Animal kingdom Flashcards
How many phylum kingdom animalia has
10
Body of sponges is supported by a skeleton made up of
Spicules or sponging fibres
Water enters through what and leaves through what in sponges
Ostia and osculum
Coelenterata exhibit two main body forms which are
Polyp and medusa
Four classes of platyhelmintis
Tubellaria
Cestoda
Trematoda
Monogenea
Examples of sponges
Bath sponge(euspongia
Spongilla
Coenlenterata characteristics
Radially symmetrical
Diploblastic
Tissue level of organization
Special characteristics exhibited by ctenophora
Bioluminescence
What helps ctenophora in locomotion
Eight rows of external ciliated comb plates
What is cnidoblasts used for in phylum cnidaria
For anchorage,defence,capturing prey
What adhesive material replace cnidoblasts in ctenophora to capture prey
Colloblasts
examplesof ctenophora
Pleurobrachia,ctenoplana
Examples of cnidaria
Aurelia(jellyfish), physalia(Portuguese man of war),adamsia(Sea anemone
Characteristics of phylum platyheliminthes
° Bilaterally symmetrical
°diploblastic
°acoelomates(without body cavity
°organ level of organisation
Excretory system In platyhelminthes
Flame cells