Chapter 33-Invertebrate I Flashcards
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Characteristics about Phylum porifera
- loosely organized and lack true tissues
- multicellular with several types of cells
- No apparent symmetry
Where does phylum porifera lives in?
Mostly marine and freshwater.
Can phylum porifera move?
They are sessile adult, free swimming larval stage.
What is Ostia?
Pores into the spongocoel.
What is Osculum?
It is where comes out of the spong.
What is function flagellated choanocytes?
Generate current and trap small particles and planktons
What is the function of amoebocytes?
Absorb nutrients from choanocytes and distribute to other cell throughout the sponge.
what is the function of epithelia cell?
It protects the sponge body.
Where are all these cells embedded in?
All cells are embedded in mesohyl.
What is mesohyl?
gelatinous, protein rich.
Where is spongin located?
It could be found in mesohyl
What is the function of spicules?
Provide structural support and resistant to predation.
How do biologist classify sponges?
They classify them by the shape of their spicules.
How do sponges reproduce?
- Most sponges are hermaphrodites.
- They also reproduce asexually by budding off small sponges fragments
What does hermaphrodites?
It means that they can produced eggs and sperms in the same time.
Characteristic about phylum cnidaria
- Radially symmetric animals
2. diploblastic
where do cnidaria phylum organism lives in?
Mostly in marin, but some in freshwater.
What does diploblastic means?
They only have two embryonic germ layers (endoderm, ectoderm)
What is mesoglea?
Translucent jelly like layer separate two cell layers.(epidermis and gastrodermis)
What are gastrovascular cavity lined with?
They are lined with digestive cell
What does digestive cell do?
They do extracellular digestion and they allow for digestion of larger food items.
Does cnidaria have nerve system?
YES, there are nerve cell that are arranged in a diffuse nerve net. there is no center control organ
How many opening does Cnidaria have?
There are only one opening serves as both mouth and anus.
What are the two different body forms?
- Sessile polyp
2. free swimming medusa.