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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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Four Shared Characteristics of Animals

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Animals are multicellular

2) Animal cells are eukaryotic & lack cell walls

3) Animals cannot produce their own food

4) Animals can actively move (at some point in their life history)

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Invertebrates

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animals that lack a backbone

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Vertebrates

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animals that have a backbone

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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)

Sponges

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simple, asymmetrical, sessile animals

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Sessile

Sponges

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permanently attached to a solid surface

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Ostia

Sponges

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holes in the body of sponges through which water enters

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Spongocoel

Sponges

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cavity in the body of a sponge

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Osculum

Sponges

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opening through which a sponge expels water

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Tissues

Sponges

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groups of specialized cells that preform a specific function (lacking in sponges)

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Collar Cells (Choanocytes)

Sponges

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flagellated cells in a sponge that circulates water and traps food

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Pinacocytes

Sponges

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Cells that make up the outer covering of a sponge and line the internal chambers not lined by choanocytes

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Archaeocytes

Sponges

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cells that form any of the cell types in the sponge’s body

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Spicules

Sponges

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structures that support a sponge’s body; made of CaCO3, silica, or spongin

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Spongin

Sponges

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a protein that makes up flexible spicules

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Sponge Body Forms

Sponges

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size limited by ability to circulate water and body form

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Asconoid

Sponges

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type of sponge body that lacks invagination; simple, tubular, small, found in clusters

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Syconoid

Sponges

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type of sponge body with a single spongocoel containing many invaginations; pockets lined with choanocytes

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Leuconoid

Sponges

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type of sponge body with multiple spongocoels and chambers leading to them; chambers lined with choanocytes, most complex / largest sponges

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Suspension Feeder

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an organism that feeds on food suspended in the water (20% of feeding via phagocytosis)

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Filter Feeders

Sponges

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an organism that filters its food from the water (80% of feeding; trapped by collar or on choanocyte cell surface)

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Budding

Sponges

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a type of asexual reproduction in which a group of cells on the surface of the parent develop into a new individual

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Hermaphrodites

Sponges

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are animals that can produce both male and female gametes
Sperm – formed from modified choanocytes
Eggs – usually develop from archaeocytes

Stimulus to produce gametes is caused by changes in water temperature and

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Photoperiod

Sponges

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the relative amount of light and darkness in a 24-hour period

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Sponge Competition

Sponges

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Compete with corals and bryozoans; make chemicals that kill corals

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Sponge Predators

Sponges

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silica spicules inhibit grazing; fed on by a few fish and molluscs and hawksbill sea turtles

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Sponge Symbiosis

Sponges

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symbiotic bacteria, cyanobacteria, shrimp, and fishes

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Cnidarian

Cnidarians

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an animal that belongs to Phylum Cnidaria; named for Cnidocyte

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Cnidocyte

Cnidarians

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a stinging cell found in all cnidarians

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Radial Symmetry

Cnidarians

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the organization of body parts around a central axis

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Polyp

Cnidarians

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the generally benthic form of cnidarian characterized by a cylindrical body with an opening at one end, usually surrounded by tentacles

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Medusa

Cnidarians

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the free-floating form of a cnidarian that resembles and umbrella

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Epidermis

Cnidarians

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an outer layer of cells

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Gastrovascular Cavity

Cnidarians

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a large cavity found within the body of some animals

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Gastrodermis

Cnidarians

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the layer of cells that lines the gastrovascular cavity

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Mesoglea

Cnidarians

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the gelatinous material found between the epidermis and gastrodermis of cnidarians

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Cnida

Cnidarians

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is the stinging organelle of a cnidocyte

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Nematocyst

Cnidarians

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a spearing type of cnida

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Cnidocil

Cnidarians

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a short bristle-like structure that acts as a trigger for a cnidocyte

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Hydrozoans(hydroids)

Cnidarians

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mostly colonial cnidarians that belong to Class Hydrozoa;
- composed of individual members that are physically connected and adapted to share resources (food)

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gastrozooid

Cnidarians

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a poylp in a hydrozoan colony that captures food for the colony

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gonangium

Cnidarians

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a polyp in a hydrozoan colony that asexually reproduces hydrozoan medusae

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Scyphozoans (True jellyfish)

Cnidarians

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are cnidarians known as jellyfish belonging to the Class Scyphozoa

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Photoreceptors

Cnidarians

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light sensing organs; use to determine light or dark

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Cubozoans (Box jellyfish)

Cnidarians

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are cnidarians known as box jellyfish belonging to the Class Cubozoa

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Anthozoans (Anemonies, corals, gorgonians)

Cnidarians

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are benthic cnidarians belonging to the Class Anthozoa; Sessile and

Sedentary

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Sedentary

Cnidarians

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animals that can move but spend the majority of time staying in one place

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Acrorhagi

Cnidarians

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specialized tentacles found in some anemones that are used to prevent other anemones from getting too close

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Scleractinian Corals

Cnidarians

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corals with hard skeletons of CaCO3

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Octocorals

Cnidarians

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soft corals whose polyps have 8 tentacles

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Gorgonians

Cnidarians

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soft corals that belong to the order Gorgonacea

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Gastrovascular cavity

Cnidarians

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functions both in digestion and movement of materials; waste forced back through the mouth

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Planular larvae

Cnidarians

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the planktonic larval stage of a cnidarian

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Reproduction: Hydrozoans

Cnidarians

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Asexual (polyp) and Sexual (Medusa) stages

Planular larvae: the planktonic larval stage of a cnidarian

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Reproduction: Scyphozoans

Cnidarians

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Sexes generally separate; medusa sexual stage, produce planula larvae, form polyp, produce medusa-like buds by asexual reproduction

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Reproduction: Anthozoans

Cnidarians

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  • Asexual reproduction common
    Pedal Laceration: a type of asexual reproduction that occurs in sea anemones in which a portion of the animal’s base (Pedal Disk) is broken off and forms a new individual
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Pedal Laceration

Cnidarians

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a type of asexual reproduction that occurs in sea anemones in which a portion of the animal’s base (Pedal Disk) is broken off and forms a new individual

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Fission

Cnidarians

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a type of asexual reproduction that occurs in sea anemones in which the anemone splits into two and each half develops into a new individual

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Ecological Roles of Cnidarians

Cnidarians

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Predator-Prey
Habitat
Symbiosis

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Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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are gelatinous zooplankton belonging to the Phylum Ctenophora
- Nearly transparent; eight rows of comb plates (Ctenes): rows of cilia used by

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Ctenes

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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rows of cilia used by ctenophores for locomotion

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Statocyst

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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an organ found in some animals that helps them maintain equilibrium

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Colloblasts

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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are specialized adhesive cells found on the tentacles of some ctenophores and are used to capture prey

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Cydippid Larva

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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planktonic larva of a ctenophore

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Bilateral Symmetry

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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a type of body organization in which the body parts are arranged in such a way that only one plane through the midline of the central axis divides

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Midsaggital Plane

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

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a plane through the midline of the central axis of an animal

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Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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  • flattened bodies and exhibit bilateral symmetry
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Cephalization

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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the evolutionary process whereby sense organs became concentrated in the head of an animal

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Turbellarians

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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Non-parasitic flatworms; are considered Meiofauna: tiny invertebrates that live in the spaces between sediment particles

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Meiofauna

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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tiny invertebrates that live in the spaces between sediment particles

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Flukes

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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parasitic flatworms with complex life cycles

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Tapeworms

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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parasitic flatworms that live in the intestines of animals

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Chemoreceptors

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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Sense organs that can detect chemicals in the environment; used to detect prey

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Pharynx

Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)

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a muscular tube that forms part of an animals digestive system; used to ingest prey

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Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

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animals with ribbon-like bodies in Phylum Nemertea
Are primarily carnivorous and feed with a Proboscis: a tube-like structure used by ribbon worms to capture prey

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Proboscis

Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

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a tube-like structure used by ribbon worms to capture prey

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Lophophorates

Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

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sessile animals belonging to several phyla (Phoronida, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda) that share the common feature of a feeding device known as a
Lophophore: an arrangement of ciliated tentacles that function in feeding and gas exchange in lophophorates

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Lophophore

Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

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an arrangement of ciliated tentacles that function in feeding and gas exchange in lophophorates

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Phoronids

Phoronids

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Worm-like animals belonging to phylum Phoronida; feed on plankton, have a planktonic larval stage

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Bryozoans

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Small animals belonging to the phylum Ectoprocta; colonial – individuals are knows as Zooids

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Brachiopod

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an animal belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda that resembles a bivalve mollusc

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