Phages can kill bacteria on or in a multicellular host organism, such as the polyp of the moon jellyfish. Phages specialize ...

In some cases, a new arm would begin to regrow. Cordeiro’s work for the lab is focused on juvenile jellyfish known as polyps. The researchers chop and separate the cells of the polyp. “You start to ...

The larva will move about in the current until it finds a hard surface to establish itself. It will then start to mature and grow. Larvae mature into polyps, which will then bud off and mature into ...

Like most jellyfish species, it begins life as a larva, which settles on a surface and grows into a polyp, which is a blob-like cyst. This is the stage where the jellyfish is still attached to the ...

This fingernail-sized, unassuming creature possesses the rare ability to revert back to its juvenile polyp stage after reaching maturity, which is an early stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish ...

Turritopsis dohrnii follows a typical jellyfish life cycle, beginning as a larva and maturing into a polyp and then an adult medusa. However, it can revert to the polyp stage in response to stress ...

as jellyfish play significant roles in oceanic food webs and nutrient cycling. Polyp Stage: The Early Life of a Jellyfish The life cycle of a jellyfish is a tale of transformation. Jellyfish begin ...

The life cycle of the immortal jellyfish is what makes it extraordinary. Like most jellyfish species, it begins life as a larva, which settles on a surface and grows into a polyp, which is a blob-like ...