Ch2 Hydra Flashcards
Toxic substance inside nematocyst
Hypnotoxin
What locomotion is used in long distance
Looping
What part of hydra has most no. Of cnidocytes
Tentacles
Located throughtout the epidermis of hydra
Musculo-epithelial cell
What cell can produce any kind of cell in hydra
Interstitial cell
Not a food of hydra
Small grass
Smallest nematocyst
Stereolin glutinant
Method used for rapid movement
Somersaulting
Can hydra reproduce sexually and asexually
Yes
Function of bud of hydra
Asexual
Epidermal cells are-
Musculo-epithelial, interstitial, nerve cell, gland cell, cnidocytes, gonads
Cells of gastrodermis (5)
Musculo, interstitial, sensory, nerve, gland
Which phyla is diploblastic
Cnidaria, ctenophora
Who discovered hydra? Who named it?
Trembley, linnaeus
Which species of hydra are in BD
Oligactis, viridissima, vularis
Which hydra species is most common in BD
VULGARIS
What do hydra eat
Carnivores
What kind of symmetry does hydra have
Radial
How many tentacles present
6-10
When does budding occur
Summer
When is breeding season
Autumn winter
How does pedal disc help hydra to float
Bubbles
Where are cnidocyte cells not found
Pedal disc
What is hypnotoxin made od
Protein and phenol
Largest nematocyte
Stenotile
Function of psiedopodal cells
Deglutition of food
What cell is absent in tentacle?
Gland cell
Thickness of mesoglea
0.1 micrometer
What can hydra not digest
Starch