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Jellyfish sting their prey using nematocysts, also called cnidocysts, stinging structures located in specialized cells called cnidocytes.
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Where Are the Stinging Cells of a Jellyfish Located?
The stinging cells in a jellyfish are located in it's tentacles.
The stinging cells located on the tentacles of jellyfish are called?
Cnidocytes
What is the difference between tentacles and stinging cells?
Stinging cells are cells that "sting" and pour toxins into the bloodstream, and tentacles are long appendages that have no relation whatsoever to stinging cells.
Why might stinging tentacles be advantageous for slow moving predators such as some cnidarians?
All Cnidarians have tentacles with stinging cells in their tips which are used to capture and subdue prey. In fact, the phylum name "Cnidarian" literally means "stinging creature." The stinging cells are called cnidocytes and contain a structure called a nematocyst.
What are the stinging cells located on the tentacles of a jellyfish?
Jellyfish sting their prey using nematocysts, also called cnidocysts, stinging structures located in specialized cells called cnidocytes.
Stinging cells in yhe tentacles or cndarians for capturing prey?
All Cnidarians have tentacles with stinging cells in their tips which are used to capture and subdue prey.
What part of the hydra contains the stinging cells?
Tentacles.
What are facts about jellyfish tentacles?
Jellyfish tentacles can over 100 feet long and have stinging cells.
What are 3 characteristics of cnidaria?
3 characteristics of cnidarians are having tentacles, cnidocytes, and digestion. Cnidara have poisonous stinging cells and soft bodies. Stinging cells can be found in the tentacles of a jellyfish.
What are the appendages in cnidaria?
Appendages in cnidarians are called tentacles . They are used in food capture and defense . Stinging cells are present in tentacles .
What do jellyfish captur and kill there pray with?
They use their stinging tentacles to get food. The tentacles contain stinging cells called cnidoblasts and inside each cnidoblast there is a coiled thread with a barb at the end called a nematocyst. The nematocysts are discharged into prey such as a fish, they paralyze it and then the contracting tentacles bring the fish up to the mouth.
What are the 2 types of body structures of cnidarians?
Stinging cells ,tentacles .
