New advances in jellyfish anatomy: the benefits of endocasts and X-ray microtomography in the investigation of the gastrovascular system of Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Scyphozoa; Rhizostomeae; Cepheidae)

• Gregorio Motta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gregorio.motta@units.it

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6827-1614

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• Marco Voltolini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Science Ardito Desio, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

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• Lucia Mancini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2416-3464

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• Diego Dreossi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

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• Francesco Brun,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

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• Valentina Tirelli,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy, National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy

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• Lorenzo Peter Castelletto,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

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• Manja Rogelja,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Primorska, Aquarium Piran, Piran, Slovenia

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• Antonio Terlizzi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy

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• Massimo Avian

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5562-6471

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