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Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish [2] [3] found worldwide in temperate to tropic waters. It is one of the few known cases of animals capable of completely reverting to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary individual.
Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is one ...
Turritopsis dohrnii, or Turritopsis nutricula, is a small (5 millimeters (0.20 in)) species of jellyfish that uses transdifferentiation to replenish cells after sexual reproduction. This cycle can repeat indefinitely, potentially rendering it biologically immortal. This organism originated in the Caribbean Sea, but has now spread around the ...
The study was aimed at understanding what made this jellyfish different by comparing the genetic sequence of T. dohrnii to that of Turritopsis rubra, a close genetic cousin that lacks the ability ...
The Turritopsis dohrnii is believed to be the only creature in existence capable of continuous. For centuries humans have searched far and wide for a way to live forever. Meanwhile, a species of ...
Turritopsis dohrnii repeats this cycle, meaning that it may have an indefinite lifespan. [30] Its immortal adaptation has allowed it to spread from its original habitat in the Caribbean to "all over the world". [31] [32] Hydra is a genus belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, the class Hydrozoa and the order Anthomedusae.
Turritopsis chevalense (Thorneley, 1904) – species inquirenda; Turritopsis dohrnii (Weismann, 1883) also known as the "Benjamin Button jellyfish", or the "immortal jellyfish". It can reverse its life cycle and transform itself back to a polyp. [3] Turritopsis fascicularis Fraser, 1943; Turritopsis lata Lendenfeld, 1884; Turritopsis minor ...
Some jellyfish species, including Turritopsis dohrnii, Laodicea undulata, [50] and Aurelia sp.1, [51] are able to revert to the polyp stage even after reproducing (so-called reversible life cycle), rather than dying as in other jellyfish. Consequently, these species are considered biologically immortal and have no maximum lifespan. [52]