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Hydra (/ˈhaɪdrə/ HY-drə) is a genus of small, fresh-water organisms of the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. They are native to the temperate and tropical regions. Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability – they do not appear to die of old age, or to age at all.
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Hydra is a genus of small, fresh-water organisms of the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa.
They are native to the temperate and tropical regions.
Biologists are especially interested in Hydra because of their regenerative ability – they do not appear to die of old age, or to age at all.
Hydra has a tubular, radially symmetric body up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long when extended, secured by a simple adhesive foot known as the basal disc.
Gland cells in the basal disc secrete a sticky fluid that accounts for its adhesive properties.
At the free end of the body is a mouth opening surrounded by one to twelve thin, mobile tentacles.
Each tentacle, or cnida (plural: cnidae), is clothed with highly specialised stinging cells called cnidocytes.
Cnidocytes contain specialized structures called nematocysts, which look like miniature light bulbs with a coiled thread inside.
At the narrow outer edge of the cnidocyte is a short trigger hair called a cnidocil. Upon contact with prey, the contents of the nematocyst are explosively discharged, firing a dart-like thread containing neurotoxins into whatever triggered the release.
This can paralyze the prey, especially if many hundreds of nematocysts are fired.