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stinging cell

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stinging cell [′stiŋ·iŋ ‚sel]
(invertebrate zoology)
cnidoblast


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In the 1970s, Stanford University biologist Liz Francis found that these structures, called acrorhagi, lash stinging cells onto enemy anemones.
Anemone wars: clone armies deploy scouts, attack tidally by Milius, S. / Science News
Known only by its species name, Chrysaora achlyos (kris-AH-oh-rah ACK-lee-us), the creature sported 9-meter (30-foot)-long tentacles riddled with stinging cells called cnidocytes (NYE-doh-sites).
BIG JELLY by Vilar, Miguel / Science World
These polar cells and the cell-to-cell junctions remind him of the stinging cells and junctions seen in jellyfish and hydroids -- both radially symmetrical invertebrates.
Protist joins metazoan family tree by Science News
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