nematocyst|nematocysts in English

noun

['nemətəsɪst ,nɪ'mæt-]

organ in coelenterates that contains a long very thin stinging appendage, lasso cell

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1. Cnidarians are invertebrates with stinging cells called nematocysts

2. 1988 Importance of nematocysts to Actinian taxonomy Hessinger, D.A

3. Similarly, jellyfish package their venom safely in harpoon-like structures called nematocysts.

4. The tentacles of the Anemones are covered with specialized stinging cells called Nematocysts

5. Cnidaria take their name from special cells which have organelles that sting: the nematocysts.

6. Phylum Coelenterata (Cnidaria) is a diploblastic metazoa with tissue grade of construction having nematocyst and a single gastrovascular cavity.

7. The Coelenterates differ from ctenophores in being primarily radial in symmetry, in possessing nematocysts, in having a polyp stage, and …

8. And sea slugs eat jellyfish nematocysts, prevent their activation with compounds in their mucus, and repurpose them for their own defenses.

9. In fact, the phylum name "Cnidarian" literally means "stinging creature." The stinging cells are called cnidocytes and contain a structure called a nematocyst

10. The fish are unaffected by Actinian nematocysts because of their mucus coating; whether the mucus originates with fish, anemone, or some combination has yet to be resolved.

11. Cnidarian: Any of various invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by a radially symmetrical body with a saclike internal cavity and stinging nematocysts, and including the jellyfishes, hydras, sea anemones, and corals.

12. Cnidarians are incredibly diverse in form, as evidenced by colonial siphonophores, massive medusae and corals, feathery hydroids, and box jellies with complex eyes. Yet, these diverse animals are all armed with stinging cells called nematocysts.

13. ‘The Cnidaria and Ctenophora are grouped together by some workers as the Coelenterata.’ ‘Members of the phylum Cnidaria, these animals have capsule-shaped cells with a trapdoor-like lid, containing a stinging nematocyst.’

14. While Anthozoans retain their nematocysts, or stinging cells, and may feed on large prey or particulate food, a number of Anthozoans supplement their diet by growing symbiotic algae in their tissues.

15. Medical definition of Cnidaria: a phylum of more or less radially symmetrical invertebrate animals that lack a true body cavity, possess tentacles studded with nematocysts, and include the hydroids, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals.

16. Definition and Origin of Cnidaria: Diploblastic metazoans with radial symme­try, tissues but rarely organs and a single central body cavity with mouth and tentacles but no anus, and the stinging cells or nematocysts, and with ciliated planula larva, called Cnidaria.

17. Cnidarian definition is - any of a phylum (Cnidaria) of radially symmetrical, aquatic, invertebrate animals that have a hollow digestive cavity opening to the outside by a single opening surrounded by one or more nematocyst-studded whorls of tentacles, that occur as single or colonial sessile, typically columnar polyps or usually free-swimming, bell-shaped medusae, and that include the corals

18. Cnidarian definition is - any of a phylum (Cnidaria) of radially symmetrical, aquatic, invertebrate animals that have a hollow digestive cavity opening to the outside by a single opening surrounded by one or more nematocyst-studded whorls of tentacles, that occur as single or colonial sessile, typically columnar polyps or usually free-swimming, bell-shaped medusae, and that include the corals, sea anemones, …