Often one sees, on surface view, a distinctly rounded vacuole, occupying a position in the cell occupied in others by a large nematocyst.
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Nematocyst
Synonyms for "nematocyst" (7 found)
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The young nematocyst decreases in size and becomes coarsely granular, the granules arranging themselves in a spiral line close under the external membrane.
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Nematocyst discharge is another example of the Rubicon principle – it either fires or it does not.
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