Exam III Flashcards
chapter 6 & 7
What are Macro Algae?
Large Protist Seaweed (macroscopic)
What are true plants?
Kingdom Protista
What is seaweed?
Protist Macro algae
What are the three Major Phyla?
Green, Brown and Red algae
What is the general anatomy of Seaweed?
Thallus (plant look)
Holdfast (roots)
Stipe (stem)
Blade (leaf)
Pnematocyst (bead, bump)
What habitat do most seaweed live in?
The Benthic Zone
What are the major Algal groups classified by types of photosynthetic pigments for metabolism?
Chlorophyll.
Carotenoids.
Phycobilins.
Flavonoids.
What is the best spectrum for Chlorophyll-a?
Blue
What are Carotenoids?
An accessory pigment and photoprotector (absorbs excess light that would damage chlorophyll, kind of like sunblock)
What is Green Algae?
over 7000 species
Lives in marine & seawater
unicellular, colonial, macroalgae
Chlorophyll-a & b, Carotenoids
Ancestors to Kingdom Plantae
What is Brown Algae?
about 2000 Species
(mostly) marine
all Macroalgae
mostly kelps
Chlorophyll-a & c, Fucoxanthin
known for kelp forests
What is Red Algae?
over 7000 species
mostly marine
Chlorophyll a, Phycobilin
known for Seaweed farming
What are the attributes of Seagrasses?
Benthic Plantae
over 60 species
fully marine
water pollination
water seed dispersal
tiny flowers
not a grass (more related to water lilies)
shallow water, clean sand
they form submerged beds/meadows
tasty for some animals
What is the value of Algae?
sediment binding
provides structure and a habitat
they make oxygen
What is Coastal Plantae?
over 100 species
Land plant on the coast (not fully submerged)
halophytes
mostly soft sediments
mostly temperate & subpolar areas
What is an invertebrate?
an animal without a backbone
95 % of all known animal species
sponges, mollusks, jellies, anthropods, worms, echinoderms, 30+ phyla, over 1 million species
Kingdom Animalia (metazoan) key features
Eukaryotic Cell type
Ingestive Heterotrophy
(true) multicellular
(mostly) need oxygen for metabolism
unique muscle & nervous tissues
Animal Nutrition
(bulk) chemo-hetero-trophy
particle feeders filter either water or sediments
carnivores, scavengers, decomposers and particle feeders
What are sponges?
Parazoa
Porifera
lack body structure
no true tissues or organs
Marine
sessile (non-mobile)
ancestral protist Eumetazoa
filter feeders
the skeleton is made of spicules & spongin
sponges basic terms
oral (top/back “mouth side” (radial)
Aboral (opposite the mouth side) (radial)
dorsal (top/back) “topside” (bilateral)
ventral (bottom/belly) “underside” (bilateral)
anterior (head/front) (bilateral)
posterior (tail/back) (bilateral)
Cephalization (dev. of “head”) (bilateral)
amoeba-cytes (multipurpose)
Porocytes (water intake)
pinacocytes (outer skin)
Choano-cytes (feeding)
What is the reproductivity of sponges?
Most sponges are bisexual/hermaphrodites & broadcast spawners
eggs fertilized internally
larval sponge released into water