Using the Rock Anemone, Aiptasia, and Other Selected Cnidarians to View Cnidocytes
Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver & Jason Wingate
Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2008, Volume 29
Abstract
Aiptasia and some other easily obtained anemones are used to obtain cnidocytes. One specimen often contains enough tentacles, each containing enough cnidocytes for each pair of students in a small class to find and view these cells easily.
Keywords: anemone, cnidaria
University of Kentucky (2007)