Illustrated Glossary of Sea Anemone Anatomy - Tentacle Longitudinal Sections

Edwardsia armata. Longitudinal section through a tentacle.	Aulactinia incubans. Longitudinal section of tentacle tip, showing terminal pore.
Paranemonia vouliagmeniensis. Vertical section of tentacle with enclosed embryo; arrow indicating aboral part.	Sagartia schilleriana, longitudinal section of one tentacle, showing the different layers of which it is composed.

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• List of Terms
• Whole Specimens
• Cross sections
• Longitudinal sections
• Tentacles
• Tentacle cross sections
• Tentacle longitudinal sections
• Nematocysts
• Actinopharynx
• Mesenteries
• Retractor muscles
• Parietal muscles
• Sphincter muscles
• Oral disk
• Column
• Pedal Disk

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