Box Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) Extract Increases Neuron's Connection: A Possible Neuroprotector Effect. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2021 Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the major causes of death worldwide, characterized by neurite atrophy, neuron apoptosis, and synapse loss. No effective treatment has been indicated for such diseases so far, and the search for new drugs is being increased in the last years.
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Thermal and Osmotic Tolerance of 'Irukandji' Polyps: Cubozoa; Carukia barnesi. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 This research explores the thermal and osmotic tolerance of the polyp stage of the Irukandji jellyfish Carukia barnesi, which provides new insights into potential polyp habitat suitability.
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Sexual dimorphism in Tripedaliidae (Conant 1897) (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida) [PDF]
Zootaxa, 2014 The family Tripedaliidae was re-defined and expanded based on a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis by Bentlage et al. (2010, Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Science, 277: 497). Additionally, Bentlage et al. (2010) proposed that all members of the family Tripedaliidae present dimorphism in gonads and have structures that function as seminal ...
Ilka, Straehler-Pohl +2 more
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CUBOMEDUSAS (CNIDARIA: CUBOZOA) DEL MAR CARIBE COLOMBIANO
Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2013 Las especies de cubomedusas del Caribe colombiano son aún muy poco conocidas, es por esta razón que se realizaron muestreos exploratorios en la región de Santa Marta, Colombia, durante el periodo comprendido entre febrero y octubre de 2009, para ...
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Cubozoa e Scyphozoa (Cnidaria: Medusozoa) de águas costeiras do Brasil Cubozoa and Scyphozoa (Cnidaria: Medusozoa) from Brazilian coastal waters [PDF]
Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2005 As espécies de Cubozoa e Scyphozoa costeiras que ocorrem no Brasil são descritas, com base em espécimes de coleções de museus e exemplares recém-coletados. Chaves de identificação e um glossário também são apresentados. As espécies descritas são: Aurelia
André C. Morandini +3 more
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JellyWeb: an interactive information system on Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and Staurozoa [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2016 Identification of organisms is traditionally based on the use of "classic" identification keys, normally printed on paper. These keys have several drawbacks: they are mainly based on the systematics, requiring identification of orders, families and genera at first; they are written by experts for other experts, in a specific scientific jargon; they ...
MARTELLOS, Stefano +2 more
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Visual Ecology and Functional Morphology of Cubozoa (Cnidaria) [PDF]
Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2003 Jellyfish belong to one of the oldest extant animal phyla, the Cnidaria. The first Cnidaria appear in the fossil record 600 million years ago, preceeding the Cambrian explosion. They are an extremely successful group present in all marine environments and some freshwater environments.
Melissa M. Coates
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Salinity effects on asexual reproduction of Carybdea sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) [PDF]
Journal of Plankton Research, 2013 6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, supplementary data http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/2/585/suppl/DC1 Medusa production in cubozoans may be associated with reduced-salinity waters. Asexual reproduction of Carybdea sp. differed at different salinities. The metamorphosis of Carybdea sp.
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Environmental factors influencing the spatio-temporal distribution of Carybdea marsupialis (Lineo, 1978, Cubozoa) in South-Western Mediterranean coasts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Jellyfish blooms cause important ecological and socio-economic problems. Among jellyfish, cubozoans are infamous for their painful, sometimes deadly, stings and are a major public concern in tropical to subtropical areas; however, there is little ...
Antonio Canepa +8 more
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First report of Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida) in Colombia [PDF]
Check ListCarybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 is a box jellyfish belonging to the family Carybdeidae and is currently recorded from the Mexican Caribbean (State of Quintana Roo), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Panama, and Venezuela.
Jorge L. Llorente-Vega +3 more
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