Using the Rock Anemone, Aiptasia, and Other Selected Cnidarians to View Cnidocytes

 

Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver & Jason Wingate

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2008, Volume 29

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Abstract

Aiptasia and some other easily obtained anemones are used to obtain cnidocytes. One specimen often contains enough tentacles, each containing enough cnidocytes for each pair of students in a small class to find and view these cells easily.

Keywords:  anemone, cnidaria

University of Kentucky (2007)

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