Invertebrates (lecture 17) Flashcards
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What do invertebrates lack?
Invertebrates are animals that don’t have a backbone.
What is single phylum is classified under Parazoa?
Phylum Porifera are the only Parazoa.
Phylum Porifera do not have what 4 characteristics?
Phylum Porifera lack true tissues, organs, nerves and muscles.
Phylum Porifera are _____-feeders, also called _____-feeders.
Phylum Porifera are suspension-feeders, also called filter-feeders.
What special cells do Phylum Porifera use to feed?
Phylum porifera have choanocytes (collar cells) by which they can perform suspension-feeding.
Choanocytes have a collar of _____-_____ projections and they also have _____ that generate current from within the sponge.
Choanocytes have a collar of finger-like projections and they also have flagella that generate current from within the sponge.
The central cavity of an aquatic sponge is called the _____ and the opening to this cavity at the top of the organism is called the _____.
The central cavity of an aquatic sponge is called the spongocoel and the opening to this cavity at the top of the organism is called the osculum.
Describe how Porifera feed and describe the role of choanocytes in this process.
Choanocytes beat their flagella to move water out through the osculum, thus causing water from outside the sponge to flow into the spongocoel through the porous surface of the sponge. Food caught by the sticky mucus of the collar of finger-like projections are taken into this cell through phagocytosis.
Porifera are _____, meaning the same individual can produce either _____ cells or _____ cells (but not both at the same time).
Porifera are hermaphroditic, meaning the same individual can produce either sperm cells or egg cells (but not both at the same time).
Choose one & fill in the blanks: Phylum Cnidaria are Eumetazoa, (Radiata/Bilateria) and they consist of _____ and _____.
Choose one & fill in the blanks: Phylum Cnidaria are Eumetazoa, Radiata and they consist of hydras and jellyfish.
Phylum Cnidaria bodies consist of a _____ with a central _____ compartment, called the _____ _____.
The bodies of Cnidaria consist of a sac with a central digestive compartment, called the gastrovascular cavity.
Phylum Cnidaria bodies have a single opening into the gastrovascular cavity, which functions as both a _____ and an _____ (two way).
Phylum Cnidaria bodies have a single opening into the gastrovascular cavity, which functions as both a mouth and an anus (two way).
Phylum Cnidaria have two possible body plans. What are they?
Both sessile polyps and medusa are possible body plans.
Choose one: Sessile polyps are _____-shaped with an oral opening _____ the organism.
Sessile polyps are cylindrical with an oral opening on top of the organism.
Sessile polyps adhere to the _____, meaning that they are found _____ to something.
Sessile polyps adhere to the substratum, meaning that they are found attached to something.
Choose one: Medusa are _____-shaped with an oral opening _____ the organism.
Medusa are bell-shaped with an oral opening underneath the organism.
True or false: Medusa shaped Cnidaria can swim. Explain.
False. Instead of swimming, medusa move freely in water by passive drift.
Since we know that Cnidaria are radial organisms, we also know that they are _____ (they have __ germ layers).
Since we know that Cnidaria are radial organisms, we also know that they are diploblastic (they have 2 germ layers).
Do all species of the Phylum Cnidaria exist only in either polyps form or medusa form?
No. While some species of the Phylum Cnidaria are just polyps and some are just medusa, some species can alternate between both forms.
Phylum Cnidaria only eat _____, meaning they are _____.
Phylum Cnidaria only eat meat, meaning they are carnivorous.
Phylum Cnidaria have _____ around their oral openings that capture prey and push it down into the _____ _____.
Phylum Cnidaria have tentacles around their oral openings that capture prey and push it down into the gastrovascular cavity.
Phylum Cnidaria have _____, made up of stinging cells called _____.
Phylum Cnidaria have stingers, made up of stinging cells called cnidocytes.
Within the stingers of Phylum Cnidaria, _____ and _____ exist in the simplest form.
Within the stingers of Phylum Cnidaria, muscle and nerves exist in the simplest form.
Polyps reproduce _____ through _____.
Polyps reproduce asexually through budding.