Cnidaria Flashcards
What is the grade of Cnidaria?
Eumetazoa
What classes make up the phylum Cnidaria?
Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Anthozoa
Hydrozoa are made up of…
Hydra, Physalia and Obelia
Scyphozoa are made up of…
Aurelia
Anthozoa are made up of…
Metridium
Which two genuses of Hydrozoa are colonial?
Physalia and Obelia
What two germ layers do Cnidarians possess?
epidermis and gastrodermis
The name of the jelly-like substance between the two germ layers is called
mesoglea
The ability to have two body morphs is referred to as
bimorphic
The polyp body morph is
sessile (attached) and benthic (at the bottom)
The medusa body morph is
floating and planktonic (floats along the H2O column)
The kind of body symmetry that Cnidarians possess is
radial
The digestive systems of Cnidarians is
incomplete with no cephalization
Stinging cells found in Cnidarians are called
cnidocytes
Stinging organelles found in Cnidarians are called
nematocysts. They are found coiled within cnidocytes
What causes nematocysts to fire?
tactile and chemical stimulation