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Nematocysts of the scyphozoans Pelagia noctiluca and Rhizostoma pulmo were examined. In R. pulmo 4 types of nematocyst were observed: heterotrichous microbasic euryteles; holotrichous isorhizas; atrichous a-isorhizas; and atrichous α-isorhizas. In P. noctiluca 5 types of nematocyst were seen: heterotrichous microbasic euryteles; heterotrichous isorhizas (previously described as atrichous isorhizas); holotrichous O-isorhizas; atrichous a-isorhizas; and an undescribed type, which in its structure and discharge mechanism resembles microbasic p-mastigophores. The results show, in both P. noctiluca and R. pulmo, a greater variety of nematocysts than described in previous studies.
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Avian, M., Del Negro, P., Sandrini, L.R. (1991). A comparative analysis of nematocysts in Pelagia noctiluca and Rhizostoma pulmo from the North Adriatic Sea. In: Williams, R.B., Cornelius, P.F.S., Hughes, R.G., Robson, E.A. (eds) Coelenterate Biology: Recent Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3240-4_86
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