Lecture Exam #3 part 3 Flashcards
what do inverterbrates account for?
more than 95% of known animal species
animals that lack a back bone
inverterbrates
what are some distinctions of inverterbrates?
they are morphollogically diverse and occupy almost every habitat on earth
basal animals that lack tissues
sponges
what are animals in the phylum Porifera informally known as?
sponges
where do sponges live?
in marine waters or fresh water
what type of feeders are sponges?
filter feeders
feeding by capturing particles suspended in the water that passes through the body
filter feeder
how is water drawn in and out of a sponge?
through pores in a cavity called the spongocoel and out through an opening called the osculum
what do sponges lack?
true tissues and organs
flagellated collar cells, generate a water current through the sponge and ingest suspended food
choanocytes
what do sponges consist of?
a gelatinous noncellular mesohyl layer between 2 cells
found in the mesohyl and play roles in digestion and structure in sponges
amoebocytes
what are most sponges and what does that mean?
hermatphrodites, each individual function as both male and female
what are Cnidarians an ancient phylum of?
eumetazoans
what do all animals except sponges and a few other groups belong to?
the clade Eumetazoa
what type of animals are Eumetazoa ones?
animals with true tissues
what is the oldest clade in the Eumetazoans?
Phylum Cnidaria
what have Cnidarians diversified into?
both sessile and mobile forms
what do Cnidarians include?
jellies, corals and hyrdras
what do Cnidarians exhibit?
a relatively simple diploblastic, radial body plan
what does the basic body plan of a Cnidarian include?
a sac with a central digestive compartment, the gastrovascular cavity
how many openings does a Cnidarian have?
a single one that functions as the mouth and the anus
two variations on a Cnidarian body plan (SM)
1) sessile polyp
2) motile medusa
adheres to the substrate by the aboral end of its body
polyp
has a bell-shaped body with its mouth on the underside
medusa
what does Medusae not attached to?
the substrate but moves freely
what type of animals are cnidarians?
carnivores
how does cnidarians capture prey?
using their tentacles
what are Cnidarian’s tentacles armed with that function in defense and capture prey?
unique cells, cnidocytes
specialized organelles within cnidocytes that eject a stinging thread
neamtocysts
what 2 major clades did the Phylum Cnidaria diverge into early in its evolutionary history?
Medusozoa and Anthozoa
what does Meduzoans include?
all cnidarians that produce a medusa
types of medusozoans
1) scyphozoans (jellies)
2) cubozoans (box jellies)
3) hydrozoans
what do most hydrozoans alternate between?
polyp and medusa forms ge
where does the freshwater cnidarian, hydra exist only in?
polyp form
how do hydras reproduce?
asexually by budding
what stage in life is the medusa of most scyphozoans and cubozoans?
the predominant stage
what is an example of the medusa being the predominant stage?
coastal scyphozoans have a brief polyp stage whereas ocean species generally have a polyp stage
what do cubozoans often have?
highly toxic cnidocytes nal
what is an example of cubozoans having highly toxic cnidocytes?
the sting of the sea wasp off the coast of northern Australia can lead to respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and death within minutes
what does the clade Anthozoa include?
the corals and sea anemones
what does Anthozoans occur only as?
polyps
what do corals often form?
symbioses with algae
what does corals usually secrete?
a hard exoskeleton (external exoskeleton)
what does each generation of Anthozoans grow on?
the skeletal remains of the previous generation, forming “rocks” that provide habitat for other species
what is the clade Lophotochozoans identified by?
molecular data
what does the clade Lophotochozoans have the widest range of?
animal body forms
what does bilaterian animals have?
bilateral symmetry and triploblastic development
what type of digestive system do most bilaterian animals have?
a colemn and a digestive tract with two openings
what does the clade Bilateria include? (3) (LED)
1) lophotrochozoa
2) Ecdysozoa
3) Deuterostomia
why do some lophophore develop?
for feeding others pass through a trochophore larval stage and a few have neither
what does Lophotrochozoa include? (6) (FREBMA)
1) flatworms
2) rotifers
3) ectoprocts
4) brachiopods
5) molluscs
6) annelids
where do members of phylum Platyhelminthes live?
marine, freshwater and damp terrestrial habitats
although flatworms undergo triploblastic development what are they?
acoelomates
what type of digestive tract do flatworms have?
a gastrovascular cavity with one opening
in flatworms where does gas exchange take place?
across the surface and protonephridia (like a kidney) regulate the osmotic balance
what does flatworm’s dorsoventrally flattened shape maxamize?
surface area for gas exchange
two lineages that flatworms are divided into
1) catenulida or “chain worms” (reproduce asexually by budding)
2) Rhabditophora (more diverse and include both free-living and parasitic species)
what are the best known Rhabditophorans?
planarians
where do planarians live and what do they prey on?
in fresh water and prey on small animals
what do planarians have?
light-sensitive eyespots and centralized nerve nets
what type of nervous system do planarians have?
a more complex and centralized one than the nerve sets of cnidarians
what type of animals are planarians sexually?
hermaphrodites and can produce sexually or asexually through fission
where do parasitic rhabditophorans live?
in or on other animals
two important groups of parasitic rhabditophorans (TT)
1) trematodes
2) tapeworms
what do trematodes parasitize?
a wide range of hosts
what do most trematodes have?
complex life cycles alternating sexual and asexual stages
where do trematodes that paratisize humans spend part of their lives?
in snail hosts
what do trematodes that partisize humans produce?
surface proteins that mimic their host
what does the surface proteins that trematodes produce release?
molecules that manipulate the host’s immune system
what are tapeworms?
parasites of verterbrates
what do tapeworms lack?
a digestive system
what do tapeworms absorb?
nutrients from the host’s intestine
what does the scolex of a tapeworm contain?
suckers and hooks for attaching to the host
what are the proglottids in tapeworms?
units that contain sex organs and form a ribbon behind the scolex
what do fertilized eggs produced by sexual reproduction in tapeworms do?
leave the host’s body in feces
what type of animals are Rotifers in the phylum Rorifera?
tiny animals
where do rotifers live?
they inhabit fresh water, the ocean and damp soil
even though rotifers are smaller than many protists where are they truly?
multicellular and have specialized organ systems
what type of digestive system do rotifers have?
an alimentary canal
a digestive tube with a separate mouth and anus that lies within a fluid-filled pseducoelm
alimentary canal
how do rotiers reproduce?
by parthenogenesis
when females produce offspring from unfertilized egg
parthenogenesis
how are some species of rotifers unusual?
they lack males entirely
what do lophorates have?
a crown of ciliated tentacles around their mouth and a true coelom
what are the two phyla of lophorates? (EB)
1) ecroprocta
2) brachipoda
what are ectoprocts also called?
bryozoans
what type of animals are ectoprocts?
sessile (don’t move much) colonial animals
what do ectoprocts superficially resemble?
plants
what encases the colony in ectoprocts?
a hard exoskeleton
what are some species of ectoprocts?
reef builders