The Invertebrates Flashcards
ctenophores
-comb jellies
-all marine
-not true jellyfish
-8 rows of cilia are used to move
-2 sticky tentacles without stinging cells
-1st complete gut
complete gut
-includes mouth, gastrovascular cavity and2 anal glands
-allows digestion of bigger pieces
porifera
-the sponges
-name means pore bearers
-lack true tissues
-no symmetry
-adults are sessile and larvae free swimming
spongocoel
-central cavity of the sponge
-water is drawn in through pores, filtered, then into spongocoel, then out the osculum
osculum
-hole at top of the sponge
-water leaves through this
choanocytes
-line the spongocoel
-trap and eat small particles and plankton
mesohyl
-between the choanocytes and the epidermis of the sponge
amoebocytes
-absorb food from choanocytes, digest it, and carries the nutrients to other cells
spicules
-skeletal fibers or spongin for support in sponges
-some species produce defensive chemicals
sexual reproduction of sponges
-most are hermaphrodites producing both eggs and sperm
-sperm is released in water to fertilize eggs in mesophyll of nearby sponges
asexual reproduction of sponges
-small fragment may detach and form a new sponge
cnidarian
-jellyfish and other radially symmetric organisms
-jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, and corals
cnidaria body forms (2)
sessile polyp and motile medusa
sessile polyp
-tubular body with tentacles
-opening that serves as mouth and anus
-bottom is attached to substrate
motile medusa
-umbrella shaped body
-mouth on underside surrounded by tentacles
-have ocelli that are light sensitive
4 cnidarian classes
hydrozoa, scyphozoan, Anthozoa, cubozoan
hydrozoa
-blue bottle, hydra, some corals
-marine
-polyp stage
scyphozoan
-jellyfish
-marine
-medusa stage dominant and large
anthozoa
-sea anemones, sea fans, most corals
-marine
-polyp stage dominant
cubozoa
-box jellyfish
-marine
-medusa stage dominant
-box shaped
cnidocytes
-stinging cell
-contain nematocytes
stinging cells
-function in defense or prey capture
-hairlike trigger (called cnidocil)
Lophotrochozoa
-invertebrate clade
-lophophore means crown of ciliated tentacles
-bryozoans, brachiopods, mollusks, annelids
-trochophore larval stage
bryozoans
-phylum of simple aquatic invertebrates
-live in sedentary colonies
-use lophophore to filter feed
brachiopods
-hard valves on upper and lower surface
-front can open for feeding
mollusks
-2nd largest bodied phylum
-soft bodied invertebrate with shell/ mantle
annelids
-earthworms and leeches
-segmented
trochophore larval stage
-free swimming larva
-small and translucent
flatworms
-in phylum Platyhelminthes
-predatory lifestyle but most parasitic
-bilateral symmetry
-respire by diffusion
-gastrovascular cavity
cephalization
-to form a head
triploblastic organisms
-3 embryonic germ layers
mesoderm
-allowed sophisticated organs
flatworm anatomy
-ectoderm (outside)
-mesoderm (holds organs)
-endoderm (inside)
Phylum Platyhelminthes
-very broad
-may have ocelli
-cerebral ganglia
-sexual or asexual reproduction
-most hermaphroditic but don’t self fertilize
ocelli
-light sensitive eyespots
cerebral ganglia
-cluster of nerves around head area which does processing
Flatworm classes
-Turbellaria (planarians)
-monogenean (fish flukes)
-cestode (tapeworms)
-Trematoda (flukes)
The Cestode Life cycle
-often requires 2 different vertebrates to begin life cycle
-continues to grow and switch hosts until it starts again