Porifera and Cnidarians Flashcards
Cnidarian Flow Patter
Ostia->Incurrent Canal, Prosopyle->Radial Canal-> apopyle->spongoceol->osculum.
Classes of Porifera
Demospongiae (Horny), Calcarea (Calcareous), and Hexactinellida (siliceous)
C. Hyrdazoa
Polyp Dominant..
hydra and obelia are examples. It ate daphnia.
The medusa has radial canals and many statocysts
Physalia
Still Hydrazoa. it is made up of many polyps. Pneumatophore for flotation, fishing tentacles.
Class Scyphazoa
Aurelia
Aurelia
adradial canal (straight line)
perradial canal (branched)
Circular Canal goes around the circumference
Gastric pouch contains gonads
Class Anthozoa
Metridium
rectractor muscles
siphonoglyph
Pedal Disk
Soft Corals
Soft Corals are Octocorals
Renilla is a soft coral
Hard Corals
hexacorals. They have calcium carbonate