Ch. 33: Invertebrates Flashcards
Sponges have been traditionally considered as the ..
Basal animal group
Basal animal group, however,
recent data suggest that a – bilateral organism is more likely basal and
– Ctenophora has been tentatively placed as the basal animal group
Cnidarians are an
Ancient phylum of radially symmetrical and diploblastic animals
Lophotrochozoans
- A clade identified by molecular data
- Have the widest range of animal body forms
Ecdysozoans
The most species-rich animal group
Echinoderms and Chordates are
Deuterostomes
Porifera
- Asymmetric
- Lack Tissues
- Cellular-level of organization
- Needs: O2, nutrients (in) and CO2, waste (out)
- Porocytes: form tube that water can go through
- Choanocytes: currents …
- Pinacocytes (epidermis): epidermal cells
- Amoebocytes
- Meshyl
- Thin wall around open space (3 levels)
- Low metabolic rate
- High SA/V
- Main ∆c = bulk flow
- Sessile organisms
- Crypsis
Porocytes
form tube that water can go through
Choanocytes
currents ??
Pinacocytes
in epidermis
- Epidermal cells
Amoebocytes
d
Sessile Organisms
Gemule
Gemule
if freshwater, can form spore-like structures that could …
- some land on hermit crabs
Crypsis
the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals
- i.e. camouflage
Crypsis
the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals
- i.e. camouflage
Cnidaria
- named after cnidocytes
- Diploblastic, tissue level
- Radial Symmetry
- Nerve Net (only “system”)
- Myoepithelial (muscle)
- Epidermis (Ectoderm)
- Gastrodermis (endoderm)
- Mesoglea (gelatinous substance)
Cnidocyte
cells with nematocyst
Cnidocil
sensitive to touch
- mechanoreceptor protein
- can change/ permeability to water
2 body forms of Cnidaria
1) polyp
2) medusa
- Both have epidermis and gastrodermis (cover gastrovascular cavity)
Polyp
- tentacles are thicker
- sessile form
Medusa
d
Diverticula
medusa
“sac”
Nervous system of cnidaria
movement
coordinating
spacial ?