Taxonomy Lec Midterms Flashcards
Phylum Porifera Characteristics:
Shape- irregular, vaselike, flat/globular
Symmetry: asymmetrical, symmetrical. (Radial)
Has a single Cavity (spongocoel/paragaster)
Oscula- large opening
Ostia-small opening
Aquatic sessile
Asexual through buds/gemmules
Sexual through eggs and sperm
Canal:ASL (ASCON SYCON LEUCON)
Ascon
(IOSOO)
Ingressing water
Ostia
Spongocoel
Osculum
Outside
Sycon
(IDIPRASOO)
INGRESSING WATER
DERMAL OSTIA
INCURRENT CANAL
PROSOPYLE
RADIAL CANAL
APOPYLE
SPONGOCOEL
OSCULUM
OUTSIDE
Leucon
(IIFAEOO)
INGRESSING WATER
INCURRENT CANAL
FLAGELLATED CHAMBER
APOPYLE
EXCURRENT CANAL
OSCULUM
OUTSIDE
Calcarean
Calcareous spicules and ASL
Hyalospongia
Siliceous spicules, LS
Demospongiae
Siliceous spicules and Leucon
Sclerospongiae
Silicaceous spicules and spongin fibers and Leucon
Phylum Cnidaria Characteristics
Radially symmetrical
Either sessile cylindrical or polyp
Free floating bell-like medusa
Stinging cell (nematocyst)
Digestive cavity sac-like
Asexual in polyps
Sexual in medusa
Dioecious
Monoecious
Individuals in the form of polyps or medusa with medusa;non-cellular mesoglea
Hydrozoa
Subclass Leptolinae
(ALS)
Order Anthomedusae
Order Leptomedusae
Order Siphonophorae
Subclass Trachylinae
(ALTN)
Order Actinulidae
Order Limnomedusae
Order Narcomedusae
Order Trachymedusae
True jellyfish;free floating
Scyphozoa
Sea Anemones and corals; all attached to polyps ( no medusa )
Anthozoa
Flat oral disc around mouth with hollow tentacles whic leads lead into pharynx
Stomadeum
Special messenchyme amoebocytes that secretes spicules
Scleroblast
All of spicules consists of these w/c is deposited either calcite or silica
Core of organic material
Containing calcium carbonate/calcite
Calcareous spicules
Containing silica or silicate
siliceous spicules
Is an organic, horny elastic substance resembling silk in chemical composition
Spongin
The excurrent canal
Osculum
The incurrent canal
Ostium
Large central cavity
Paragaster
Ingest food or act as the storage cell
Amoebocytes
Lines the canal
Choanocytes
Opening leading to flagellated chamber
Prosopyle