porifera & cnidarians Flashcards
Leucosolenia
phylum: porifera
class: calcarea
-aconoid body type sponge
-white and tubular
-asexual
-forms a colony
Clathrina
phylum: porifera
class: calcarea
-asconoid type sponge
-yellow and latticed
-single osculum
Sycon
phylum: porifera
class: calcarea
-syconoid type sponge
Euplectella
phylum: porifera
class: hexactinellida
-has 6 ray of spicules
-glass sponge
-japanese wedding figfts due to cmmernsal monogamous shrimp
Hyalonema
phylum: porifera
class: hexactinellida
-deep sea
-glass rope sponge to elevate itself off the ground for protection
Spongilla
phylum: Porifera
class: demospongiae
-freshwater sponge, unique adaptations for freshwater
-photosynthetic
-spicules made up of silica
-leuconoid
Chondrolcladia
phylum: porifera
class: demospongiae
-harp sponge
-deep sea predators
-hook shaped spicules and glue
-secretes a chemical that mimics the mating pheromones of other shrimps
Tedania
phylum: porifera
class: demospongiae
-fire sponge because it causes a burning sensation when you touch it
-spicules made up of silica
Spongia
phylum: porifera
class: demospongiae
-commercial sponge
-spingin & collagen can absorb water
-spicules made up of silica which can be used to scraped the skin
Oscarcella
phylum: porifera
class: homeoscleromorpha
-leuconoid
-slime sponge
-encrusting
-first organism to have its genome sequenced
Corticium
phylum:porifera
class: homoscleromorpha
-secrete proteins toxic to mycobacterium tuberculosis
Hydra
phylum: cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
-regenerative properties
-freshwater
-no Medusa, only a polyp
-photosynthetic
Obelia
phylum: cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
-symbiotic with ephelota
-hydroid
-typical hydrozoan
-forms polymorphic organisms
-representative hydrozoan
Turritopsis Dohrnii
phylum: cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
-immortal jelly
-can reverse their age within their life cycle due to undifferentiated cells
Physalia
phylum: cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
subclass: siphonophora
-portuguese man of war
-Gulf of Mexico
-polymorphic colonies
-painful sting
-cell differentiation
Aeuorea Victoria
phylum: cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
-crystal jelly
-deep sea
-bioluminescent through GFP
Aurelia
phylum: cnidaria
class: Scyphozoa
-don’t make polymorphic colonies
-moon jelly
-representative scyphozoan
Cassiopeia
phylum: cnidaria
class: Scyphozoa
-upside down jelly
-symbitotic with zoothanthella
-not a predator
Cyanea
phylum: cnidaria
class: schypozoa
-largest British jellyfish
-lion’s mane
-severe sting
Lucernaria
phylum: cnidaria
class: staurozoa
-stalked jelly
-octomere symmetry
-no medusa, just poly
-live near deep sea vents
Chironex Flickeri
phylum: cnidaria
class: cubozoa
Australian box jelly
potent neurotoxin can kill in two minutes
sea wasps
has three different eyes
Chiropsalmus
phylum: cnidaria
class: cubozoa
four handed jelly
severe sting
Gulf of Mexico
Anthopleura
phylum: cnidaria
class: anthozoa
subclass: zooantharia
-sea anemone
Acropora
phylum: cnidaria
class: anthozoa
subclass: zoonatheria
-elkhorn coral
-calcium based skeleton
-major contributor to coral reefs
-representative hard coral
Cerianthus
phylum: cnidaria
class: anthozoa
subclass: ceriantipatheria
-tube anemone
-parchment like tube
-no pedal discs
Antipathies
phylum: cnidaria
class: anthozoa
subclass: ceriantipatheria
-black coral
-not photosynthetic
-deep sea
Gorgonia
phylum: cnidaria
class: anthozoa
subclass: octocorallia
-sea fan
-soft coral
-secretes gorgonin
Ptilosarcus
phylum: cnidaria
class:anthozoa
-sea pen
-colonial creatures
-bioluminesces to escape predators to burrow in sand
