Assertion: sea anemone's cell | /r/Synonym | nematocyst
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text: Predation Anemones have stinging cells called nematocysts that keep away most predators.
text: Although touching the stinging cells (nematocysts) located on the sea anemone's tentacles may be fatal to many other organisms, anemone fishes are unaffected by them.
text: When a polyp makes physical contact with a non-clonemate, it extends the acrorhagi to attack the competing anemone with stinging cells called nematocytes.
text: Like their jellyfish relatives, anemones possess a collection of tentacles that contain specialized cells called nematocysts, which are capable of firing venom-tipped barbs into predators or prey.
text: The tentacles have stinging cells called nematocysts that are used to immobilize or kill their prey, which can be anything from tiny plankton to fish much larger than itself.
text: Cnidaria are invertebrates (they do not have a backbone) and all have specialized cells called nematocysts that help them capture prey and defend themselves.
text: The anemone's tentacles have stinging cells called nematocysts that release a toxin when prey or predator touches it.
text: Their tentacles are studded with venomous cells called nematocysts, which release toxins into prey such as fish and crustaceans, paralyzing the victims for easy digestion.
text: The column is topped by an oral disc and has slender, short, white tentacles possibly tipped with pink or red armed with stinging cells called nematocysts.
text: The tentacles have stinging cells called nematocysts.