Chapter 33 quiz Flashcards
Sessile organisms with a sac-like body (many pores)
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
5,500+ species
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Inhabit marine or freshwater
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Filter feeders (capture food particles suspended in water that pass through body)
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Has spongocoel and osculum
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Exhibit cellular level of organization (lack tissues, groups of similar that act as functional units)
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Cells include choanocytes and amoebocytes
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
consist of a gelatinous noncellular mesohyl layer between two cell layers
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Sponges are hermaphroditic
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Most are sequentially hermaphroditic functioning as one sex then the other
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Asexual reproduction occurs via budding and production of dormant clusters of embryonic cells (gemmules)
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Sexual reproduction occurs when gametes arise from amoebocytes or choanocytes, female sponge retains eggs, male sponge release sperm through osculum, sperm are drawn into nearby individuals where fertilization occus in the mesohyl
Zygotes develop into flagellated swimming larvae that disperse until they find a suitable subtrate and develop into a sessile adult
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
Classes in Phylum Porifera
- Calcarea: Calcareous Sponges
- Demospongiae: Commercial and Freshwater sponges
- Hexactinellida: Glass sponges
- Homoscleromorpha
Characterized by CaCO3 spicules (3 or 4 points), all 3 body plans represented
Class Calcarea: Calcareous Sponges
Spicules made of silica and spongin, almost all are leuconoid
Class Demospongiae (81% of all Porifera)
Spicules made of silica (with 4 and/or 6 points), Syconoid or Leuconoid
Class Hexactinellida: Glass Sponges
Recently recognized 4th class of sponges, Silica spicules are small or absent
Class Homoscleromorpha
Diploblastic members of group Radiata
Phylum Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
100 species
Phylum Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
Exhibit incomplete gut (single opening acts a mouth and anus)
Phylum Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
Specialized cells colloblasts that secrete sticky substance to capture prey
Phylum Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
Exhibit bioluminescence
Phylum Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
10,000 species
Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Diploblastic member of group Radiata
Phylum Cnidaria (Cnidarians)