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
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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).
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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 ...
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Bay watch: Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's) to survey the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Biological investigations on free ranging marine species are regarded as challenging throughout the scientific community. This is particularly true for 'logistically difficult species' where their cryptic natures, low abundance, patchy distributions and ...
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Abundant box jellyfish, Chironex sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae), discovered at depths of over 50 m on western Australian coastal reefs. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Box jellyfish cause human fatalities and have a life cycle and habit associated with shallow waters (
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Firing the Sting: Chemically Induced Discharge of Cnidae Reveals Novel Proteins and Peptides from Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) Venom [PDF]
Toxins, 2015 Cnidarian venom research has lagged behind other toxinological fields due to technical difficulties in recovery of the complex venom from the microscopic nematocysts.
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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.
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Hunting in bioluminescent light: Vision in the nocturnal box jellyfish Copula sivickisi [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2016 Cubomedusae all have a similar set of six eyes on each of their four rhopalia. Still, there is a great variation in activity patterns with some species being strictly day active while others are strictly night active.
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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.
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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].
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