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sea nettle |
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sea nettle, any one of several species of stinging jellyfish, common along coasts and much feared by swimmers. Most stings are painful but are not dangerous to man; however, certain jellyfish of the order Cubomedusae and especially an Australian species, Chironex fleckeri, have caused many deaths. The sting, produced by nematocysts located in the tentacles, is used to kill or stun prey. Sea nettles are classified in the phylum Cnidaria Cnidaria (nīdâr`ēə) or Coelenterata ..... Click the link for more information. , class Scyphoza. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On the other hand, Breitberg has found that the Bay's gelatinous species--its comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) and stinging sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)--are quite tolerant of hypoxia. One of the most popular can be found in the Outer Bay room, where luminescent jellyfish and sea nettles move languorously through the water, using a method of propulsion that can best be described as the opening and closing of an umbrella without stays. The Stanford researchers borrowed sea nettles from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to do the testing on volunteers in a research clinic at Stanford Hospital. |
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