"are secreted by the of all ns and only cnidarians. Of the three categories of cnidae (also called cnidocysts), s occur in all cnidarians, and are the means by which cnidarians defend themselves and obtain prey; s and s are restricted to a minority of major . A cnida discharges by eversion of its tubule; venom may be associated with the tubule of a nematocyst. About 30 major morphological types of nematocysts are recognized, but no single nomenclature for them is accepted."
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Daphne Gail Fautin
(May 25, 1946 – March 12, 2021) was an American professor of invertebrate zoology, known as a leading expert on s and involving them. called her "the world authority on sea anemones". She was elected in 1997 a Fellow of the (AAAS). (Her husband, Robert W. Buddemeier, was elected in 2011 a Fellow of the AAAS.)
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