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Arthropods, Crustaceans, and Marine Fishes Flashcards

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What does Arthropod mean?

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Jointed Foot

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Give some examples of Arthropods

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Shrimp-Crab-Lobster-Barnacles A-SCLB

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What are some common features of Arthropods?

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Body Segmentation-Hard Exoskeleton-Jointed Appendages- Complex Sensory Organs SEAO

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What are Arthropods’ specialized appendages used for?

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Jaws-Egg Depositor-Walking-Piercing-Swimming JEWPS

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The hard, protective skeleton of an arthropod is called a _____.

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Exoskeleton

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This is made of a unique chemical called _____ that is found in arthropods and _____.

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Chtin-Mushrooms

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What type of circulatory system to arthropods have?

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Open Circulatory System AO

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What are the function of an exoskeleton in Arthropods?

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Protection-Points of Attachment for Muscles PA

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How do Arthropods get larger?

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They have to molt; completely remove their exoskeleton and make a new one.

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What can be said about the senses of Arthropods?

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They have well-developed senses; they can see, hear, smell, touch, and feel very well. SHSTF

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Crustaceans are mostly _____.

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Marine

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_____ - usually underneath for breathing.

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Gills

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_____ - pereiopods (5 pairs)

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Walking Legs (Pereio)

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_____ - pleopods (5 pairs)

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Swimming Legs (Pleo)

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What are the mouthparts of crustaceans?

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Maxillipeds and Mandibles

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What are chelipeds used for?

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Defense/Pinching/Crushing DPC

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What does the tail of Crustaceans consist of?

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Telson-Uropod TU

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What is Crustacean Feeding consisted of?

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Predators and Scavengers- Crabs and Lobsters PCL

Filter Feeder- Barnacles FB

Parasites- isopods (fish lice), fish barnacles PIF

CLB-IF

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What is the Antennae of Crustaceans used for?

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Sensing

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List important things about Barnacles.

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The only sessile crustacean

Attach to almost anything- slow down vessels and whales.

Shell made of CACO3

Feathery appendages called cirripeds which filter water for food.

Hermaphrodites

Cross Fertilize: extendible penis goes from one to another.

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List important things about Copepods

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Largest group of crustaceans.

Most abundant type of zooplankton in all of the oceans.

Eat phytoplankton.

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List important things about Krill.

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Shrimp-like, filter feeders.

Found in open ocean (pelagic)- towards the top KP

Most are bioluminescent (produce light)- used to attract others to form large swarms.

Main diet of whales, seals, penguin.

Numbers of 60,000 individuals/m^3

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What is the Classification of Fishes?

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Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

DKP-EAC

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What are some characteristics of Vertebrates?

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Hollow backbone (spine)- encloses and protects the nerve cord (spinal cord).

Bilaterally symmetrical

Gills, or pharyngeal slits.

A notochord.

Post-anal tail.

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What are the classes of fish?

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Jawless Fish: Agnatha JA

Cartilaginous: Condrichthyes CC

Bony Fish: Osteichtyes BO

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Majority of fish in the world are bony fish (_____).

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Teleosts

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Approx. _____ species of bony fish (which is _____ of all fishes and almost half of all vertebrates). 75-100 new species are described every year.

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23,000-96%

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More than half of all bony fish live in the ocean. Popular fish to _____, and _____ recreationally.

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Eat-Sport

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29
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Define Bony Endoskeleton

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Covered w/ muscles and skin.

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30
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How do fish breathe under water?

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Fish receive O2 (made by plant, algae, phytoplankton) that’s dissolved in water- Gasses diffuse across the lamella into and out of their blood.

31
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What is the function of the bony operculum?

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Protects the gills.

32
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Define Ectothermic

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Body temp is similar to the temp of the environment, metabolism has little to do with internal temp.

33
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Define eggs.

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Lay eggs that lack a shell.

34
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Define Scales

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Scales are made of calcium and collagen and covered by a thin layer of skin.

35
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What are the types of scales?

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Cycloid-Ctenoid-Ganoid-Placoid CCGP

36
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Explain everything about Cycloid scales.

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Smooth Edges- Overlapping Pattern C-Smooth

Found in Salmon-Freshwater Carp CSF

37
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Explain everything about Ctenoid scales.

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Tiny spines along the border. Tenoid-Tiny Spines

Found in Perch CP

38
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Explain everything about Ganoid scales.

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Diamond Shaped GD

Found in Sturgeon- Freshwater Garfish GSG

39
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Explain everything about Placoid scales.

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Tiny, toothlike structures PT

Found in Sharks, Rays PSR

40
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How can you determine the age of fish by looking at its scales?

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Counting the number of rings

41
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Define Swim Bladder

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A gas-filled sac above the stomach and intestine.

42
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Fish can use their swim bladder to adjust their _____.

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Buoyancy

43
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The swim bladder compensates for the heavy _____.

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Bony Skeleton

44
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A fish swimming in the water expends _____ if it’s _____.

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Less-Neutral

45
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Define Positively Buoyant

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Float (pulling air INTO the swim bladder). POSTIVE-IN

46
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Define Negatively Buoyant

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Sink (taking air out of swim bladder).

47
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What is the function of the Caudal Fin?

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Provides power to move the fish forward. CF

48
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What is the function of the Pelvic Fin?

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Used in swimming as an aerofoil, brake, propulsor, and hovering. PH

49
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What is the function of the Dorsal Fin?

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Increase the lateral surface of the body during swimming, and thereby provide stability at the expense of drag. DS

50
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What is the function the Pectoral Fin?

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Help steer and control depth. PD

51
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List some important things about Calico Bass (Kelp Bass)

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Eat small fish, crustaceans, and squid B-FSC

Can be found in kelp forests, shipwrecks, rocks, and pilings. BK

52
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What is another name for the Garibaldi?

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State Marine Fish

53
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List some important things about Garibaldi

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Found in Kelp Forests GK

Like to graze on algae and sponges. GAS

Very territorial and aggressive.

54
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List some important things about Yellowfin Fish

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Are found in pelagic oceans, beneath kelp forests, and offshore rigs. YK

Are carnivorous. YC

55
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List some important things about Dolphinfish

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Pelagic Habitat

Commonly known as the Mahi Mahi

Can reach speeds up to 40 mph

56
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List some important things about Sculpin

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Benthic Habitat BS

Eat small fish and crustaceans

Does not have scales, but rather slimy mucous with tiny spines.

57
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List some important things about California Sheephead

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Males and females have different color patterns and body shapes- sexual dimorphism

All sheephead are born female but most become male

Wrap themselves in mucous to protect themselves from predators.

58
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Define Anadromous

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Born in freshwater, migrate to open ocean, and return to freshwater to spawn A-FOF

59
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List some important things about Salmon

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Anadromous

Most die a few weeks after spawning.

Change color to attract mates.

60
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What are the different classes of Echinoderms?

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Asteroidea-Holothuroidea-Echinoidea-Ophiurodea-Crinoidea AH-EOC

61
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What are the common names of Asteroidea?

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Sea Stars AS

62
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What are the common names for Holothuroidea?

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Sea Cucumbers HC

63
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What are the common names for Echinoidea?

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Sea Urchins/Sand Dollars EUD

64
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What are the common nams for Ophiurodea?

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Brittle Stars OB

65
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What are the common names for Crinoidea?

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Sea Lillies and Feather Stars CLF

66
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What are some common characteristics of Echinoderms?

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Spiny Skin- 5-Fold Radial Symmetry (as an adult)-Endoskeleton-Water Vascular System S5EW

67
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Describe everything about 5-Fold Radial Symmetry

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Bilateral Symmetry as a larva

No Anterior/Posterior or dorsal/ventral side; they have an oral and aboral side.

68
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Describe everything about Endoskeleton

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Internal Skeleton made of CaCO3

Ossicles are tiny calcified plates that make up the endoskeleton; held together w/ small muscles.

69
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Describe everything about Water Vascular System

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Unique to this phylum- Uses water pressure with movement, feeding, and gas exchange MFG

70
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What is the path of water through a sea star to the end of a tube foot?

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Madreporite-Stone Canal-Ring Canal-Radial Canal-Ampulla-Tube Foot MSR-RAT

71
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List some important facts about Sea Stars.

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Part of the Benthic community; they’re a part of the keystone species.

Predatory– love bivalves and barnacles.

Sea Star wasting disease is a threat to sea stars; so is ocean acidification.

CARNIVORES

72
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List some important facts about Sea Urchins

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Herbivores-Eat Algea

Sand Dollars found in sand.

A threat is collecting, bleaching, and bottom trawling.

73
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List some important facts about Cucumbers.

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Feed on debris in the benthic zone.

A threat to sea cucumbers is them getting eaten by humans.

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