Aiptasia pallida

Venom obtained from acontial nematocysts of Aiptasia pallida was found to be lytic... 

Agelasine, 320 Aiptasia pallida, 304,310 Aiptasia species, toxic protein, 321 Aiptasiolysin, 304,310 Alexandrium dinoflagellates clones, 36,38-3 saxitoxin source, 21 toxicity, 36... 

Three bioassays a) 48h acute rotifer test (Brachionus plicatilis) b) 120d chronic sea anemone test (Aiptasia pallida) c) Acute (48h) and chronic (19d) marine copepod test (Acartia tonsa) MSWI bottom and fly ash leachates Column and batch leaching tests with ocean water and acidic artificial rain... 

Lipschultz, F., and Cook, C. B. (2002). Uptake and assimilation of N-ammonium by sea anemones, Aiptasia pallida and Batholomea anulata Interaction of host and zooxantheUae. Mar. Biol. 140, 489—502. Litder, M. M., Littler, D. S., Lapointe, B. E., and Barile, P. J. (2006). Toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) associated with groundwater conduits in the Bahamas. Coral Reefs 25, 186. 

Lipschultz, F., and Cook, C. B. (2002). Uptake and assimilation of N-ammonium by the sea anemones, Aiptasia pallida and Bartholomea annulata Interaction of host and zooxantheUae. Mar. Biol. 140, 489-502. 

Sea anemones and some corals exist as solitary polyps. A single polyp should not be fed both a treatment and control food because response to unpalatable foods is not always immediate they often regurgitate noxious foods a few minutes after consumption. A study by Lindquist Hay (1995) illustrates this point. This study used the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida as a model larval predator to examine the long-term consequences of consuming prey chemical defenses. In this experiment, some anemones were fed a small squid-based food pellet that contained didemnin cyclic peptides (isolated from a Caribbean asicidian) while others were fed a similar pellet lacking didemnins. The assay food was made... 

Grotendorst, G.R. and Hessinger, DA. (1999) Purification and partial characterization of the phospholipase A2 and co-lytic factor from sea anemone [Aiptasia pallida) nematocyst venom. Toxicon, 37,1779-1796. 

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