The cnidaria collections include corals, jellyfish, sea anemones, octocorals and hydroids, with approximately 20% of the specimens known to be types. The geographical strength of the collection is our ...

This expansion might have contributed to the subsequent diversification of body plans in the Cambrian explosion. In the evolution of metazoans, sponges diverged first, followed by cnidarians ...

this sea anemone is a member of the sea-dwelling phylum Cnidaria, which is well-known for its full-body regenerative abilities—so much so that some animals in this phylum, such as the jellyfish ...

Some of their closest relatives include colourful corals and anemones. “Jellyfish are gelatinous and jelly-like,” explains Miranda Lowe CBE, our Principal Curator of Crustacea and Cnidaria. “They have ...