Parazoa And Metazoa Flashcards
Platyhelminthes AKA
Flatworm
Nematoda AKA
Round worms
Cnidarians AKA
Coelenterates
What is the single phylum in Parazoa?
Phylum porifera
Porifera AKA
Sponges
Xtics of porifera?
• sponges
• Most primitive multicellular
• Adults are sessile
• Hermaphrodites
• major body opening is EXHALANT( osculum) ••••
What were porifera named based on
Have incessant pores on body surface called OSTIA.
Ostia is linked to inhalant canals.
What is the major body opening in porifera?
EXHALANT — OSCULUM
Why are Porifera often colored?
Due to interactions with symbiotic algae.
What is the layer lining the internal ceolom of Porifera called ?
Gastral layer / choanoderm
What is the choanoderm composed of in porifera?
Collared flagellated cells called CHOANOCYTES
Reproduction is
Asexual and sexual
Amphiloblastula is
One of the diff. larval forms in porifera
Classes under Phylum porifera
Calcarea ( skeleton consists of calcareous spicules)
Hexactinellida (six-rayed spicules)
Demospongiae (no skeleton, jelly filled choanocytes)
Sclerospongiae (leuconoid marine)
What is leuconoid?
Whitish
Porifera means
Bearing pores
Pore - bearing