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Has no top, bottom or sides
Spherical symmetry
Has a top and button but no right or left sides (all aquatic)
Radial symmetry
Has top bottom left and right sides
Bilateral symmetry
Can not be divided in half
Asymmetrical
Phylum of sponges also know as tissue animals
Porifera
Adult sponges are always _____
Sessile
Sponges is unresponsive to what type changes
Environmental
Sponges draw water Into their body through
Ostia
Sponges expell water through
Osculum
What is the outer layer of a sponge called
Epidermis
What separates the two layers in a sponge
Messnchyme
Crawling cells that transport food and expell waste in a sponge
Amoebocytes
A support network in the mesenchyme of a sponge is made up of
Spicules
Scientists use the arrangement and shape of what to classify sponges
Spicules
Have flagella that beat vigorously to generate water current of the sponge
Collar cells
The most common type of asexual repro in sponges
Budding
During periods of freezing temps or drought sponges form cluster of cells in cases in a tough spiracle-reinforced coat called a
Gemmules
Sponges can also reproduce asexual through
Regeneration
Phylum of jellyfish, hydra, and coral
Cnidaria
Form is cup-shaped, tubular cnidarian with a mouth and tentacles at one end and a sticky nasal disc for attachment
Polyp
Form has an expanded bell-shaped body and swims freely
Medusa
All cnidarians have
One opening
The internal cavity of a hydra where digestion and food circulation occur
Gastrovasvular cavity
Batteries of hydras stinging cells
Cnidocytes
Stinging tentacles of hydra
Nematocysts
A network of nerve cells and fibers extending throughout the hydras body that slopes it to coordinate its feeding movements
Nerve net
When seasonal conditions are favorable hydras reproduce asexually by
Budding or regeneration
Sexual reproduction of hydra occurs in the
Fall or winter