The Biology of Nematocysts

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Acknowledgments, Page xii
Introduction: HOW THE ANIMAL NATURE OF MARINE CNIDARIANS WAS RECOGNIZED AND THE NEMATOCYST DISCOVERED, Pages 1-19, Howard M. Lenhoff, Sylvia G. Lenhoff
1 - COLLOQUIUM ON TERMINOLOGY, Pages 21-23, Glen M. Watson, Richard L. Wood
2 - Survey of the Ultrastructure of Cnidocytes, Pages 25-40, Richard L. Wood
3 - PRESUMED NEURONEMATOCYTE SYNAPSES AND POSSIBLE PATHWAYS CONTROLLING DISCHARGE OF A BATTERY OF NEMATOCYSTS IN HYDRA, Pages 41-51, Jane A. Westfall
4 - THE CNIDOCIL APPARATUS OF HYDROZOANS: A PROGENITOR OF HIGHER METAZOAN MECHANORECEPTORS?, Pages 53-73, Thomas Holstein, Klaus Hausmann
5 - ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE SMALL CNIDOCYTE OF THE PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR (Physalia physalis) TENTACLE, Pages 75-94, David A. Hessinger, Mark T. Ford
6 - X-RAY MICROANALYSIS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF CALCIUM AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN CNIDAE, Pages 95-113, Richard N. Mariscal
7 - THE NEMATOCYTE: AN ENCAPSULATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES, Pages 115-121, Richard D. Campbell
8 - MIGRATION OF NEMATOCYTES IN HYDROZOANS, Pages 123-142, Richard D. Campbell
9 - ULTRASTRUCTURE AND CYTOCHEMISTRY OF DEVELOPING NEMATOCYSTS, Pages 143-164, Glen M. Watson
10 - THE FORMATION OF CNIDOCYTE PATTERNS IN SIPHONOPHORES, Pages 165-178, R.J. SKAER
11 - PROBLEMS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR CNIDAE IN ANTHOZOA, Pages 179-207, Elaine A. Robson
12 - CONTROL OF NEMATOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION IN HYDRA, Pages 209-232, Hans Bode
13 - CONTROL OF DISCHARGE: FACTORS AFFECTING DISCHARGE OF CNIDAE, Pages 233-253, Glyne U. Thorington, David A. Hessinger
14 - LOCALIZATION OF A PURPORTED CHEMORECEPTOR INVOLVED IN TRIGGERING CNIDA DISCHARGE IN SEA ANEMONES, Pages 255-272, Glen M. Watson, David A. Hessinger
15 - ON THE PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF ISOLATED CNIDOCYTES AND CNIDAE, Pages 273-293, M. Craig McKay, Peter A.V. Anderson
16 - THE ROLE OF NEMATOCYSTS IN ANTHOZOAN AGGRESSION, Pages 295-308, Charles H. Bigger
17 - HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING DISCHARGE OF CNIDAE, Pages 309-332, Pierre Tardent
18 - NEMATOCYST VENOMS AND TOXINS, Pages 333-368, David A. Hessinger
19 - CHARACTERIZATION OF NEMATOCYST VENOMS, Pages 369-374, Gary J. Calton, Joseph W. Burnett
20 - SEA ANEMONE TOXINS: STRUCTURE AND ACTION, Pages 375-405, William R. Kern
21 - THE CHEMISTRY OF CNIDAE, Pages 407-425, Richard S. Blanquet
22 - CHEMISTRY OF HYDRA NEMATOCYSTS, Pages 427-444, Jakob Weber, Marianne Klug, Pierre Tardent
23 - NUDIBRANCH NEMATOCYSTS, Pages 445-462, Paul G. Greenwood
24 - THE CORRELATION BETWEEN NEMATOCYST TYPES AND DIETS IN PELAGIC HYDROZOA, Pages 463-485, Jennifer E. Purcell, Claudia E. Mills
25 - IMPORTANCE OF NEMATOCYSTS TO ACTINIAN TAXONOMY, Pages 487-500, Daphne Gail Fautin
26 - NEMATOCYSTS AS TAXONOMIC CRITERIA WITHIN THE FAMILY CAMPANULARIIDAE, HYDROZOA, Pages 501-517, Carina Östman
27 - FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF NEMATOCYTE INNERVATION IN BATTERY CELL COMPLEXES OF THE HYDRA TENTACLE, Pages 519-529, L.A. Hufnagel, G. Kass-Simon
28 - TOWARDS A NEUROETHOLOGY OF NEMATOCYST DISCHARGE IN THE TENTACLES OF HYDRA, Pages 531-541, G. Kass-Simon
29 - DIRECT OBSERVATION OF HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE NEMATOCYSTS, Pages 543-550, Marianne Klug, Jakob Weber, Pierre Tardent
30 - DYNAMICS OF RELEASE OF FREE CALCIUM DURING THE DISCHARGE OF HOLOTRICHOUS ISORHIZA OF NEMATOCYSTS OF PELAGIA NOCTILUCA, Pages 551-565, A. Salleo, G. La Spada, M.G. Denaro, G. Falzea
31 - POLYMERIZED ACTIN IN THE APICAL REGION OF HYDRA NEMATOCYTES, Pages 567-574, Robert P. Stidwill, Thomas G. Honegger, Pierre Tardent
32 - THE ALLOMETRY OF NEMATOCYSTS, Pages 575-588, J.C. Thomason
Index, Pages 589-600