CNIDARIA Flashcards
1
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cnidaria is also called
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coelenterata
2
Q
their two main features
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nematocysts and polymorphism
3
Q
which give rise to nematocysts
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cnidocytes
4
Q
tentacles are present around which structures
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mouth and body
5
Q
ectoderm give rise to cnidocytes which give rise to
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nematocysts
6
Q
size range
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microscopic hydra to 2 meter long branchioceranthus
7
Q
branchioceranthus size
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about 2 meters
8
Q
hydra can be seen by
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microscope
9
Q
habitat
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aquatic
10
Q
food source
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carnivores
11
Q
form of life
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sessile, motile, and colonial
12
Q
sessile cnidaria example
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hydra, obelia, sea anemone
13
Q
motile
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jelly fish
aurelia- medusae are dominant and polyps are reduced
14
Q
example of colonial cnidaria
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obelia, physalia, vellela
saray l waly
15
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symmetry
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radiata