Invertebrates Flashcards

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Porifera

A

the phylum of sponges

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Cnidaria

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an invertebrate animal characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounded by the mouth

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annelida

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any segmented worm

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Hydroid

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a coelenterate of an order that includes the hydras

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Jellyfish

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a free swimming marine coelenterate with a jellylike bell

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Platyhelminthes

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a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry

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Nematoda

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a roundworm

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Pinworms

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an internal parasite of vertebrates

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Tapeworms

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a parasitic flatworm

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Bivalves

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an aquatic mollusk that has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell

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Cephalopods

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an active predatory mollusk

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Gastropods

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a mollusk

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Coelomate

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a fluid filled body cavity

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Acoelomate

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an invertebrate lacking a coelom

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Radial Symmetry

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symmetry around a cantral axis as in a starfish or a tulip flower

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Asymmerty

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lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something

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Bilateral Symmetry

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dividing something into two equal parts

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Tentacle

A

a tender flexible limb

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Cnidocyte

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is an explosive cell

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Ectoderm

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the outermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo

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Endoderm

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the innermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo

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Ovary

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where the eggs are produced

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Teste

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produces spermatozoa