Lab Exam #2 Flashcards
Purple/Ochre Sea Star
5 rays
Purple
Phylum: Echinoderm
Blood Star
5 rays
Red/orange
Can have skinny ray or thicker more regular star fish looking rays
Echinoderm
6 Ray Star
6 rays
easy
Leather Star
5 rays
rays are wider, almost looked webbed
Echinoderm
Purple Sea Urchin
Spiky purple ball
Echinoderm
Green Sea Urchin
Spiky green ball
Echinoderm
California Sea Cucumber
Long thick fleshy dick looking sea creature with pointing things sticking out of it.
Usually orangy red
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Glaucous-winged Gull:
- Light grey wings
- Pink legs and feet
- Yellow bill with a red spot
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Canada Goose
- Brown body
- White chest/body
- Black head with white stripe under chin
3 distinguishing physical characters of an American Wigeon
- Bright green patch of feathers behind eye
- White bill with black tip
- White stripe over the top of the head
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Northern Pintail
- Brown head
- Long black pointed tail
- White chest + grey body
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Mallard
- Green head
- Orange feet/legs
- Brown chest, grey body
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Bufflehead
- Green face with white patchon back of head
- Black back
- Big, round head
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Common Goldeneye
- Black/iridescent head
- White spot on cheek
- Yellow eye
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Double-crested Cormorant:
- Mostly all black
- Yellow bill with hook on the tip
- Holds wings out to dry them
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Common Loon:
- Black head
- Red eye
- Black + white dots on back
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Black Oystercatcher:
- All black
- Red eyes
- Red beak
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Belted Kingfisher
- Black back
- White band around neck
- White + brown on chest
3 distinguishing physical characters of a Great Blue Heron
- Long skinny legs
- Light grey body
- Long neck, usually bent in “s” shape
What does the majority of Kingdom Animalia lack?
A vertebral column (so they’re invertebrate)
Sponges (Phylum Porifera): Where are the pores, spongocoel, and osculum?
Pores = on the surface Spongocoel = interior cavity Osculum = chimney-like opening attatched to the spongocoel
*Sponges are suspension feeders. Sea water is circulated into the spongocoel, is filtered for fine suspended matter by individual sponge cells, and exits through a chimney-like opening, the osculum
What are the 4 main echinoderms?
- Sea Stars
- Brittle & Basket Stars
- Urchins & Sand Dollars
- Sea Cucumbers
3 features of a sea urchin:
- Spines
- Pedicellariae (3-pronged structures used for cleaning and defence)
- tube feet
Features of a Sea Star
- Spines
- Madreporite (aboral surface – “top”)
- Pedicellariae, tube feet, papulae or “skin gills” are on the oral surface – “underside”