Unlike jellyfish, which are cnidarians like sea anemones and corals, salps are chordates — a classification they share with humans. “Salps actually, this will sound a little odd, they’re our ...

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The team used remotely operated vehicles to explore the seafloor. Scientists have discovered a thriving ecosystem of sponges, anemones, hydroids, and coral never before seen by humans after a ...

On Saturday, the Repic beach in Puerto Soller was covered by thousands upon thousands of 'velella velella', a jellyfish-like hydrozoa species known in English, among other names, as 'little sail'.

Also accumulating in these areas are neuston—snails, sea slugs, cnidarians, insects, and other organisms that live at the ocean’s surface. Although little is known about these species, which range ...

Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus is a member of the phylum Cnidaria, making it a close relative of jellyfish and corals. The animal’s tendency to form large colonies comes with problems, says study ...