Invertebrates Flashcards

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1
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make up about ___ of all animals on earth

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97%

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2
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many are

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aquatic

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3
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the simplest of animals

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sponges

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basal animal

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no bilateral symmetry

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5
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parazoans

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no true tissues

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6
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adult sponges are sessile but larvae have

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motility (will settle on substrate and grow)

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sponges have no

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digestive, respiratory, circulatory, reproductive, or nervous systems

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8
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sponges reproduce

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asexually- through budding
sexual- hermaphroditic, release egg and sperm into the water

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annelida

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segmented worm- repeated body segments, most advanced worms, complete digestive system, etc.

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nematoda

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sexually dimrphic worm, pseudocoelomates

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platyhelminthes

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flat worms
some are free-living, some are parasitic

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12
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mollusca

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predominately marine, snails clam, octopus

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13
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four classes in mollusca

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polyplacophora
Gastropoda
Bivalvia
cephalopoda

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14
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polyplacophora

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chiton- 8 piece shell (valves)

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gastropoda

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snails, slugs, conchs, nudibranchs

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16
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bivalvia

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two halves of shell,
clams, oysters, scallops

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cephalopoda

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octopus, squid, nautilus

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cnidaria

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jellyfish, sea anemone, corals

primitive nervous system- nerve net

gastrovascular cavity-one opening, serves as both mouth and anus

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cnidaria 2 distinct body plans

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polyp-sessile
medusa- jellyfish

some display both body plans during the life cycle

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anthozoa

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corals, sea anemones
polyp body plan

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scyophozoa

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jellyfish- medusa form is prominent

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Arthropoda

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jointed legs
dominates the animal kingdom (about 85%)
exoskeleton made of chitin

23
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crustacea

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mostly aquatic
gills
covering is carapace

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