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Mangroves

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intertidal salt tolerant tree or shrub if tropical coastlines; black and red

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Mangal

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forest of mangroves

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Arial Root

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root that occurs above the ground

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Stilt Root

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aerial roots that hold up mangroves

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Prop Root

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stilt root that arises from the trunk

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Drop Root

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stilt root that arises from a branch

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Lenticels

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scar like openings on the surface of the roots that supply oxygen to the root system

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Anchor Roots

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short branches from the main root that hold the tree in the sediment

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Nutritive Roots

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the finest divisions of roots for absorption of minerals

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Cable Roots

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subterranean horizontal part of a root system that extends from the trunk

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Pneumatophores

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aeriel roots that grow out of the sediment from a cable root and provide air to the root

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Stomata

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is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that controls the rate of gas exchange

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Propagule

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dispersal stage of mangrove

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Hypocotyl

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initial stem of young plant

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4 Characteristics of Animals

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  1. multicellular
  2. eukaryotic & lack cell walls
  3. cannot produce their own food
  4. can actively move (at some point in their life history)
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Invertebrates

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animal that lacks a backbone

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Vertebrates

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animals that have a backbone

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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)

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simple asymmetrical sessile animals

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Sessile

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permanently attached to a solid surface

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Ostia

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holes in a body of sponges through which water enters

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Spongocoel

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cavity in the body of a sponge

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Osculum

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opening through which sponge expels water

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Tissue

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group of specialized sells that function together as a unit

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Collar Cells (Choanocytes)

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flagellate cells in a sponge that circulates water and traps food

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Pinacocytes

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cells that make up the outer covering of a sponge and like the internal chambers not lines by choanocytes

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Archaocytes

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cells that form any of the cells types in a sponges body

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Spicules

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structures that support a sponges body; made of CaCO3, silica, or spongin

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Spongin

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a protein that makes up flexible spicules

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Sponge Body Forms

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size limited by ability to circulate water and body form

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Asconoid

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type of sponge body that lacks invagination; simple, tubular, small, found in clusters

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Syconoid

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type of sponge body with single spongocoel many invagination; pockets lines with choanocytes

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Leuconoid

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type of sponge with multiple spongocoels and chambers leading to them; chambers lined with choanocytes, most complex/largest sponges

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Suspension Feeder

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organism that feeds on food suspended in the water (20% of feeding via phagocytosis)

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Filter Feeders

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filters plankton or nutrients suspended in water

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Budding

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type of sexual reproduction in which a group of cells on the surface of the parent develop into a new individual

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Hermaphrodites

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animals that can produce both male and female gametes

Sperm- drones from modified choanocytes
Eggs- usually develop from archaeocytes

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Photoperiod

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relative amount of light and darkness in a 24 hour period

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Sponge Competition

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compete with corals and bryozoans; make chemicals that kill corals

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Sponge Predators

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silica spicules inhibit grazing; fed on by a few fish and molluscs and hawksbill sea turtles

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Sponge Symbiosis

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symbiotic bacteria, cyanobacteria, shrimp, and fishes

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Cnidarian

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animal that belongs to phylum Cnidaria

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Cnidocyte

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stinging cell found in all cnidarians

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Radial Symmetry

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organization of body parts around a central axis

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Polyp

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generally benthic form of cnidarian characterized by a cylindrical body with an opening at one end, usually surrounded by tentacles

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Medusa

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free floating form of a cnidarian that resembles an umbrella

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Epidermis

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outer layer of cells

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Gastrovascular Cavity

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large cavity found within the body of some animals

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Gastrodermis

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layer of cells that lines the gastrovascular cavity

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Masoglea

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gelatinous material found between the epidermis and gastrodermis

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Cnida

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stinging organelle of a cnidocyte

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Nematocyst

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spearing type of cnida

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Cnidocil

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shirt bristle like structure that acts as a trigger for a cnidocyte

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Hydrozoans(hydroids)

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mostly colonial cnidarian that belong to class hydrozoa

  • composed of individual members that are physically connected and adapted to share resources (food)
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Feeding Polyp(gastrozooid)

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polyp in a hydrozoan colony that captures food for the colony

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Reproductive Polyp(gonogium)

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polyp in a hydrozoan colony that asexually reproduces hydrozoan medusae

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Scyphozoans (true jellyfish)

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cnidarian known as jellyfish belonging to the class schyphpzoa

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Photoreceptors

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light sensing organs; use to determine light or dark

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Cubozoans(box jellyfish)

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cnidarian known as box jellyfish belonging to the class cubozoa

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Anthozoans(anemonies, corals, gorganians)

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benthic cnidarians belonging to the class anthozoa; sessile

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Sedentary

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animals they can move but spend the majority of time staying in one please

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Acrorhagi

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specialized tentacles found in some anemones that are used to prevent other anemones from getting too close

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Scleractinian Corals

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corals with hard skeletons of CaCO3

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Octocorals

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soft corals whose polyps have 8 tentacles

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Gorgonians

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soft corals that belong to the order gorgonacea

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Gastrovascular Cavity

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functions both in digestion and movement of materials; waste forced back through the mouth

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Reproduction in Hydrozoans

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Asexual - Polyps
Sexual - Medusa

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Planular Larvae

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planktonic larval stage of a cnidarian

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Reproduction in Scyphozoans

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sexes generally separate; medusa l sexual stage, produce planula larvae, form polyp, produce medusa like buds by asexual reproduction

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Reproduction in Anthozoans

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Asexual is common

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Pedal Laceration

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type of asexual reproduction that occurs in sea anemones in which a period of the animals base (pedal disk) is broken off and field a new individual

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Fission

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type of asexual reproduction that occurs in sea anemones in which the anime splits into two

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Ctenophores (cone jellies)

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gelatinous zooplankton belonging to the phylum ctenophora

  • nearly transparent; either rows of comb plates
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Ctenes

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cells of cilia used by ctenophores for locomotion

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Statocyst

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an organ found in some animals that helps them maintain equilibrium

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Colloblasts

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adhesive cells on the tentacles of ctenophores and are used to capture pray

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Cydippid Larva

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planktonic larvae of a ctenophore

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Midsaggital Plane

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plane through the midline of the central axis of an animal

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Flatworms (phylum platyhelminthes)

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flattened bodies and exhibit bilateral symmetry

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Cephalization

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evolutionary process whereby sense organs become concentrated in a head of an animal

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Turbellarians

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non parasitic flat forms

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Meiofauna

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tiny invertebrates that live in spaces between sediment particles

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Flukes

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parasitic flatworms with complex life cycles

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Tapeworms

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parasitic flatworms that live in the intestines of animals

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Chemoreceptors

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sense organs that can detect chemicals in the environment; used to detect prey

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Pharynx

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muscular tube that forms part of an animals digestive system; used to invest prey

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Ribbon Worms (Phylum Nemertea)

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animals with ribbon like bodies

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Proboscis

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tube like structure used by ribbon works to capture prey

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Lophophorates

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sessile animals belonging to several phyla (phloronida, ectoprocta, brachiopoda) that share commons feature of a feeding device

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Lophophore

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an arrangement of cilliated tentacles that function in feeding and gas exchange

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Phoronids

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worm like animals belonging to phylum phoronida; feed on plankton and have planktonic larval structure

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Bryozoans

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small animals belonging to the phylum ectoproctra; colonial individuals are known as ZOOIDS

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Brachiopod

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animal belonging to phylum brachiopoda; resembles a bivalve mollusc

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Molluscs

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animals that belong to the phylum mollusca; one of the largest and successful phylum’s and animals (chitons, snails, clams, octopods, squid)

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Head Foot

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part of the molluscan body that contains the animals head and a muscular foot

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Visceral Mass

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part of the molluscan body that contains all of the organs; with the exception of the animals head and foot

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Mantle

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tissue found in mollsucs that’s responsible for forming the shell in animals that have one and that in cephalopods functions in locomotion

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Mantle Cavity

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space between the mantle and the molluscs body

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Radula

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ribbon of tissue that contains teeth; present in all molluscs except bivalves

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Periostracum

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outermost layer of a molluscan shell

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Conchiolin

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protein that makes up the periostracum

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Prismatic Layer

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middle layer of the shell made of protein and CaCo3

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Chitons

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members of the molluscan class polyplacophora and they have flattened bodies that are most often covered by either shell plates

herbivores and feeds with radula

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Scaphopods

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members of the molluscan class scaphopoda commonly called tusk shells

buried in sediment and feeds with tentacles

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Gastropods

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members of molluscan class Gastropoda

most shelled; single piece called UNIVALVE
1. coiled
2. uncoiled

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Whorl

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turn of a gastropod shell around a central axis

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Aperture

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opening to a gastropod cell

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Operculum

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structure that some gastropods have for closing their aperture

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Bulb Gland

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gland located near the mouth of a cone snails produce ?

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Nudibranch

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Shell-less molluscs

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Cretea

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