Invertebrates Flashcards
make up about ___ of all animals on earth
97%
many are
aquatic
the simplest of animals
sponges
basal animal
no bilateral symmetry
parazoans
no true tissues
adult sponges are sessile but larvae have
motility (will settle on substrate and grow)
sponges have no
digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, or nervous systems
sponges reproduce
asexually- through budding
sexual- hermaphroditic, release egg and sperm into the water
annelida
segmented worm- repeated body segments, most advanced worms, complete digestive system, etc.
nematoda
sexually dimrphic worm, pseudocoelomates
platyhelminthes
flat worms
some are free-living, some are parasitic
mollusca
predominately marine, snails clam, octopus
four classes in mollusca
polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
cephalopoda
polyplacophora
chiton- 8 piece shell (valves)
gastropoda
snails, slugs, conchs, nudibranchs