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  2. Turritopsis dohrnii - Wikipedia

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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 reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary individual.

  3. Scientists find clues to what makes 'immortal jellyfish ... - AOL

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    Like other types of jellyfish, the T. dohrnii goes through a two-part life cycle, living on the sea floor during an asexual phase, where its chief role is to stay alive during times of food scarcity.

  4. 'Immortal' jellyfish roams Earth's oceans - AOL

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    For centuries humans have searched far and wide for a way to live forever. Meanwhile, a species of jellyfish may have already figured out. The Turritopsis dohrnii is believed to be the only ...

  5. Biological immortality - Wikipedia

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    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 world.

  6. List of longest-living organisms - Wikipedia

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    The deepsea hydrocarbon seep tubeworm Lamellibrachia luymesi (Annelida, Polychaeta) lives for more than 170 years. [87] Geoduck, a species of saltwater clam native to the Puget Sound, have been known to live more than 160 years. [88] [89] A Swedish man claimed that a European eel named Åle was 155 years old when it died in 2014. If correct, it ...

  7. From mammoths to giant jellyfish, meet the extinct animals ...

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  8. Scyphozoa - Wikipedia

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    The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, [2] referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies"). The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word skyphos ( σκύφος ), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the cup shape of the organism.

  9. Turritopsis rubra - Wikipedia

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    Swimming. The entire Turritopsis genus is a very small group of Hydrozoa creatures with the Crimson Jellyfish being on the slightly larger side of the genus. The Crimson Jellyfish ranges in size from just 3 to 7mm depending on what stage of its life cycle the creature is currently in. Being roughly the size of a pinky nail, the creature is like many other jellyfish being very simple with few ...