Corals are invertebrate animals that eat plankton and belong to a large group of amazing colorful animals called Cnidaria (“stinging needles”). Living together as coral reefs, they protect ...
The 560-million-year-old specimen, which was found in Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, is likely a forerunner of cnidaria - the group of species that today includes jellyfish. The researchers ...
The role of the cellular microenvironment in enabling metazoan tissue genesis remains obscure. Ctenophora has recently emerged as one of the earliest-branching extant animal phyla, providing a unique ...