Journal article

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 955-958

Journal: Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms

Volume number: 34

Issue number: 8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(96)00051-7

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

Crustaceans (Mithraculus, Neopetrolisthes, Periclimenes, Stenorhynchus sp.) living in association with sea anemones, shore crabs (Metopograpsus oceanicus) and brine shrimps (Artemia salina) were found to be resistent to the exposure of cytolytic sea anemone toxins (up to 100 μg/ml) and to other membraneactive compounds such as gramicidin A and saponin. The gill filaments of the crustaceans were not affected, indicating that the chitin layer protects the epithelium from the action of the cytolytic toxins. However, crustaceans are highly susceptible to sea anemone toxins when injected parenterally.

Harvard Citation style: Giese, C., Mebs, D. and Werding, B. (1996) Resistance and vulnerability of crustaceans to cytolytic sea anemone toxins, Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms, 34(8), pp. 955-958. https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(96)00051-7

APA Citation style: Giese, C., Mebs, D., & Werding, B. (1996). Resistance and vulnerability of crustaceans to cytolytic sea anemone toxins. Toxicon: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms. 34(8), 955-958. https://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(96)00051-7