Inverterbrates 15 Flashcards
Exam
What is an invertebrate?
Animals that lack a backbone , Example: fish
Classifying invertebrates based on evolutionary relationships.
Porifera, Cnidaria, lophotrochozoa, enysozoa
Sponges
Basal, lack tissues
Cnidarians
ancient, with tissues
Lophotrochozoans
Wide range of bodily forms
Endysozoans
most species-rich
Deuterostome
Chordates echinoderms
Phylum Porfiera: Sponges
most basic animals , lack tissues , sedentary (sessile) , mostly marine.
filter feeders flagella move water through body
Phylum Cnidaria: animals with stinging cells
defense or predation.
may release venom , some sessile others motile
Body plan: central cavity, one opening
Cnidocytes
stinging cells
specialized calls for capturing prey
goal: sting/capture prey
when triggered shoot out harpoon
Cnidarian are predators
Tentacles used to capture prey and bring to the mouth
cnidarians have tissue = contractile (movement ) and nervous tissue (to detect / respond)
Invertebrates evolutionary relationships
common ancestor of all invertebrates : sponges animals with tissues
bilateria
Animal group
Eumatozoa: all animals - except sponges
Bilateria: majority of animals
Bilateria
L/R side bilateral symmetry
3 tissue layers: endo, ecto, mesoderm
digestive tract: 2 openings
body cavity: coelom
Lophotrochozoa
Have a lophore
Crown of tentacles for feeding
surrounds mouth
ciliated
also functions in gas exchange (o2 in Co2 out)