The aim of this study was to illustrate the breadth of venom evolution in cnidarians and to determine if venom toxins have been co-opted and modified for parasitic lifestyles. Samples representing cnidarian taxa with entirely parasitic life cycles (myxozoans), entirely free-living life cycles, and ...
ORGANISM(S): Buddenbrockia plumatellae Myxobilatus gasterostei Polypodium hydriforme Calvadosia cruxmelitensis