Fig. 1.

Results of ontogeny reversal trial in 53 T. rubra medusae induced by mechanical damage: None of them reverted and 74% degenerated by day 50 of the experiment (Top). These results, which were not included in the manuscript, are compared with life cycle reversal experiment of T. dohrnii (Bottom). We considered “reversal” once the sample reached the early stolon stage and “degeneration” when tissues were clearly degraded and did not recover from the stress challenge.