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6. 'jellyfish'-*like* - actually salps, which are chordates, and closely related to vertebrates

Sat Aug 29, 2015, 08:54 AM

Aug 2015

Salps are classed in Thaliacea, which are tunicates, which are in turn olfactores, a group which also includes all vertebrates. Salps have a dorsal nerve cord, but no backbone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaliacea#References

These have no sting, for instance.

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