Nematocyst ratio and prey in two Australian cubomedusans, Chironex fleckeri and Chiropsalmus sp.

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1547-1551

  Carrette, T ^a   Alderslade, P ^b   Seymour, J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chironex fleckeri; Chiropsalmus sp; Cnidome; Nematocysts

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEEDING; FISH; FLAGELLATE; NEMATOCYST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CUBOZOA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0036842210     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00168-X     Document Type: Article

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