Setting the pace: new insights into central pattern generator interactions in box jellyfish swimming. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) produce rhythmic behaviour across all animal phyla. Cnidarians, which have a radially symmetric nervous system and pacemaker centres in multiples of four, provide an interesting comparison to bilaterian animals for ...
Anna Lisa Stöckl +2 more
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Tracking the Motion of Box Jellyfish [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we investigate a system for tracking the motion of box jellyfish tripedalia cystophora in a special test setup. The goal is to measure the motor response of the animal given certain visual stimuli. The approach is based on tracking the special sensory structures – the rhopalia – of the box jellyfish from high-speed video sequences.
Tobias Kjellberg +3 more
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Transcriptome and venom proteome of the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri. [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2015 The box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, is the largest and most dangerous cubozoan jellyfish to humans. It produces potent and rapid-acting venom and its sting causes severe localized and systemic effects that are potentially life-threatening. In this study, a combined transcriptomic and proteomic approach was used to identify C.
Brinkman DL +6 more
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106. Molecular Diversity of Box Jellyfish Toxins [PDF]
Toxicon, 2012 Box jellyfish (cubozoans) are renowned for their ability to immobilise and kill prey and inflict painful and debilitating stings to humans by injecting potent venoms from their nematocysts.
Diane L. Brinkman +6 more
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Updated Nematocyst Types in Tentacle of Venomous Box Jellyfish, Chironex indrasaksajiae (Sucharitakul, 2017) and Chiropsoides buitendijki (Horst, 1907) (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in Thai Waters [PDF]
ToxinsThe multiple-tentacle box jellyfish, Chironex indrasaksajiae (Sucharitakul, 2017) and Chiropsoides buitendijki (Horst, 1907), are venomous species found in Thai waters.
Thippawan Yasanga +6 more
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Molecular dissection of box jellyfish venom cytotoxicity highlights an effective venom antidote [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Box jellyfish venom causes tissue damage, pain, and death through unknown molecular mechanisms. Here, Lau et al. perform a CRISPR screen to identify genes required for venom action and use this information to develop an antidote that blocks venom-induced
Man-Tat Lau +9 more
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Long-term distribution patterns and northward shift signals of the box jellyfish Carybdea brevipedalia in Korean waters [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine ScienceCarybdea brevipedalia is the only cubozoan species reported from Korean waters and is a major cause of jellyfish stings during summer along the southern coast and around Jeju Island.
Gunhee Sung +5 more
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The first chromosome-level cubozoan genome differentiates unique and common features in different cnidarian lineages [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Cnidarians are aquatic invertebrates that can be found in both freshwater and marine habitats, including the corals, sea anemones, hydroids, true jellyfish (scyphozoans), and box jellyfish (cubozoans).
Sean T. S. Law +7 more
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Box Jellyfish Use Terrestrial Visual Cues for Navigation [PDF]
Current Biology, 2011 Box jellyfish have an impressive set of 24 eyes of four different types, including eyes structurally similar to those of vertebrates and cephalopods [1, 2]. However, the known visual responses are restricted to simple phototaxis, shadow responses, and object avoidance responses [3-8], and it has been a puzzle why they need such a complex set of eyes ...
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Evidence-Based Management of Box Jellyfish Stings. [PDF]
Mil MedAbstract Introduction Rapidly acting and highly effective management approaches are critically needed for potentially life-threatening and career-ending stings by box jellyfish (phylum Cnidaria, class Cubozoa) among underwater-operation warfighters working in austere environments.
Yanagihara AA +10 more
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