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The Central Nervous System of Box Jellyfish [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Cubomedusae, or box jellyfish, are renowned for their immense stingingpower, but another truly remarkable feature is their visual system. Theyhave four sensory structures called rhopalia, and each of the rhopalia containssix eyes of four morphological ...
Ekström, Peter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A pharmacological and biochemical characterisation of Australian box jellyfish venoms [PDF]

open access: green, 2017
Box jellyfish are found throughout the northern tropical waters of Australia and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Chironex fleckeri is arguably the most venomous creature in the world and has been responsible for over 70 deaths ...
Kelly L. Winter
openalex   +3 more sources

Molecular origin of mesoderm : conservation of T-box genes in non-bilaterian animals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Several members of the T-box gene family were characterized from cnidarians, ctenophores, sponges and placozoans, which are considered as the four metazoan phyla at the basis of animal evolution leading to bilaterians.
Martinelli, Cosimo
core   +1 more source

Localization of Multiple Jellyfish Toxins Shows Specificity for Functionally Distinct Polyps and Nematocyst Types in a Colonial Hydrozoan

open access: yesToxins, 2023
Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is a colonial hydrozoan that displays a division of labor through morphologically distinct and functionally specialized polyp types.
Anna M. L. Klompen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dermatological Progression of a Probable Box Jellyfish Sting [PDF]

open access: yesWilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2019
This case report describes the typical features of the dermatological progression of a patient stung by a (probable) box jellyfish. The purpose is to guide clinicians and patients to an understanding of what to expect after such a sting using the clinical narrative and unique sequential photographs of the injury.
Paul S, Auerbach   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Visual pigment in the lens eyes of the box jellyfish Chiropsella bronzie [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Box jellyfish (Cubomedusae) possess a unique visual system comprising 24 eyes of four morphological types. Moreover, box jellyfish display several visually guided behaviours, including obstacle avoidance and lightshaft attractance.
O'Connor, Megan   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Carybdea branchi, sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from South Africa [PDF]

open access: green, 2009
Gershwin, Lisa-Ann, Gibbons, Mark J. (2009): Carybdea branchi, sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from South Africa.
Lisa‐Ann Gershwin, Mark J. Gibbons
openalex   +2 more sources

Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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