cnidaria, flatworms, roundworms, annelida Flashcards
cnidaria basic info
- diploblastic
- only tissues, np organs
- radial symmetry
- diffusive NS
diploblastic meaning
2 germ layers - ectoderm and endoderm
tentacles function
capturing prey and moving, have nematocysts = stinging bladder for paralyzing prey
cnidaria digestion
gastrovascular cavity - one hole functions as a mouth and the anus
cnidaria breathing
diffusion - through the body surface
cnidaria reproduction
asexual (budding, fission, fragmentation) and asexual (internal and external fertilization)
main classes of cnidaria
- Hydrozoa - polypovci
- Anthozoa - corals and sea anemones - korálnatci
- Scyphozoa - jellyfish - medúzovci
hydra tr
nezmar
anemone tr
sasanka
the biggest jellyfish
cyanea - talířovka
class hydrozoa
2 groups:
1) Hydroids
2) Siphonophores
hydroids
small, branching polyp colonies by budding, attached to surfaces
hydroids example
hydra - only polyp stage, fresh water, predator, regenerates quickly
siphonophores
colonial, individual organisms, big, free floating
siphonophores example
Portuguese man o` war - long tentacles, big, blue
class anthozoa
- Polyp stage only - sessile
- corals and sea anemones
- can be colonial and solitary
- create coral reefs
corals
- builders of coral reefs
- live in colonies
sea anemones
- solitary
- colorful
- tentacles to catch prey
Class scyphozoa
- true jellyfish
- most of their life medusa stage
scyphozoa examples
- basic jellyfish
- sea wasp
- turritopsis nutricula
sea wasp
= box jellyfish
= čtyřhranka
- Australia, Hawaii
- poison to kill 60 people in 3 minutes
- cube size, tentacles to 3 meters long
turritopsis nutricula
- called immortal jellyfish
- can reverse its life cycle
- if stressed or damaged on meduse stage, can come back to the polyp stage instead of dying
Flatworms basic info
- acoelomates
- live in water, damp environments
- some are parasitic
- bilateral symmetry
- good regeneration