Invertebrates Flashcards
Cnidaria
Hydra, jellies, corals, sea anemones
Nematocysts stored in cnidocytes, diploblastic, radial symmetry, gastrovascular cavity
Porifera
Sponges
Basal, lack true tissues, flagellated cell conglomeration
Platyhelminthes
Flatworms incl. flukes, tapeworms
Dorsoventrally flattened, unsegmented acoelomates, gastrovascular cavity or no digestive tract
Rotifera
Rotifers
Pseudocoelomates, digestive tube
Lophophorates
Ectoprocts, brachiopoda
Coelomates with feeding ciliates tentacles (lophophores)
Mollusca
Gastropoda, bivalves, Cephalopoda
Coelomates with foot, visceral mass, mantle, reduced coelom
Annelida
Polychaetes (marine worms), oligochaetes (earthworms)
Segmented body wall, internal organs
Nemotoda
Roundworms
Pseudocoelomates, no circulatory system, shed
Arthropoda
Crustaceans, insects, myriapods, chelicerates
Coelomates, segmented body, jointed appendages, exoskeleton of protein and chitin
Echinodermata
Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers), Crinoidea (lilies, feather stars), Echinoidea (urchins, dollars), Asteroidea (stars and daisies), Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)
Bilateral symmetry in larvae and adult, water vascular system, endoskeleton