Kaden McKenzie Muffett

The paper identifies temperature-sensitive microbial taxa in the cnidarian Exaiptasia diaphana that signal early thermal stress before host fitness declines.

The study finds that mitochondrial species identity in Cassiopea jellyfish does not predict nuclear genome similarity, suggesting hybridization and geographic mixing rather than strict species boundaries.

This study examines the combined effect of indomethacin and temperature on ephyra production in Cassiopea xamachana, finding temperature is a stronger predictor than indomethacin, with batch effects causing variability.

The paper explores fish eDNA recovery from Cassiopea medusae gastrovascular cavities in the Florida Keys, identifying species not found in water or sediment samples.

The paper identifies bacterial taxa in Cassiopea jellyfish from the Florida Keys, finding they share major taxa with coral microbiomes.

The paper examines diet and size variation in Cassiopea medusae across multiple locations, finding crustaceans as primary prey and limited relationship between size and prey diversity.