A lance inside the nematocyst pierces the victim's skin, and venom flows through into the victim. |
The stinging apparatus of the sea nettle consists of a nematocyst filled with venoms located primarily on the fishing tentacles of the animal. |
After eversion, the thread separates from the nematocyst. |
Enzymatic characterization of the major phospholipase A sub component of sea anemone nematocyst venom. |
The cnidoblasts are the mother-cells of the nematocysts, each cell producing one nematocyst in its interior. |
The entire nematocyst is enclosed in the cnidoblast which formed it. |