Marine Flashcards

1
Q

What do corals give zooxanthellae

A

Safe environment
Waste products

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2
Q

What are the different types of coral

A

Branching
encrusting
Digitate
Soft coral
Dead coral
Massive
Free living
Plate

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3
Q

Taxonomy hierarchy

A

kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

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4
Q

Phylum porifera diagnostic features

A

Asymmetrical
Totipotency
Exhibit plasticity

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5
Q

Examples of phylum porifera

A

Sponges

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6
Q

Phylum cnidaria diagnostic features

A

Radial or bilateral symmetry
Cnidocytes

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7
Q

Phylum cnidaria examples

A

Jellyfish, coral

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8
Q

Phylum Mollusca classes

A

Bivalvia
Cephalopod
Gastropoda

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9
Q

Phylum Mollusca diagnostic features

A

Bilateral symmetry
Presence of a radula
Some have shells

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10
Q

Phylum Mollusca examples

A

Snails
Mussels
Squid

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11
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Phylum Arthropoda diagnostic features

A

Posses exoskeleton
Jointed appendages
Body segments

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12
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Class crustacea diagnostic features

A

Biramous appendages
2 paired appendages

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13
Q

Examples of class crustacea

A

Crabs

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14
Q

Diagnostic features of Echinodermata

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Radial or bilateral symmetry
Lacks body segmentations
Tube feet with suckers
Spiny skin

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15
Q

The classes in Echinodermata

A

Asteroidea and Holothuroidea

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16
Q

Class Asteroidea diagnostic features

A

Star shaped body
Pedicellular
Tube feet with suckers

17
Q

Class Holothuroidea diagnostic features

A

Long and cylinder body
Tube feet with suckers

18
Q

Examples of class Holothuroidea

A

Sea cucumber

19
Q

Examples of class Asteriodea

A

Star fish

20
Q

Phylum chordata diagnostic features

A

Notocord
Nerve system
Pharayngel slits
Post anal tail

21
Q

The different classes of chordata invertebrae

A

Urochordata
Cephalocordata

22
Q

Difference between Urochodata and cephalochordata

A

Urocordata has diagnostic features as a larve but Cephalochordata have them as adults

23
Q

Difference between chordata vertebrae and invertebrae

A

Vertebrae- notocord is replaced by a vertebrae (Backbone) in adult hood
Gill slits turn into cartilage jaw

24
Q

Classes in chordata vertebrae

A

Chondrocytes and ostiechythyes

25
Q

Examples of condrocytes

A

Sharks and rays

26
Q

Class condrocytes diagnostic features

A

Notocord is presents all life
Cartilage endoskeleton

27
Q

Class osteichthyes diagnostic features

A

Skeleton made from bone

28
Q

Class osteichthyes examples

A

Boney fish