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Replacement of Discharged Cnidae in the Tentacles of Anemonia Sulcata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. H. Schmidt
G. H. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AJ
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Actinians are equipped with cnidae which function in food capture, defence and aggression (Mariscal, 1974). Cnidae cannot be renewed and after discharge they are extruded from the epithelium. Regulation of the spirocyst and nematocyst population must be important, but as yet no quantitative data about this are available for actinians (Picken & Skaer, 1966).

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 685 - 691
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1982

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