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Marymegan Daly is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including ecology, oceanography, paleontology, global and planetary change, and genetics.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to marine ecosystems and biology. Areas of focus include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine biology and ecology research, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, marine and coastal plant biology, marine ecology and invasive species, venomous animal envenomation and studies, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Marymegan Daly's recent publications demonstrate a concentration on sea anemones and their ecological roles, evolutionary biology, and dispersal mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "Mediators of invasions in the sea: life history strategies and dispersal vectors facilitating global sea anemone introductions" (2020, Biological Invasions)
  • "Venoms for all occasions: The functional toxin profiles of different anatomical regions in sea anemones are related to their ecological function" (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Origin and evolution of the symbiosis between sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) and hermit crabs, with additional notes on anemone-gastropod associations" (2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)
  • "Comparison of sequence-capture and ddRAD approaches in resolving species and populations in hexacorallian anthozoans" (2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution)

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research with Marymegan Daly include Alonso Delgado, Benjamin M. Titus, Charlotte Benedict, Heather Glon, and Joseph F. Ryan.

Several publication venues have featured Marymegan Daly's work repeatedly, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, Marine Drugs, and Conservation Genetics.

Best Publications

  • The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus

    Marymegan Daly;Mercer R. Brugler;Paulyn Cartwright;Allen G. Collins

  • Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria.

    Felipe Zapata;Freya E. Goetz;Stephen A. Smith;Mark Howison

  • Hidden among sea anemones: the first comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of the order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) reveals a novel group of hexacorals.

    Estefanía Rodríguez;Marcos S. Barbeitos;Marcos S. Barbeitos;Mercer R. Brugler;Louise M. Crowley

  • Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)

    Marymegan Daly;Daphne G. Fautin;Valerie A. Cappola

  • Gastrulation in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis occurs via invagination not ingression

    Craig R. Magie;Marymegan Daly;Mark Q. Martindale

  • Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria)

    M. Daly;A. Chaudhuri;L. Gusmão;E. Rodríguez

  • Echinoderm phylogeny including Xyloplax, a progenetic asteroid.

    Daniel A. Janies;Janet R. Voight;Marymegan Daly

  • Tissue-Specific Venom Composition and Differential Gene Expression in Sea Anemones

    Jason Macrander;Michael Broe;Marymegan Daly

  • Toward a natural classification: phylogeny of acontiate sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria)

    Estefanía Rodríguez;Marcos Barbeitos;Marymegan Daly;Luciana C. Gusmão

  • A RNA-seq approach to identify putative toxins from acrorhagi in aggressive and non-aggressive Anthopleura elegantissima polyps.

    Jason Macrander;Mercer R Brugler;Mercer R Brugler;Marymegan Daly

  • Do Reef Fish Habituate to Diver Presence? Evidence from Two Reef Sites with Contrasting Historical Levels of SCUBA Intensity in the Bay Islands, Honduras

    Benjamin M. Titus;Benjamin M. Titus;Marymegan Daly;Dan A. Exton

  • Edwardsiella andrillae , a New Species of Sea Anemone from Antarctic Ice

    Marymegan Daly;Frank Rack;Robert Zook

  • Prolific Origination of Eyes in Cnidaria with Co-option of Non-visual Opsins.

    Natasha Picciani;Jamie R. Kerlin;Noemie Sierra;Andrew J.M. Swafford

  • Phylogenetic Signal in Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers in Sea Anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria)

    Marymegan Daly;Luciana C. Gusmão;Abigail J. Reft;Estefanía Rodríguez

  • A New Deepwater Species of Stauromedusae, Lucernaria janetae (Cnidaria, Staurozoa, Lucernariidae), and a Preliminary Investigation of Stauromedusan Phylogeny Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial rDNA Data

    Allen G. Collins;Marymegan Daly

  • A simple test: evaluating explanations for the relative simplicity of the Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa).

    Marymegan Daly;Diana L. Lipscomb;Marc W. Allard

  • Phylogenetic relationships among the clownfish-hosting sea anemones.

    Benjamin M. Titus;Charlotte Benedict;Robert Laroche;Luciana C. Gusmão

  • Nontargeted metabolomics reveals biochemical pathways altered in response to captivity and food limitation in the freshwater mussel Amblema plicata.

    Ieva Roznere;G. Thomas Watters;Barbara A. Wolfe;Marymegan Daly

  • Mitogenomics suggests a sister relationship of Relicanthus daphneae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: incerti ordinis ) with Actiniaria

    Madelyne Xiao;Mercer R. Brugler;Mercer R. Brugler;Michael B. Broe;Luciana C. Gusmão

  • Morphology, distribution, and evolution of apical structure of nematocysts in hexacorallia.

    Abigail J. Reft;Marymegan Daly

  • Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Hormathiidae) symbiotic with hermit crabs

    Luciana C. Gusmão;Marymegan Daly

  • Phylogenetic Relationships among Deep-Sea and Chemosynthetic Sea Anemones: Actinoscyphiidae and Actinostolidae (Actiniaria: Mesomyaria)

    Estefanía Rodríguez;Marymegan Daly

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen Gilbert Collins
Allen Gilbert Collins National Museum of Natural History
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Catherine S. McFadden
Catherine S. McFadden Harvey Mudd College
J. Antonio Baeza
J. Antonio Baeza Clemson University
Thomas G. Dietterich
Thomas G. Dietterich Oregon State University
Raymond S. Norton
Raymond S. Norton Monash University
Glenn F. King
Glenn F. King University of Queensland
Jan Tytgat
Jan Tytgat KU Leuven
Michael W. Pennington
Michael W. Pennington University of Florida
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden

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