Animalia - Invertebrates Flashcards
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Cnideria
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Jellyfish, Anemones, Corals, Hydras
- 2 forms: polyp, medusa
- one mouth/anus opening
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Porifera
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Sponges
- suspension feeders
- reproduce by fragmentation
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Turbellaria
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Flatworms
- no respiratory or circulatory system
- nitrogenous waste through skin
- move on cilia and glide on mucous
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Trematoda
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Flukes
- most are intestinal parasites
- use intermediate host for life cycle
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Cestoidea
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Tapeworms
- parasitic organisms (pigs, sheep, humans, etc)
- each mature proglottid can reproduce
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Rotifera
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Protist sized organisms
- aquatic organisms
- a complete digestive system
- fluid filled pseudocoelom
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Gastropoda
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coiled shells and mollusks
- asymmetrical body shape
- coiled shells
- have a “foot” used for locomotion
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Polyplecaphora
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8 plated mollucks
- foot for slow locomotion
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Bivalvia
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2 half shelled clams
- suspension feeders: use two siphons for “water filtering”
- can be attached to rocks or dug in dirt
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Cephalopoda
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Octopuses and the shelled Nautilus
- no shell except nautilus
- beak/mouth in the center of body between the arms and tentacles
- well developed brain (sensory organs, closed circulatory system, and nervous system)
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Nematoda
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Round Worms
- parasites to animals like dogs, but most are free-living
- fluid filled pseudocoelom
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Nemertea
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Ribbon Worms
- complete digestive tract
- closed circulatory system with moving blood
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Annelida
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Segmented Worms
- Polychaetes: marine species with more parapodia on the segments
- Oligochaetes: earth worms with very few parapodia on segments
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Cheliceroformes
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Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, Mites
- one set of feeding and sensory appendages: pedipalp
- one set of fangs or pinchers
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Myriopoda
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Millipedes and Centipedes
- segmented worm like creatures
- hard exoskeleton
- open circulatory system
