A sticky thicket of glue cells: A comparative morphometric analysis of colloblasts in 20 species of comb jelly (phylum Ctenophora)

Ctenophores in the class Tentaculata are distinct from Cnidarians in that they use sticky, not stinging, tentacles to capture and subdue their prey. The structures that make these tentacles sticky are colloblasts, specialized multicellular adhesive structures for predation. Located on the tentacles,...

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Hauptverfasser: Leonardi, Nicholas D, Thuesen, Erik V, Haddock, Steven HD
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Iniversidad Autónoma de Baja California 2020
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Online Zugang:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/3118
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