As a result, it was suggested that it would lead to the gathering of larvae in a bright space. Dr. Sakai said "In cnidarians, including corals, the mechanism of light reception is largely unknown.

Our discovery that coral larvae can detect and respond to sound is the first description of an auditory response in the invertebrate phylum Cnidaria, which includes jellyfish, anemones, and hydroids ...

Jellyfish have been on Earth since long before the dinosaurs. They aren't really fish, they're cnidarians. They release larvae that attach to the ocean floor. The larvae grow into polyps that look ...

Coral larvae look like tiny eggs covered in hairs, and come from the same group of animals (Cnidaria) that also includes sea anemones. How these simple creatures detect sound is unknown ...

Sound recording of a coral reef Coral larvae look like tiny eggs covered in hairs, and come from the same group of animals (Cnidaria) that also includes sea anemones. How these simple creatures detect ...