Lecture 14 Flashcards
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Far left is the ancestral colonial protist includes
- eumetazoans
- sponges
Eumetazoans
animals with true tissues
Sponges
have no true tissues
Most animals have bilateral symmetry are called
bilaterians
Bilaterians are divided into two clades on basis of embryology
- deuterostomes
- protostomes
Sponges
stationary animals (sedentary). most marine, some freshwater. some are radially symmetrical (lack body symmetry)
Sponges resemble ..
thick walled sac with holes. water is drawn through spores into a central cavity which flows out through larger opening.
More complex sponges have…
branching water canals
Sponge body consists of..
two cell layers separated by gelatinous region
Choanocytes
inner layer of flagellated cells that help to sweep water through the sponges body
Amoebocytes
wander through the middle body region and produce spongin and spicules.
Spongin
supportive skeletal fibres composed flexible protein
Spicules
mineralized particules. can be sharp to protect large opening
Sponges are suspension feeders …
that collect food particles from the water. food is passed through some sort of food trapping equipment. feed by collecting food particles from water that stream through their pores.
Choanocytes trap food particles in..
mucus on membranes that surround the base of their flagella and then engulf the food by phagocytosis
Amoebocytes pick up food packaged in ..
food vacuoles from choanocytes and digest it carrying the nutrients to other cells
Adult sponges
sessile (anchored). unable to escape from predators. consequently sponges produce defensive compounds such as antibiotics and toxins to deter pathogens, parasites and predators
Adult sponges are the simplest of all the animals
no nerve of muscles. individual cells can sense and react to environmental changes. no true tissues and thought to have evolved from a flagellated protist ancestor
Cnidarians are..
eumatozoans. have true tissue
Cnidarians
oldest groups within eumatozoans. includes hydras, jellyfish and corals. radial symmetry.
Cnidarians have only two tissue layers…
outer epidermis and inner cell layer that ones the digestive cavity. jelly filled middle region which may contain scattered amoebid cells. have contractile tissues and nerves in their simplest forms
Cnidarians have an incomplete gut or gastrointestinal cavity..
mouth and no anus (single opening). tentacles surround the mouth opening to assist the trapping and intake food.
Two main body forms within the group Cnidaria and some species occur in..
only one form where as others exist in both forms during their lifecycle.
2 main body forms of Cnidarians
- medusa
- polyp