coelenterate

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coelenterate

1. any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals

2. (loosely) any invertebrate of the phyla Cnidaria or Ctenophora

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Neurobiology of the gorgonian coelenterates, Muricia californica and Lophogorgia chilensis.

Tentacle Musculature in the Cubozoan Jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis

It is clear that scores that exceed 100 in comparisons of the SC proteins with coelenterate or mollusk proteomes may point to some relatedness of certain proteins, although their orthology is out of the question.

Conservation and variability of synaptonemal complex proteins in phylogenesis of eukaryotes

The parasite farina remains unknown other than the record of the coelenterate parasite Polypodium sp.

Helminths and food habits of Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens from the Lake Winnebago System, Wisconsin

Bilateral symmetric organization of neural elements in the visual system of a coelenterate, Tripedalia cystophora (Cubozoa).

Regeneration of the Rhopalium and the Rhopalial Nervous System in the Box Jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora

Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Coelenterate Biology.

Faunal assemblages of intertidal hydroids (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) from Argentinean Patagonia (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean)

The molluscan mucus is phylogenetically and functionally different from coelenterate mucins but seems quite similar to them chemically [47].

Detection of bioactive compounds in the mucus nets of Dendropoma maxima, Sowerby 1825 (Prosobranch Gastropod Vermetidae, Mollusca)

A study of the gut contents of five juvenile loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus) (Reptilia Cheloniidae), from the south-Eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on coelenterate identification.

Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific

Under the Act, "fish or wildlife" (89) is defined as: any wild animal, whether alive or dead, including without limitation any wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, coelenterate, or other invertebrate, whether or not bred, hatched, or born in captivity, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring, thereof.

Conspiring to violate the Lacey Act

In most coelenterate groups (including the corals), the tentacles are armed with numerous stinging cells for prey capture and immobilization.

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Cnidarian (coelenterate) application envenomations in Hawai'i improve following heat application.

Box jellyfish Alatina alata has a circumtropical distribution

Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Coelenterate Biology.

Cambios en la pigmentacion de colonias de Siderastrea spp. durante los eventos de blanqueamiento en arrecifes costeros del noreste de Brasil

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