The Biology of Nematocysts

1st Edition - November 14, 2012
Editor: Howard Lenhoff
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 5 4 6 - 9
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 4 6 2 - 9

The Biology of Nematocysts is derived from a symposium dedicated to the exclusive discussion on the biology of nematocysts and cnidocytes. This book is basically a collectio… Read more

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The Biology of Nematocysts is derived from a symposium dedicated to the exclusive discussion on the biology of nematocysts and cnidocytes. This book is basically a collection of the submitted reviews of contributors and research proceedings presented at the symposium.

An introduction on the recognition and discovery of both cnidarians and nematocyst aptly begins the discussion in the book. The first chapter serves as an advanced reading that helps readers be familiarized with the terms used in the entire volume. The following chapters are subdivided into six parts, including topics on the ultrastructure, development, control and morphodynamics of discharge, biochemistry, and natural history. The multidisciplinary approach of the main themes is intended to fully understand the unique qualities of the intracellular structure of nematocyst.

This volume will be of great benefit to students and researchers in biological science, cell biology, zoology, microbiology, and general physiology.

Contributors

Preface

Introduction: How the Animal Nature of Marine Cnidarians was Recognized and the Nematocyst Discovered

1. Colloquium on Terminology

I. Ultrastructure

2. Survey of the Ultrastructure of Cnidocytes

3. Presumed Neuronematocyte Synapses and Possible Pathways Controlling Discharge of a Battery of Nematocysts in Hydra

4. The Cnidocil Apparatus of Hydrozoans: A Progenitor of Metazoan Mechanoreceptors?

5. Ultrastructure of the Small Cnidocyte of the Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) Tentacle

6. X-Ray Microanalysis and Perspectives on the Role of Calcium and Other Elements in Cnida

II Development

7. The Nematocyte: An Encapsulation of Developmental Processes

8. Migration of Nematocytes in Hydrozoans

9. Ultrastructure and Cytochemistry of Developing Nematocysts

10. The Formation of Cnidocyte Patterns in Siphonophores

11. Problems of Supply and Demand for Cnidae in Anthozoa

12. Control of Nematocyte Differentiation in Hydra

III. Control and Morphodynamics of Discharge

13. Control of Discharge: Factors Affecting Discharge of Cnidae

14. Localization of a Purported Chemoreceptor Involved in Triggering Cnida Discharge in Sea Anemones

15. On the Preparation and Properties of Isolated Cnidocytes and Cnidae

16. The Role of Nematocysts in Anthozoan Aggression

17. History and Current State of Knowledge Concerning Discharge of Cnidae

IV. Biochemistry

18. Nematocyst Venoms and Toxins

19. Characterization of Nematocyst Venoms

20. Sea Anemone Toxins: Structure and Action

21. The Chemistry of Cnidae

22. Chemistry of Hydra Nematocysts

V. Natural History

23. Nudibranch Nematocysts

24. The Correlation Between Nematocyst Types and Diets in Pelagic Hydrozoa

25. Importance of Nematocysts to Actinian Taxonomy

26. Nematocysts as Taxonomic Criteria within the Family Campanulariidae, Hydrozoa

VI. Contributed Papers

27. Functional Anatomy of Nematocyte Innervation in Battery Cell Complexes of the Hydra Tentacle

28. Towards a Neuroethology of Nematocyst Discharge in the Tentacles of Hydra

29. Direct Observation of Hemolytic Activity Associated with Single Nematocysts

30. Dynamics of Release of Free Calcium during the Discharge of Holotrichous Isorhiza of Nematocysts of Pelagia noctiluca

31. Polymerized Actin in the Apical Region of Hydra Nematocytes

32. The Allometry of Nematocysts

Index