Chapter 33 Flashcards
invertebrates are animals that lack a ________________
vertebral column or backbone
____________ of all animals are invertebrates
95%
___________ are animals that do possess a vertebral column
vertebrates
_______________ of animals species are vertebrates
only 5%
__________________ is the only animal group that contains vertebrates
chordate
- sponges
- aquatic
- assymetrical
- no tissue tissues
- aggregates of special cells
porifera
porifera are _________ as adults yet _______ as larvae
sessile, free-swimming
porifera reproduce
asexually by fragmentation
___________________ eggs and sperm are released into the water and fertilization occurs externally
asexual reproduction by fragmentation
porifera are _________________
filter feeders
- all are aquatic-radially symmetrical
- diploplastic
- sexual reproduction occurred externally
- a central digestive compartment
- tentacles surround mouth and anus
cnidaria
a central digestive compartment. A single opening to the gastrovascular cavity serves as both mouth and anus
gastrovascular cavity
____________ surround mouth/anus
tentacles
tentacles are lined with stinging cells called _______________ that capture food
cynidocytes
cnidarians exists in one of two shapes
- medusae
- polyps
___________ are free swimming cnidaria like see jellies
medusa
_____________ are sessile cnidaria like sea anemones hydras or corals
polyps
flatworms
platyhelminthes
platyhelmithes are _________________
aquatic, moist terrestrial, or parasitic within other organisms
platehelminthes are _________________ symmetrical
bilaterally
this gives a definite anterior and posterior end
3 more qualities of a platyhelminthes
- triploblastic
- lophotrochozoan protostomes
- accelomate
- possess a gastrovascular cavity
- planarians
examples of parasitic flatworms/ platyhelminthes
-flukes and tapeworms
___________________ is a free living platyhelminthes in marine, freshwater or moist terrestrial habitats
planarians
rotifera are _________________
aquatic
rotifera are all ________________________ and have a ________________ colem
microscopic
psedocolemeate
rodifers possess a _______________
a complete digestive tract for food processing with an opening at each end
- a mouth at the anterior end and an anus at the posterior
- a one way tub
rotifers produce _________________ by way of ____________________
asexually
parthenogenesis