Chapter 33-Invertebrate I Flashcards
Characteristics about Phylum porifera
- loosely organized and lack true tissues
- multicellular with several types of cells
- No apparent symmetry
Where does phylum porifera lives in?
Mostly marine and freshwater.
Can phylum porifera move?
They are sessile adult, free swimming larval stage.
What is Ostia?
Pores into the spongocoel.
What is Osculum?
It is where comes out of the spong.
What is function flagellated choanocytes?
Generate current and trap small particles and planktons
What is the function of amoebocytes?
Absorb nutrients from choanocytes and distribute to other cell throughout the sponge.
what is the function of epithelia cell?
It protects the sponge body.
Where are all these cells embedded in?
All cells are embedded in mesohyl.
What is mesohyl?
gelatinous, protein rich.
Where is spongin located?
It could be found in mesohyl
What is the function of spicules?
Provide structural support and resistant to predation.
How do biologist classify sponges?
They classify them by the shape of their spicules.
How do sponges reproduce?
- Most sponges are hermaphrodites.
- They also reproduce asexually by budding off small sponges fragments
What does hermaphrodites?
It means that they can produced eggs and sperms in the same time.
Characteristic about phylum cnidaria
- Radially symmetric animals
2. diploblastic
where do cnidaria phylum organism lives in?
Mostly in marin, but some in freshwater.
What does diploblastic means?
They only have two embryonic germ layers (endoderm, ectoderm)
What is mesoglea?
Translucent jelly like layer separate two cell layers.(epidermis and gastrodermis)
What are gastrovascular cavity lined with?
They are lined with digestive cell
What does digestive cell do?
They do extracellular digestion and they allow for digestion of larger food items.
Does cnidaria have nerve system?
YES, there are nerve cell that are arranged in a diffuse nerve net. there is no center control organ
How many opening does Cnidaria have?
There are only one opening serves as both mouth and anus.
What are the two different body forms?
- Sessile polyp
2. free swimming medusa.
Sessile polyp
Tubular, upright body attached to substrate by the aboral end.
free swimming medusa
umbrella shaped with mouth on the underside surround by tentacles.
What is the function of the water in the body of cnidaria?
The water serves as hydrostatic skeleton.
What is hydrostatic skeleton?
Internal fluid filled cavity that provide structural support
What is the function of contractile cell?
They provide movement and nerve net provide simple coordination.
What is cnidocytes?
It is a cell that contain the nematocysts.
What does fires the filament (nematocysts)?
Cnidocil
What are the three different classes of cnidaria?
- Hydrozoa
- Scyphozoa and Cubozoa
- Anthozoa
What are examples of hydrozoa?
Hydra, Portuguese man of war, and Obelia
What are the main characteristic of hydrozoa?
- Mostly marine
- They have both medusa and polyp stage with colonial polyp stage.
What are examples of scyphozoa and cubozoa?
jelly fish and deadly sea wasps
What are the main characteristic of scyphozoa and cubozoa?
- All marine
- Medusa stage is dominant. reduced polyp stage.
What are examples of Anthozoa?
Anemones and sea fan coral
What are the main characteristic of
Anthozoa?
- All marine
- Polyp stage is dominant. Medusa stage is dominant. Many are colonial.
Characteristics of platyhelminthes.
- First triploblastic (3 embryonic germ layers)
- acoelomate
- bilaterally symmetrical.
- first animal to have highly active lifestyle.
What acoelomate mean?
It lacks sealed fluid filled body cavity.
How does platyhelminthes breath?
they lack specialized respiratory or circulatory system to transport gases.
respire by simple diffusion.
Does platyhelminthes have digestive system?
YES, They have incomplete digestive system: pharynx serves in both feeding and expelling undigested food.