Animal Phyla Flashcards
How do sponges feed
Intracellular digestion
sponges gas exchange
diffusion
sponges circulation
diffusion
sponges excretion
diffusion
what type of development do sponges have (protostomic or deuterostomic)
none
What type of body cavity do sponges have
none
How many embryonic tissue layers do sponges have
none
What type of symmetry do sponges have
asymmetry
What is a polyp
the sedentary form of cnidaria
what is medusa
the free-swimming form of cnidaria
What type of symmetry do Cnidarians have
radial
How many embryonic tissue layers do Cnidarians have
dipoblastic (endoderm and ectoderm)
What type of body cavity do cnidarians have
lack a body cavity
are cnidarians protostome or deuterostome
neither
Cnidarians excretion
diffusion
Cnidarias circulation
diffusion
Cnidarias gas exchange
diffusion
How do Cnidaria move (ex: what type of skeleton: hydrostatic, hydraulic, etc.)
hydrostatic skeleton
What is a gastrovascular cavity
also known as an incomplete digestive tract. Used for digestion and transport of nutrients, one opening for food and waste (two-way digestive tract)
what kind of digestive tract do cnidarians have
incomplete digestive tract/gastrovascular cavity
how do cnidarians feed
extra and intracellularly
what kind of digestive tract do Platyhelminthes have
incomplete digestive tract/gastrovascular cavity
what number of tissue layers do Platyhelminthes have
triploblastic
are Platyhelminthes protostomes or deuterostomes
protostome