Midterm II Flashcards
What is phylum porifera?
sponges
4 main sponge classes?
homosclermorpha, calcarea, hexactinellia. demosponge
homosclermorpha?
small. uncommon, reduced
calearea
sponge with calcareous spicules
calearea
sponge with calcareous spicules
hexactinellidae?
Venus flower basket, 6 rayed spicules
demosponge
mot diverse, tend to be large, skeleton made of spicules
take away message of sponges
most basal of animal groups
collection of unicellular protists
chemical arsenal
Next evolutionary step?
Cnidarians, jelly fish, corals, anemones
4 classes of cnidarians
hydrozoa, scyphozoa, cubozoa, anthozoa,
Hydrozoa? Example?
Portuguese Man of War,
Hydrozoa? Example?
Portuguese Man of War, no mesoglea, yes velume, gonads in the ectodermis
Scyphozoa? Example
True Jelly Fish, cellular measoglea, no velume, gonads gastrodermis
Cubozoa? Example
box jelly fish, mesoglea, velume, gastrodermis
Anthozoa? Examples
Hexa or octo corals and anemones. Usually has symbiosis