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Unlike true jellyfish, comb jellies glide through the water, propelled by rows of fused, hair-like cilia called combs.
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Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Again, these groups are apparently more closely related to us than comb jellies, which have nerve nets and muscle cells.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 May 2023
Baby corals billow beneath the waves before attaching to something solid; baby comb jellies burst into being in the open ocean; and baby turtles wriggle their way through the sandy shores.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Or the comb jellies, which move themselves around by spinning lots of thread-like cilia.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 May 2023
The fossils from Utah and China, Lieberman says, are definitely jellyfish and not the comb jellies the new paper suggests.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
Despite being superficially similar and about equally as old, jellyfish and comb jellies belong to two different branches on the tree of life.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb jelly.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and comb jellies.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Again, these groups are apparently more closely related to us than comb jellies, which have nerve nets and muscle cells.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 May 2023
Baby corals billow beneath the waves before attaching to something solid; baby comb jellies burst into being in the open ocean; and baby turtles wriggle their way through the sandy shores.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
Or the comb jellies, which move themselves around by spinning lots of thread-like cilia.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 May 2023
The fossils from Utah and China, Lieberman says, are definitely jellyfish and not the comb jellies the new paper suggests.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
Despite being superficially similar and about equally as old, jellyfish and comb jellies belong to two different branches on the tree of life.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb jelly.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and comb jellies.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
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“Comb jelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comb%20jelly. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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