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Cnidarians And Ctenophores Flashcards

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Collarblasts

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Adhesive cells

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Haeckelia Rubra

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Only ctenophore with cnidocytes acquired from feeding on cnidarian medusa

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Octocorallia

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Anthozoa, subclass, soft coral, sea pen, sea fan, octomerous symmetry, 8 tentacles, 8 septa

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Solenia

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Tubes running through mesoglea used for communication in octocorallia

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Gorgonin

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Similar to keratin and collagen

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Zoantharia

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Anthozoa, True, stony coral, mini anemones, calcareous cup, gastrovascular cavity hexamerous

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Actinaria

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Anthozoa, subclass, solitary sea anemones, attached to submerged strata. Glide via pedal disc

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Strata

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Shells, rocks, timber

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Siphonoglyphs

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Ciliated groove on sea anemones, drives water

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Pedal disc

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Used for attachment in actinaria

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Oral disc

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Surrounded by 1 or more circles of tentacles

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Mesentries

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Sheet like partitions

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Protandrous

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Produce sperm first and egg later

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Mesentries function in anthozoa

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Provide support for gastrovascular cavity when filled with water. Increase surface area for digestion and absorption

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Ephyrae

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Young jellyfish

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Velarium

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Structurally different from velum. Margin of bell, used for swimming

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Pedalium

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Tough blades at base of cubozoa tentacles

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Rhopalia

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Small sensory structures of scyphozoa and cubozoa. Houses between lappets

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Lappet

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Indentation in scyphozoa and cubozoa umbrella

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Statocysts

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Aid with orientation and gravity

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Ocelli

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Light detectors, photoreceptors

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Strobilation

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Transverse budding of scyphistoma

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Strobila

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Juvenile (baby) jellyfish

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Scyphistoma

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Poly stage of scyphozoa after planula settles

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Physalia

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Hydrozoan, Portuguese man of war

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Siphonophores

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Large pelagic colonies of individuals

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Pneumatophore

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Gas filled float. Colony member 1

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Hydra

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Hydrozoan, no Medusa phase, freshwater, dioecious. No planula larvae.

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Aglaura

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Hydrozoan, no polyp stage. Medusa produces planula

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Actinula

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Arises from planula larvae in hydrozoan aglaura. Develops into aglaura

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Gonangium

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Reproductive polyp that forms Medusa in obelia

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Bell Margin

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Carries tentacles and specialized sense organs

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Function of Radial Canals

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Guide movement of water

34
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Cnidocytes

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Specialized cells with nematocyst

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Nematocyst

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Stinging organelles. Contain barbs or venomous coiled thread

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