Simple Invertebrate Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Porifera

A

Phylum of the sponge

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Cnidaria

A

phylum containing animals in aquatic enviornments

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Annelida

A

ringed and segmented worms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Hydroid

A

order that includes the hydras

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Jellyfish

A

soft bodied free swimming

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Platyhelminthes

A

phylum of unsegmented soft bodied invertebrates

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Nematoda

A

phylum of round worms

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Pinworms

A

internal parasite of vertebrates

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Tapeworms

A

flatworms of the phylum Platyhelminthes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Bivalves

A

class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Gastropods

A

class of snails and slugs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Coelomate

A

fluid filled body cavity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Acoelomate

A

invertebrate lacking a coelom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Radial Symmetry

A

symmetry around a central axis, in a starfish

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Asymmetry

A

lack of symmetry.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Bilateral Symmetry

A

being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane

17
Q

Tentacle

A

flexible limb or appendage in an animal

18
Q

Cnidocyte

A

stinging cell

19
Q

Ectoderm

A

outermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development

20
Q

Endoderm

A

innermost layer of cells or tissue of an embryo in early development

21
Q

Ovary

A

produce eggs, as well as the hormones estrogen and progesterone

22
Q

Teste

A

produce and store sperm and are also the body’s main source of male hormones