These features led the team of experts to conclude that G. aspera likely belonged to the phylum Cnidaria, which contained modern-day jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. “This really is a one-in ...

Moreover, there have been few reports on Porifera, Cnidaria, Nemertea, Nematoda, and Mollusca (Russell, 1967; Rohde, 2005). To promote long-term studies on the distribution and diversity of metazoan ...

Why it's awesome: Earth's oceans are home to many secretive and unusual creatures that humans rarely see — including giant ...

Heteropsammia michelinii, a free-living and free-moving scleractinian coral found in the Australian Great Barrier Reef, has a symbiotic association with a sipunculid worm, Aspidosiphon corallicola.

A rocky shores working group (WG) integrated with ReBentos (Monitoring Network for Coastal Benthic Habitats; Rede de Monitoramento de Habitats Bentônicos Costeiros) was created and linked to the ...