Cnidaria is one of the more primitive animal phyla. It includes aquatic organisms such as jellyfish, sea anemones, corals, and hydras. Most cnidarians are marine, although a few, such as the well-known hydra, are freshwater species. All cnidarians are...

Cnidaria[3] (pronounced /naɪˈdɛəriə/[4]) is a phylum containing some 11,000 species of apparently simple animals found exclusively in aquatic, mostly marine, environments. On the other hand, their biochemistry and genetic makeup reveal that even...

The neuronal cytoskeleton contains neurofilament proteins that serve as markers for nervous tissue in many species across phyla. Antiserum generated to mammalian neurofilaments was used for immunocytochemical staining of tissues in the sea anemone Condylactis gigantea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Specific staining, visible at the light...

Abstract: Four species of stylasterids are described from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Kure to Kaua'i) at depths of 293-583 m, including three new species: Distichopora asulcata, Stylaster griggi, and S. infundibuliferus. In addition, specimens of Distichopora anceps were observed and collected, showing it...

SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED: FROM RADICAL WOMEN TO GRRLS GONE WILDBy Deborah Siegel Palgrave Macmillan, 170 pages, $14.95Review By Linda Hirshman I’m having a very bad time with Deborah Siegel’s very good book, Sisterhood, Interrupted, about how modern feminism has fared across the generational divide. It’s a...