[Coral-List] Extracting nematocysts from coral polyps

[Hanny Rivera]

Hi Coral-listers,

I was wondering if any of you could point me towards established protocols
for extracting and isolating undischarged nematocysts from coral polyps.
Particularly, I am looking to extract them from newly settled spat, so
there would only be one polyp and perhaps a few small buds. Most of the
references I have found in the literature are fairly dated and are also
usually for Hydra or Jellyfish.

Thank you very much!

Hanny Rivera

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Hanny Rivera
Harvard College 2012 | Kirkland House
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology |Italian Secondary Field