Kingdom Animalia Flashcards
Commonalities Among Animals
Heterotrophs Multicellular Dominantly diploid Usually motile Undergo embryonic development
Differences
Body Symmetry Tissue Complexity Gastrovascular Cavity Cephalization Segmentation
Eumetazoa
Have tissue layers that develop into organs
Parazoa
Do not have tissue layers or organs
Radial Summetry
Circular, only front/bacl or top/bottom
Resemble a pie (cuttig several planes produces identical pieces)
No left or right side (only top and bottom)
i.e starfish
Bilateral Symetry
Divides into mirror images halves through the sagittal plane
i..e dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior sides
Grastrovascular Cavity
one opening (sac like)
Two openings (digestive tract)
Coelom
Cavity that develops during embryonic development from the mesoderm layer
Acts as a cushion for internal organs
Cephalization
Organisms with bilateral symmetry have greater innervation towards head
i.e. brain
Segmentation
Segmented body parts, or body parts that repeat
Porifera
(i.e. Sponges)
Symmetry: Asymmetrical
Coelom: None
Tissue Organization: Parazoa (organisms with no true tissues)
Digestive System: Intracellular digestion via amoebocytes
Reproduction: Can reproduce asexually (budding) or sexually (hermaphrodites)
Characteristics: Immobile suspension feeders that live in aquatic habitats, earliest form of animals
Cnidaria
i.e. Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals
Symmetry:Radial
Coelom: None
Tissue Organization: Eumetazoa (organisms with true tissues)
Digestive System: 2 way digestion with gastrovascular cavity that acts as a hydrostatic skeleton for mobility
Reproduction: Sexual and asexual
Characteristics: Live in aquatic habitats with some capable of having life cycles that switch from polyp to medusa forms
Platyhelminthes
i..e Flatworms, tapeworms
Symmetry: Bilateral with cephalization (has head)
Coelom: None
Tissue Organization: Tripoblasts (3 layers of germ cells)
Digestive System: 2 way digestion with gastrovascular cavity that acts as a hydrostatic skeleton for mobility
Reproduction: Sexual and asexual
Excretory system: Contain flame cells that filter harmful substances from the body
Characteristics: Parasitic lifestyles (Tapeworms are insternal parasites), do not contain their own digestive tract, so they need pre-digested food
Nematoda
i.e. Roundworms
Symmetry: Bilateral
Coelom: Has a pseudocoelom
Tissue Organization: Tripoblasts (3 layers of germ cells has endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm), eumetazoa (true tissues)
Digestive System: 1 way digestion with alimentory canal
Characteristics: Soil dwellers that recycle nutrients
Rotifers
Symmetry: Bilateral
Coelom: has pseudocoelom
Tissue Organization: Tripoblasts, eumetazoa
Digestive System: 1 way digestion with alimentory canal
Reproduction- Sexually or parthenogenetically
Characteristics:
Live mostly in freshwater and draw water/food into their system using cilia
Not truly segmented