animal kingdom Flashcards
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porifera
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- commonly known as sponges
- marine (exc. spongilla)
- asymmetrical
- acoelomate
- cellular level of organization
- water canal system
- choanocytes - collar cells
- intracellular digestion
- sexual-gamete formation, asexual-fragmentation
10.spongilla, sycon, euspongia
2
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coelenterata
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1.aquatic, mostly marine
2. acoelomate, radial, tissue level, diploblastic
3. cnidaria derived from cnidoblasts/cnidocytes
4. freshwater polyp- hydra
5. corals - skeleton of caco3
6. polyp - mouth up, sessile, cylindrical, hydra, adamsia
7. medusa -mouth down, free swimming, umbrella, aurelia, jelly fish.
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