Lab 1 - Diploblast Metazoans (Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora) Flashcards
Porifera
Phylum containing all 10,000 species of sponges. Menas “pore bearer”
General porifera body composition
Body wall, secreted fibers, mineral skeleton.
Spongocel
Central body cavity of porifera
Osculum/oscula
large opening where water exits form porifera
Pinacocyte
T-shaped flattened cell that makes up the pinacoderm in porifera
Pinacoderm
thin, epithelial layer on the exterior of porifera
Mesohyl
layer beneath the pinacoderm, main structure of sponge, consists of spongin and spicules
Amoebocytes
produce spicules and spongin
Spicules
can be made of calcium carbonate (dissolves in sulfuric acid) or silica
Spongin
fibers of collagen
Choanocyte/collar cell
lines spongocel and internal cavities, creates water currents that draw particles in, traps them with microvilli in collar and phagocytoses them
Synapomorphy of Hemoscleromorpha
No skeleton or spicules do not secrete an axial filament
Synapomorphy of Calcispongia
CaCO3 spicules
Synapomorphy of Demospongiae
Spongin network present, 95% of species
Synapomorphy of hexactinellidae
Spicules with six rays, silica spicules, scafoold like slekeleton, syncytium
Budding
Porifera asexual reporduction, where new individuals “bud” off of individuals
Gemmules
A bunch of archaeocytes/amoebocytes surrounded by spicules that form a cys-tlike structure, asexual reproduction and forms new individual when bound to substrate
Cnidocytes
Cells in Cnidaria that contain nematocysts
Nematocysts
Stinging organelles activated by osmotic pressure in Cnidarians, stored within Cnidocytes
Cnidarian body plan
Epidermis, interior gastrodermis, middle layer is mesoglea (water and collagen, gelatainous)
Mesenchyme
Mesoglea + cells in Cnidaria
BASIC Cnidarian life cycle
Larva (free-swiming), Polyp (sessile, tubular), Medusa (jellyfish, has tentacles, free swimming, only in medusazoa)