Ward's® Live Brown Hydra (Hydra littoralis)
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Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They are a carnivorous species that can be found in healthy freshwater rivers and streams where they attach themselves to plants and rocks.
- Watch the feeding reflex in real-time
- Observe the reproductive process of budding
- Look for similarities and differences between Brown hydra and green hydra (also available)
- Vital Stained cultures allow students to better visualize organism structures
Hydra have a sack-shaped body with a ring of tentacles around the mouth at the top. They use those tentacles, covered with paralyzing nematocysts, to trap small cruscaceans, stun them and bring them into the mouth where they are digested.
Ordering information: These products contain living or perishable materials.
Delivery information: Specimens will ship via overnight or 2nd day delivery. Please specify a delivery date during checkout.
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Hydra are tiny animals closely related to jellyfish. They are a carnivorous species that can be found in healthy freshwater rivers and streams where they attach themselves to plants and rocks.
- Watch the feeding reflex in real-time
- Observe the reproductive process of budding
- Look for similarities and differences between Brown hydra and green hydra (also available)
- Vital Stained cultures allow students to better visualize organism structures
Hydra have a sack-shaped body with a ring of tentacles around the mouth at the top. They use those tentacles, covered with paralyzing nematocysts, to trap small cruscaceans, stun them and bring them into the mouth where they are digested.
Ordering information: These products contain living or perishable materials.
Delivery information: Specimens will ship via overnight or 2nd day delivery. Please specify a delivery date during checkout.
Documents
Hydra Working_with_Hydra
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- MediaNo. of studentsStorage conditionsAvailabilityPrice
- 470176-554Brown Hydra Culture (Small)Brown Hydra Culture (Small)Dechlorinated water30Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$17.30Supplier Number: -
- 470176-474Vital Stained Brown Hydra Culture (Small)Vital Stained Brown Hydra Culture (Small)Dechlorinated water30Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$20.45Supplier Number: -
- 470176-344Budding Brown Hydra CultureBudding Brown Hydra CultureDechlorinated water30Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$20.93Supplier Number: 872023
- 470176-556Brown Hydra Culture (Large)Brown Hydra Culture (Large)Dechlorinated water100Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$55.20Supplier Number: 872025
- 470180-232Vital Stained Brown Hydra Culture (Large))Vital Stained Brown Hydra Culture (Large))Dechlorinated water100Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$58.40Supplier Number: -
- 470176-346Budding Brown Hydra Culture (Large)Budding Brown Hydra Culture (Large)Dechlorinated water100Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$63.10Supplier Number: -
- 470180-230Brown Hydra Culture (X-Large)Brown Hydra Culture (X-Large)Dechlorinated water500Refrigerator, loose capLog in for availabilityEach$157.90Supplier Number: 872027
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- Hydra, Plain and Budding SpecimensHydra, Plain and Budding Specimens470177-514Whole MountMayer's CarmineLog in for availabilityEach - $14.20
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- Hydra with Bud
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- Catalog #OrientationStainAvailabilityPrice
- Hydra, PlainHydra, Plain470177-512Whole mountMayer’s Carmine and Fast GreenLog in for availabilityEach - $10.25
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- Hydra with Bud