bilaterians, and includes structurally variable miRNAs in sponges, an enormous number of piRNAs in cnidarians and the absence of miRNAs in ctenophores and placozoans. Here we identify thousands of endo-siRNAs and piRNAs from the sponge Amphimedon queenslandica, the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis using a computational approach that clusters mapped small RNA sequences and annotates each cluster based on the read length and relative abundance of the constituent reads. This approach was validated on 11 small RNA libraries in Drosophila melanogaster, demonstrating the successful annotation of RNAi-associated loci with

Mnemiopsis leidyi (Leidys Comb Jelly) is a species of comb jellies in the family Bolinopsidae. It is associated with freshwater habitat. It is native to Atlantic Coast of South America and Atlantic Coast of North America. Leidys Comb Jelly is a predator. It has sexual reproduction; it is a hermaphrodite.. ...

Ctenophores have traditionally been treated as eumetazoans, but some recent whole genome studies have revived the idea that they are, rather, the sister group to all other metazoans. This deep branching position implies either that nervous systems have evolved twice, in Ctenophora and in Eumetazoa, or that an ancestral metazoan nervous system has been lost in sponges and placozoans. We caution, however, that phylogenetic-tree construction artifacts may have placed ctenophores too deep in the metazoan tree. We discuss nervous system origins under these alternative phylogenies and in light of comparative data of ctenophore and eumetazoan nervous systems. We argue that characters like neuropeptide signaling, ciliary photoreceptors, gap junctions and presynaptic molecules are consistent with a shared ancestry of nervous systems. However, if ctenophores are the sister group to all other metazoans, this ancestral nervous system was likely very simple. Further studies are needed to resolve the deep phylogeny

Abundance, horizontal and vertical distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the central Balitc Sea, November 2007. / Huwer, Bastian; Storr-Paulsen, Marie; Riisgaard, Hans Ulrik; Haslob, Holger.. In: Aquatic Invasions, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2008, p. 113-124.. Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article - Annual report year: 2008 ...

The diel vertical dynamics of gelatinous zooplankton in physically stratified conditions over the 100-m isobath (~110 km offshore) in the South Brazilian Bight (26°45S; 47°33W) and the relationship to hydrography and food availability were analyzed by sampling every six hours over two consecutive days. Zooplankton samples were taken in three depth strata, following the vertical structure of the water column, with cold waters between 17 and 13.1°C, influenced by the South Atlantic Central Water (SACW) in the lower layer (|70 m); warm (|20°C) Tropical Water in the upper 40 m; and an intermediate thermocline with a deep chlorophyll-a maximum layer (0.3-0.6 mg m-3). Two distinct general patterns were observed, emphasizing the role of (i) physical and (ii) biological processes: (i) a strong influence of the vertical stratification, with most zooplankton absent or little abundant in the lower layer. The influence of the cold SACW on the bottom layer apparently restricted the vertical occupation of most

Bunga karang (Porifera) selama ini dipercayai awal-awal berpecah dari haiwan-haiwan lain.[36] Bunga karang ketiadaan susunan kompleks yang terdapat dalam kebanyakan filum yang lain.[37] Sel-selnya dibezakan, tetapi selalunya tidak tersusun kepada tisu-tisu yang berasingan.[38] Bunga karang lazimnya makan dengan menarik air masuk melalui liang-liangnya.[39] Archaeocyatha yang rangkanya terlakur mungkin mewakili bunga karang ataupun filum yang berasingan.[40] Bagaimanapun, suatu kajian filogenomik ke atas 150 gen pada 29 jenis haiwan merentas 21 filum pada tahun 2008, mendapati bahawa Ctenophora atau ampai bulatlah yang merupakan zuriat asas haiwan, sekurang-kurangnya di kalangan 21 filum berkenaan. Para pengarangnya berspekulasi bahawa bunga karang-setidak-tidaknya bunga karang yang dikajinya-tidaklah begitu primitif, tetapi sebaliknya mungkin diringkaskan secara sekunder.[41]. Di kalangan filum-filum yang lain, Ctenophora dan Cnidaria yang merangkumi buran, batu karang, dan ampai-ampai, ...

I dont think its a wasp - its blurry but I think it only has one pair of wings. On the right picture instead you can see a lump below the wing that I think is a haltere - which would make it a true fly. So a quick google suggests a member of the Tipulidae, and perhaps something from the genus Ctenophora. If I had to guess then Id say perhaps a female Ctenophora elegans. Male Tipulidae have a swollen end to the abdomen, like in the linked picture ...

ctenophore: Any of the numerous marine invertebrates constituting the phylum Ctenophora. The phylum derives its name (from the Greek ctene, or

The origin of ctenophores (comb jellies) is obscured by their controversial phylogenetic position, with recent phylogenomic analyses resolving either sponges or ctenophores as the sister group of all other animals. Fossil taxa can provide morphological evidence that may elucidate the origins of derived characters and shared ancestries among divergent taxa, providing a means to break long branches in phylogenetic trees. Here we describe new fossil material from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, Yunnan Province, China, including the putative cnidarian Xianguangia, the new taxon Daihua sanqiong gen et sp. nov., and Dinomischus venustus, informally referred to as dinomischids here. Dinomischids possess a basal calyx encircled by 18 tentacles that surround the mouth. The tentacles carry pinnules, each with a row of stiff filamentous structures interpreted as very large compound cilia of a size otherwise only known in ctenophores. Together with the Cambrian tulip animal Siphusauctum and the ...

Neuropeptides are a diverse assemblage of signalling molecules that have key roles in the regulation of behaviour. Understanding the evolutionary relationships and functions of the plethora of neuropeptides has presented a considerable challenge to biologists. Based on presentations and discussions at a Royal Society meeting in 2017, three companion Review articles by Elphick et al., Jékely et al. and DeLaney et al. discuss advances in our knowledge of neuropeptide evolution and function and the techniques that have facilitated progress in this field of research.. ...

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Gert Wörheide holds the Chair of Paleontology and Geobiology at LMUs Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and his research focuses on the early evolution of animals, which happened more than 650 million years ago. He and his colleagues recently demonstrated that the sponges (Porifera), and not the comb jellies (Ctenophora) as some believe, most likely are the sister group to all other animal phyla. In other words, modern sponges are derived from the lineage that first diverged from the last common ancestor of all animals, while all other animal groups emerged from the other branch of the family tree. In their latest study, carried out in collaboration with Professor Donald Canfields group at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Wörheide and his team have now shown that sponges can make do with far less oxygen than most other animals. Moreover, the new work, which appears in the international leading life and biomedical sciences journal eLife, reveals that sponges lack the ...

Gert Wörheide holds the Chair of Paleontology and Geobiology at LMUs Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and his research focuses on the early evolution of animals, which happened more than 650 million years ago. He and his colleagues recently demonstrated that the sponges (Porifera), and not the comb jellies (Ctenophora) as some believe, most likely are the sister group to all other animal phyla. In other words, modern sponges are derived from the lineage that first diverged from the last common ancestor of all animals, while all other animal groups emerged from the other branch of the family tree. In their latest study, carried out in collaboration with Professor Donald Canfields group at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Wörheide and his team have now shown that sponges can make do with far less oxygen than most other animals. Moreover, the new work, which appears in the international leading life and biomedical sciences journal eLife, reveals that sponges lack the ...

1. The activity of comb plates of Pleurobrachia was analysed from cine films.. 2. The interval between successive beats of a comb plate varied from several seconds to about 50 msec. in normal sea water; this variation in frequency was accompanied by a variation wave velocity. There was an almost linear relationship between wave velocity and frequency, ranging from a minimal wave velocity of about 20 mm./sec. at low frequencies to a maximal wave velocity of about 80 mm./sec. at the highest frequencies.. 3. The wave velocity was accelerated at low frequencies by increased Mg2+ concentrations, by ouabain and by curare, and the same substances decreased the wave velocity at high frequencies.. 4. The frequency of beat was accelerated by certain concentrations of adrenaline, serotonin, Mg2+, ouabain and curare. Decreases of frequency were found in acetylcholine (and eserine) and strychnine. These substances act on the excitability of the pacemaker.. 5. It is concluded that metachronal transmission is ...

Looking for comb jelly facts? Your search ends right here. In this article we intend to give you 40 fascinating comb jelly facts that will take you by surprise. These gelatinous marine creatures are true wonders of Natures mystery. Absolutely stunning by looks, these gorgeous sea creatures are dangerous predators that often make use of their rainbow-colored lights and their nearly perfectly transparent bodies to trap prey. Let us get into some details to learn more about these stunningly beautiful creatures that roam in the vastness of our oceans and seas. ...

A 500-million-year-old comb jelly is so well-preserved that its possible to see it had a nervous system more complex than that of modern comb jellies

Ax, P. 1989. Basic phylogenetic systematization of Metazoa. Pp. 453-470 in K. B. B. Fernholm and H. Jornvall (eds.). The Hierarchy of Life. Elsevier, Amsterdam.. Bridge, D., C. W. Cunningham, R. DeSalle, and L. W. Buss. 1995. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: Molecular and morphological evidence. Molec. Biol. Evol. 12:679-689. Bridge, D., C. W. Cunningham, B. Schierwater, R. DeSalle, and L. W.. Buss. 1992. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: Evidence from mitochondrial genome structure. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 89:8750-8753. Brusca, C. B. and G. J. Brusca. 1990. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland MA.. Dunn, D. F. 1982. Cnidaria. Pp. 669-705 in S. P. Parker (ed.) Synopsis and Classification of Living organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York.. Fautin, D. G. and R. N. Mariscal. 1991. Cnidaria: Anthozoa. Pp. 267-358 in F. W. Harrison and J. A. Westfall (eds.) Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, volume 2: Placozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora. Wiley-Liss, ...

Ax, P. 1989. Basic phylogenetic systematization of Metazoa. Pp. 453-470 in K. B. B. Fernholm and H. Jornvall (eds.). The Hierarchy of Life. Elsevier, Amsterdam.. Bridge, D., C. W. Cunningham, R. DeSalle, and L. W. Buss. 1995. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: Molecular and morphological evidence. Molec. Biol. Evol. 12:679-689. Bridge, D., C. W. Cunningham, B. Schierwater, R. DeSalle, and L. W.. Buss. 1992. Class-level relationships in the phylum Cnidaria: Evidence from mitochondrial genome structure. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 89:8750-8753. Brusca, C. B. and G. J. Brusca. 1990. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland MA.. Dunn, D. F. 1982. Cnidaria. Pp. 669-705 in S. P. Parker (ed.) Synopsis and Classification of Living organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York.. Fautin, D. G. and R. N. Mariscal. 1991. Cnidaria: Anthozoa. Pp. 267-358 in F. W. Harrison and J. A. Westfall (eds.) Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, volume 2: Placozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora. Wiley-Liss, ...

The term invertebrates covers several phyla. One of these are the sponges (Porifera). They were long thought to have diverged from other animals early.[29] They lack the complex organization found in most other phyla.[30] Their cells are differentiated, but in most cases not organized into distinct tissues.[31] Sponges typically feed by drawing in water through pores.[32] Some speculate that sponges are not so primitive, but may instead be secondarily simplified.[33] The Ctenophora and the Cnidaria, which includes sea anemones, corals, and jellyfish, are radially symmetric and have digestive chambers with a single opening, which serves as both the mouth and the anus.[34] Both have distinct tissues, but they are not organized into organs.[35] There are only two main germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, with only scattered cells between them. As such, they are sometimes called diploblastic.[36]. The Echinodermata are radially symmetric and exclusively marine, including starfish (Asteroidea), ...

Invertebrate Zoology (Zoo 3104). Course Description (Zoo 3104): Invertebrates comprise the vast majority of living animals and protozoa. The main objective of this course is for students to gain an understanding of the basic structure, function, life history, and ecology of major invertebrate groups and to identify important evolutionary trends. Lecture Syllabus and Syllabus Attachment Laboratory Syllabus Week 1. Lecture 1 Introduction to the Burgess Shale Lecture 2 Invertebrate Bauplan Lecture 3/Lab 1 What is an invertebrate I Week 2. Lecture 4/Lab 2 What is an invertebrate II. Week 3. Lecture 5-6 Protozoa/Lab 3 Lecture 7-9 Protozoa Gould WA I. Week 4. Lecture 10 Sponges Week 5. Lecture 11 Sponges III. Lecture 12 Placoza and Mezozoa Week 6. Lecture 13 Cnidarians I and II. Lecture 14 and 15 Cnidarians III and Ctenophora Week 7. Lecture 17 Inro tor flatworms and planarians. Lecture 18 Trematodes I Lecture 20 Monogenea I and Gould WA II see templet Week 8. Lecture 21 Monogenea II Lecture 22 ...

ABSTRACT In recent years, biofluorescence has been observed in an increasing diversity of animals. Biofluorescence has been primarily examined in cnidarians, and it is also known to occur in other marine animal phyla, including Ctenophora, Annelida, Arthropoda, and Chordata. Most recently, the phenomenon has been shown to be phylogenetically widespread and phenotypically variable in cartilaginous and ray-finned fishes. Here we report on the first observation of fluorescence in a marine tetrapod, sea turtles.

TY - JOUR. T1 - Preliminary aqnalysis of length and GC content variation in the ribosomal first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) of marine animals. AU - Chow, S.. AU - Ueno, Y.. AU - Toyokawa, M.. AU - Oohara, I.. AU - Takeyama, Haruko. PY - 2009/6. Y1 - 2009/6. N2 - Length and guanine-cytosine (GC) content of the ribosomal first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) were compared across a wide variety of marine animal species, and its phylogenetic utility was investigated. From a total of 773 individuals representing 599 species, we only failed to amplify the ITS1 sequence from 87 individuals by polymerase chain reaction with universal ITS1 primers. No species was found to have an ITS1 region shorter than 100 bp. In general, the ITS1 sequences of vertebrates were longer (318 to 2,318 bp) and richer in GC content (56.8% to 78%) than those of invertebrates (117 to 1,613 bp and 35.8% to 71.3%, respectively). Specifically, gelatinous animals (Cnidaria and Ctenophora) were observed to have short ITS1 ...

There has been a long debate in the scientific community over the oldest surviving metazoan lineage. Traditionally it has been taught that Porifera, the sponges, occupy that nitche possessing a diploblastic body plan without true organs; however recent phylogentic analysis has suggests that Ctenophora may truly be the ...

Well, its worth noting that in the analysis presented in the science paper there is an unresolved trichotomy at the base with Porifera, Ctenophora and the rest. So this analysis is equivocal on whether its (P,(C,O)),(O,(P,C)) or (C,(P,O)). But the key finding here is that Xenoturbella is sister to the Nephrozoa. A key apomorphy of the bilateria (which wasnt soley based on the symmetry) is the presence of protonephridiae, i.e. excretory organis with a particular cytology. These remain as an apormorphy of the Nephrozoa, but the idea that they had been reduced in Xenacoelomorpha, making them sister to Deuterostomia is rejected in the new analysis ...

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MEMO is the acronym for the project title Mnemiopsis ecology and modeling: Observation of an invasive comb jelly in the North Sea. The project is implemented through the partnership between 5 scientific research institutes - ILVO, IFREMER, ULCO-LOG, CEFAS and Deltares - and led by ILVO. The subject of the research is the comb jelly M. leidyi that was observed in the North Sea in 2006. This research project started the 1st January 2011 and is funded by the Interreg IVa MEMO-2 Seas Programme. In total, € 3.5 million is allocated over three years and 20 scientists are involved.. The Interreg IVa MEMO-2 Seas Programme is a unique opportunity to improve and standardize the monitoring of the various partners in this region. This crossborder cooperation will ensure an exchange of expertise on taxonomy (species determination), identification, databases, data analysis and modeling between renowned marine institutes.. ...

Macrocilia are thick compound ciliary organelles arising individually from elongated epithelial cells on the lips of beroid ctenophores. A giant wedge-shaped bundle of microfilaments extends 25-30 microns from the base of each macrocilium to the lower end of the cell, terminating at a junction with an underlying smooth muscle cell. The broad end of the microfilament bundle is anchored to the macrocilium by striated rootlet fibers that extend from the basal bodies into the bundle and are linked to the microfilaments by periodic bridges. Fluorescence microscopy of rhodamine-phalloidin stained intact tissue, dissociated macrociliary cells, and Triton/glycerol-isolated bundles shows that the microfilaments contain actin. The microfilaments run generally parallel to the long axis of the bundle but are not highly ordered. Filaments decorated with myosin S1 show a uniform polarity with arrowheads pointing away from the tapered membrane-associated end of the bundle. No variations in bundle length (nor ...

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In a study that compares the genomes of aquatic life forms, researchers have found evidence to shuffle the branches of the tree of life. For more than a century, scientists thought that complex cell types, like neurons and ...

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A type of sea animals called comb jellies may hold the key to treating neurological diseases such as Parkinsons and Alzheimers.

The evolutionary acquisition of novelties is not always achieved through genetic mutations. At times, novelty can be achieved by stealing components that have evolved elsewhere. Poison dart frogs and monarch butterflies obtain toxic molecules from invertebrates and plants in their diets (1, 2), and some jellies and fishes obtain bioluminescent substances from their prey (3-6). In each of these cases, small organic molecules are acquired. Other animals go further and steal intact organelles and cells from their prey. Some sea slugs incorporate and maintain chloroplasts (kleptoplastids) from algal prey to generate photosynthetic products in their own tissues (7-9). Many gastropods, as well as flatworms and comb jellies, steal and house cnidocytes from cnidarian prey to use as their own stinging cells (kleptocnidae) (10). Proteins, however, have been thought to be too fragile and too easily digested to be stolen. In this study, we describe the first example, to our knowledge, of protein theft ...

Oslofjorden), and the next year on the coasts of Sweden, Holland, and Germany. By 2007, it was in the Gulf of Finland, the Bothnian Sea, and the Gulf of Gdansk. 60 In Gershwins estimation, Mnemiopsis s proliferation in the Black Sea is among the world. ...

Speaker: Dr Maria Sachkova, Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Title: Early evolution of nervous system: study of neuropeptides in ctenophores. ...

Moroz LL, Kocot KM, Citarella MR, Dosung S, Norekian TP, Povolotskaya IS, Grigorenko AP, Dailey C, Berezikov E, Buckley KM, Ptitsyn A, Reshetov D, Mukherjee K, Moroz TP, Bobkova Y, Yu F, Kapitonov VV, Jurka J, Bobkov YV, Swore JJ, Girardo DO, Fodor A, Gusev F, Sanford R, Bruders R, Kittler E, Mills CE, Rast JP, Derelle R, Solovyev VV, Kondrashov FA, Swalla BJ, Sweedler JV, Rogaev EI, Halanych KM, Kohn AB. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems. Nature. 2014 Jun 5; 510(7503):109-14 ...

Moroz L, Kocot K, Citarella M, Dosung S, Norekian T, Povolotskaya I, Grigorenko A, Dailey C, Berezikov E, Buckley K, Ptitsyn A, Reshetov D, Mukherjee K, Moroz T, Bobkova Y, Yu F, Kapitonov V, Jurka J, Bobkov Y, Swore J, Girardo D, Fodor A, Gusev F, Sanford R, Bruders R, Kittler E, Mills C, Rast J, Derelle R, Solovyev V, Kondrashov F, Swalla B, Sweedler J, Rogaev E, Halanych K, Kohn A. 2014. The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems. Nature. 510(7503), 109-114 ...

Paleontology portal History of science portal Dinosaurs portal Paleontology or palaeontology (from Greek: paleo, ancient; ontos, being; and logos, knowledge) is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 2016. Yunnanoascus haikouensis, previously thought to be a member of Ctenophora, is reinterpreted as a crown-group medusozoan by Han et al. (2016). A study on the fossil corals from the Late Triassic (Norian) outcrops in Antalya Province (Turkey), indicating that the corals lived in symbiosis with photosynthesizing ...

The ctenophore swimming-plate has been examined with the electron microscope. It has been recognized as an association of long cilia in tight hexagonal packing. One of the directions of the hexagonal packing is parallel to the long edge of the swimming-plate and is perpendicular to the direction of the ciliary beat. All the cilia in the swimming-plate are identically oriented. The effective beat in the movement of the swimming-plate is directed towards the aboral pole of the animal, and this is also the side of the unpaired peripheral filament in all the cilia. The direction of the ciliary beat is fixed in relation to the position of the filaments of the cilia. The swimming-plate cilium differs from other types of cilia and flagella in having a filament arrangement that can be described as 9 + 3 as opposed to the conventional 9 + 2 pattern. The central filaments appear in a group of two tubular filaments and an associated compact filament. The compact filament might have a supporting function. ...

In contrast to the centralized and highly structured nervous systems of bilaterians, some animals (cnidarians and ctenophores) have more simply organized networks, and still others (sponges and placozoans) appear to lack a nervous system entirely [1]. To the extent that these early branching animal phyla (the so called basal metazoa) have retained early metazoan characters, their study can inform our understanding of the early evolution of the nervous system. Although early metazoan phylogeny remains controversial [2-5], among the living phyla sponges were likely the first animal group to diverge, followed by the subsequent branching of placozoans, and then cnidarians/bilaterians. (The placement of ctenophores remains contentious [3, 6]). Both sponges [7] and placozoans (that is, Trichoplax adhaerens) [8] appear to lack a defined neuronal cell type, although evidence for putative sponge neurons has been put forward [9], and the genes corresponding to postsynaptic scaffolding have been ...

Mass occurrence-aggregation, blooming, or swarming-is a remarkable feature of a subset of usually diverse scyphozoan clades, suggesting it is evolutionarily beneficial. If so, it should be associated...

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A new genetic analysis has shaken up the tree of life, dispelling the common assumption that sea sponges or comb jellies are the original ancestors of all animals. That original animal, also referred to as the ur-animal, is thought to have given rise to both the lower animals (Cnidaria), such as coral and jellyfish, and higher animals (Bilataria), such as insects and humans. Based on the new study, researchers are now putting forth a new classification, which would place sponges among the lower animals, leaving an open spot for the original animal. Its a question that has plagued animal biologists for a couple hundred years: What could be the mother of all animals? said [researcher] Rob DeSalle… Weve turned it upside down [Wired Science]. Taxonomy has come a long way since the Linnaean system, based largely on comparative anatomy, was introduced in 1735. The research team fed morphological data on the appearance of animals from 24 taxa together with genetic information into a ...

Just think of the warty comb jelly or sea walnut, as it is also known. It has caused tremendous damage to fisheries in the Black Sea after arriving in ballast water from its original habitat along the East coast of North ...

Troublesome jellyfish blooms have prompted fears that jellyfish may come to dominate marine ecosystems thanks to humans, however, to some scientists this is premature and unfair.

Though some reports suggest jellyfish are taking over the worlds oceans, long-term records of these gelatinous animals fail to show a global increase in jellyfish blooms likely caused by pollution, warming, coastal development and other human influences.

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Invasive species and their negative effect on native organisms is amongst the many pressures that humans place on marine ecosystems. The ctenophore MnemiopsisleidyiA. Agassiz 1865 is a prime example of an invasive species as they are known for having caused damage to fisheries and coastal ecosystems of several enclosed and semi-enclosed seas around Eurasia. M. leidyiare considered to be a voracious planktivorous feeder which undergoes a diet change as it transitions from a cydippid larvae to the lobate morphology of the adult. It was initially thought that this species was exclusively carnivorous but it is now well established that the cydippid larvae can feed on autotrophic and heterotrophic protists. However the importance of protists in the diet of adult M. leidyiis still up for debate. Previous studies have looked at the diet of M. leidyibut mainly through the scope of gut content. These studies give us valuable information for species with hard body parts but give little information on the ...

When Leonid Moroz, a gregarious Russian-born neuroscientist and geneticist at the University of Florida, began studying ctenophores…

Murobiota developed the most in this period. Because Norton is dimmer than Earths Sun, Orwells photosynthesizers had to stay closer to the surface of the sea to access light. Larger clumps lost the ability to float; early on, one group lost the ability to photosynthesize. Transitional forms are unknown, but they eventually developed into the Swimmer subkingdom. The basal form was shaped like a tube, heavily armored on the outside using thick organic tissue derived from their cell walls. They swam using rows of cilia on the outside, like Earths ctenophores, while internal rows of cilia collected a steady stream of microorganisms and detritus to eat. Common genetic coding indicates that eye spots and chemical sensors were present, but the arrangement is unknown. They reproduced by budding, which could be either sexual or asexual; hermaphroditic, they could release sperm packets when near others of their species, who would receive them at a budding site, while buds could still develop without ...

Define Müllers larva: a ciliated larva that resembles a modified ctenophore and is characteristic of various polyclad turbellarians