Cnidaria Flashcards
Cnidaria
Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa
Diploblastic, (hydroids, anemones, jellyfish) Radial symmetric (oral to aboral) , Polyp(benthic) and Medusa (pelagic), Hydrostatic skeleton,
Mesoglea, Nematocysts
Hydrozoa
Has polyp and medusa stages
Alternating generations
Hypostome, Tentacles, basal disk, epithelio muscular cells, gastrodermis, cnidocytes, tentacles, velum, manubrium, radial canal, mesoglea, gastrozoid, gonozoid
No Anus
Hydrozoa Medusa and Polyp stage
Medusae- usually small velum present simple bell margin, small maubrium lacking nematocysts, simple budding
Polyp- mouth is a simple opening, simple gastrovascular cavity, nematocysts absent in gastrodermis
Hydrozoa orders
Anthomedusae (Hydra) Leptomedusae (Obelia) Siphonophora (physalia) Limnomedusae (Gonionemus) Milleporina (Millepora)
Hypostome
Feeding (mouth) (Hydra)
Tentacles
Feeding and catching food (Hydra)
Basal disk
keeps hydra benthic gliding along the bottom
Epithelio- muscular cells
muscular contraction and protection
Hydra
Gastrodermis
Hydra
Layer lining the GVC
Nutritive-Muscular Cells and Gland Cells
Cnidocytes
cells that contain the stinging organelle’s nematocysts
Does hydra have an exoskeleton?
No
Nematocyte
subcellular organism
Tentacles
Gonionemus
catching food
Manubrium
Gonionemus
tubular structure - contains mouth
Velum
Gonionemus
the lip in the center
used for swimming