isorhiza

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noun

An open, tubular nematocyst, in Cnidaria, that anchors the animal as it moves on its tentacles

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nounisorhiza (plural isorhizas)

plural isorhizas

  1. An open, tubular nematocyst, in Cnidaria, that anchors the animal as it moves on its tentacles

    A) atrichous isorhiza, B) heterotrichous microbasic eurytele, C) heterotrichous microbasic eurytele D) atrichous isorhiza, E) isorhiza o-haploneme, F) microbasic mastigophore, G) large oval p-rhopaloid, H) heterotrichous microbasic eurytele and I) atrichous isorhiza.

    2015 August 27, “Length Is Associated with Pain: Jellyfish with Painful Sting Have Longer Nematocyst Tubules than Harmless Jellyfish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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