cnidocil


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Related to cnidocil: mesoglea, scyphistoma, Cnidocyte, statocysts

cnidocil

the trigger on a CNIDOBLAST.
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Cnidocil apparatus: sensory receptor of Physalia nematocytes.
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These changes were accompanied by the transformation of the knob surfaces (the number of cnidocils decreased and the number of discharged tubes increased, Fig.
Larval behavioral, morphological changes, and nematocyte dynamics during settlement of actinulae of Tubularia mesembryanthemum, Allman 1871 (Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae)
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