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Definition of Nematocysts

Nematocyst
Nematocyst Nem"a*to*cyst, n. [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zo["o]l.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.

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- Institute of Marine Science; dangers of box jellyfish Nematocysts Firing Movie Wrobel, David. "Nematocysts". The JelliesZone. Archived from the original on...
- cnidocysts (also called nematocysts). The toxins in their nematocysts are effective against their prey. While cnidarians all possess nematocysts, in some species...
- are known: Nematocysts inject venom into prey, and usually have barbs to keep them embedded in the victims. Most species have nematocysts. Spirocysts...
- to the venomous nematocysts. The slug consumes chunks of the organism and appears to select and store the most venomous nematocysts for its own use against...
- as supporting an endosymbiotic origin for cnidarian nematocysts. In polykrikoids the nematocyst is found ****ociated with another extrusive organelle...
- called cnidocytes. Cnidocytes contain specialized structures called nematocysts, which look like miniature light bulbs with a coiled thread inside. At...
- containing nematocysts, a harpoon-shaped microscopic mechanism that injects venom into the victim. Many different kinds of nematocysts are found in...
- hydrozoids can store the hydrozoids' nematocysts (stinging cells) in the dorsal body wall, the cerata. These stolen nematocysts, called kleptocnidae, wander through...
- color can warn other animals of the sea slug's toxic stinging cells (nematocysts) or offensive taste. Like all gastropods, they have small, razor-sharp...
- tentacles house the nematocysts which are stinging cells.Type I nematocysts (homotrichous microbasic rhopaloids) and Type II nematocysts (homotrichous haplonemes)...