Kingdom Animalia Presentations Continued Flashcards

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Fer

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To bear

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Rota

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Wheel

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What are some characteristics of phylum Rotifera?

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  • microscopic animal
  • a cylindrical or vase shaped body with a crown of cilia on head
  • complete digestive tract (straight with 2 openings)
  • invertebrates
  • bilateral symmetry
  • some sessile and others free moving
  • has head (mouth and cilia), trunk, for (tapering portion)
  • muscular activity coordinated by nervous system found in brain
  • don’t have distinct cells
  • all have 100 nuclei
  • has excretory system
  • withstand drying
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How does phylum Rotifera move?

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The cilia moves in wheel like motion and the toes expand and contract to move the body forward.

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What is the food source for phylum Rotifera?

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Protozoans and microscopic algae

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What is the environment of phylum Rotifera?

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Aquatic

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What are some common representatives of phylum Rotifera?

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Philodina and epiphanes

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What is the life cycle of phylum Rotifera?

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  • sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction

- produce female eggs which unfertilized become males

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What is the importance to humans for phylum Rotifera?

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  • help to decompose algae and dead bacteria

- food to animals that we eat

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How complex is phylum Rotifera?

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Moderate complex

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What is the nearest relative to phylum Rotifera?

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Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

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What is the difference between male female phylum Rotifera?

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Females are diploid and males are haploid

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Pori

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Porus, passage, pore

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Fera

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Ferre, bearing, to carry

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What are some characteristics of phylum Porifera?

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  • lack bones, brain, heart, blood, eyes, ears, teeth, and joints
  • stays firmly in one place but have flagella to move water in and out (sessile)
  • cellular level of organization
  • eat with collar cells and amebocytes
  • symbiotic relationship with plants and mobile animals
  • several different shapes, sizes, and colors
  • more than 10,000 different species
  • often live in large, joining colonies
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What type of environment does phylum Porifera live?

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Shallow waters of bays and oceans to 21,000 feet deep all over the world.
Can be marine or fresh water

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What are some common representatives of phylum Porifera?

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Calcarea
Demospongia
Hexactinellida

17
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How do sponges reproduce?

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Asexual or sexual

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What is the importance to humans for phylum Porifera?

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  • bath/cleaning sponge
  • ancient times: lining/padding of helmets and armor
  • paintbrushes
  • floor mops
  • cosmetic applicators
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What is the complexity of phylum Porifera?

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Very simple

20
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What is the nearest relative to sponges?

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Protozoans