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Molecules, 2020 Cubozoan nematocyst venoms contain known cytolytic and hemolytic proteins, but small molecule components have not been previously reported from cubozoan venom.
Justin Reinicke +10 more
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Consequences of Stinging Plankton Blooms on Finfish Mariculture in the Mediterranean Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 In recent years, caged finfish mariculture across European seas suffered production losses by severe fish mortality, following episodic outbreaks of invertebrate cnidarian stingers. Due to their stinging cells and injectable venoms, medusozoan jellyfish,
Mar Bosch-Belmar +9 more
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Jellyfish Stings Trigger Gill Disorders and Increased Mortality in Farmed Sparus aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Mediterranean Sea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Jellyfish are of particular concern for marine finfish aquaculture. In recent years repeated mass mortality episodes of farmed fish were caused by blooms of gelatinous cnidarian stingers, as a consequence of a wide range of hemolytic, cytotoxic, and ...
Mar Bosch-Belmar +7 more
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The Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Distribution, Ecology, Toxicity and Epidemiology of Stings. A Review [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2008 The toxicity of Cnidaria is a subject of concern due to its influence on humans. In particular, jellyfish blooms can highly affect human economical activities, such as bathing, fishery, tourism, etc., as well as the public health.
Giacco, Elisabetta +2 more
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Toxins, 2016 The Zoanthids are an order of cnidarians whose venoms and toxins have been poorly studied. Palythoa caribaeorum is a zoanthid commonly found around the Mexican coastline. In this study, we tested the activity of P.
Fernando Lazcano-Pérez +5 more
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Sea Anemone (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) Toxins: An Overview
Marine Drugs, 2012 The Cnidaria phylum includes organisms that are among the most venomous animals. The Anthozoa class includes sea anemones, hard corals, soft corals and sea pens.
Agostinho Antunes +2 more
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Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2014 BackgroundMillepora complanata is a plate-like fire coral common throughout the Caribbean. Contact with this species usually provokes burning pain, erythema and urticariform lesions. Our previous study suggested that the aqueous extract of M.
Alejandro García-Arredondo +3 more
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Venoms and medicinal properties of cnidarians
Iranian South Medical Journal, 2015 Marine organisms are rich sources of bioactive compounds and their biotechnological potential attracted the attention to biologists and chemists all over the world. During the first decade of the 21st century alone, over 2000 molecules from cnidarians were described.
Zahra Amini Khoei
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Hemolytic venoms from marine cnidarian jellyfish - an overview.
Journal of venom research, 2014 Cnidarian jellyfish are viewed as an emergent problem in several coastal zones throughout the world. Recurrent outbreaks pose a serious threat to tourists and bathers, as well as to sea-workers, involving health and economical aspects. As a rule, cnidarian stinging as a consequence of nematocyst firing induces merely local symptoms but cardiovascular ...
Gian Luigi Mariottini
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Non-invasive extraction of Cnidarian venom through the use of autotomised tentacles [PDF]
, 2019 The animals contained within the phylum Cnidaria have origins that can be dated back to around 750 million years ago (mya) and as such, they represent what is potentially the oldest known venomous lineage that is recognised today.
P. Robinson +2 more
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