-
large secretory organelle called a
cnidocyst (also
known as a
cnida (pl.
cnidae)) that can
deliver a
sting to
other organisms. The
presence of this cell...
-
evolved cnidae,
cells which serve for a
variety of
functions that
include prey capture, defense,
locomotion and attachment. When
fully formed cnidae are called...
-
nematocysts (
cnidae). Some of
these nematocysts have the
ability to sting.
Along the
cnidae are
spines that will
produce an acid. When the
cnidae comes into...
- battles. Many sea
anemones also have acontia, thin
filaments covered in
cnidae that can be
ejected and
retracted for defence. The
venom is a mix of toxins...
-
captured by
discharging harpoon-like
structures (desmonemes) from
chambers (
cnidae) in
specialized cells (nematocysts) on the tentacles. In hydrozoans, these...
-
palmate velarial canals, and two
median lensed eyes.
Their primary tentacular cnidae are club shaped. The
rhopaliar horns are short, broad, and curved. M. kingi...
-
rather than
circular as in
anthozoans and
almost all
other animals. The
cnidae, the
explosive cells characteristic of the
Cnidaria and used in prey capture...
-
structures are also
often called nematocysts (alternatively,
cnidocysts or
cnidae), and
cnidocytes are
sometimes referred to as nematocytes. It is unclear...
- one to
twelve thin,
mobile tentacles. Each tentacle, or
cnida (plural:
cnidae), is
clothed with
highly specialised stinging cells called cnidocytes. Cnidocytes...
-
Bunodosoma cavernatum A. Live
specimen in
natural habitat, B. Oral view, C.
Lateral view, D.-I. Sections, J.–T.
Cnidae...
