Animal Reproductive System Flashcards
Porifera
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Internal fertilization
Hermaphroditic
Cnidaria
Asexual reproduction ( budding, fission, fragmentation )
Sexual reproduction
Hermaphroditic
External fertilization
Platyhelminthes
Sexual reproduction (cross fertilization) Hermaphrodites
Annelida
Most Asexual via budding and fission
Sexual reproduction varies
Separated sexes
External fertilization
Mollusca
Separated sexes
Sexual reproduction
- external
- If asexual reproduced, the offspring will be created by parthenogenesis
Arthropoda
Males and females are separated
Sexual reproduction
Internal fertilization
Echinodermata
Sexual reproduction with separate sexes
External fertilization
Some asexual reproduction in Asteroidea, Echinoidea, Ophiuroidea, and
Holothuroidea
Chordata
Sexual reproduction with separate axes
External fertilization in Cephalochordata
Most release egg and sperm during fertilization (in Urochordates)
Nematoda
Female and males are separated
- Internal fertilization
- Both sexual and asexual
- Fertilization leads to egg-laying and development of offspring