marine zoology Flashcards
Phylum Porifera: Common Names
sponges
Phylum Porifera: # of embryonic germ layers
0
(germ layers not homologous to other animal germ layers)
Phylum Porifera: levels of organization
cells
Phylum Porifera: symmetry
asymmetry
Phylum Porifera: coelom (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Porifera: segmentation (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Porifera: digestive system
(absent, incomplete, complete)
absent
Phylum Porifera: Locomotion
motile cells, sponges can move a little
Phylum Porifera: Respiratory System
none
Phylum Porifera: Circulatory System
none
Phylum Porifera: Reprodcution
asexual+sexual, parenchymula larvae
Phylum Porifera: Synapomorphies
water canals lined by choanocytes
Phylum Ctenophora: Common Names
comb jellies
Phylum Ctenophora: # of embryonic germ layers
2
(some say 3)
Phylum Ctenophora: levels of organization
organs
Phylum Ctenophora: symmetry
radial (biradial)
Phylum Ctenophora: coelom (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Ctenophora: segmentation (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Ctenophora: digestive system
complete - mouth+anal pores
Phylum Ctenophora: locomotion
cilia of the comb rows muscles + mesoglea
Phylum Ctenophora: respiratory system
none
Phylum Ctenophora: circulatory system
none
Phylum Ctenophora: reproduction
hermaphroditic, sexual, cydippid larvae
Phylum Ctenophora: synapomorphies
colloblasts, comb rows
Phylum Cnidaria: Common Names
anemones, corals, hydroids, hydro-medusae, jellyfish + more
Phylum Cnidaria: # of embryonic germ layers
2
Phylum Cnidaria: level of organization
organs
Phylum Cnidaria: symmetry
radial (sometimes biradial, quadriradial, hexaradaial)
Phylum Cnidaria: Coelom (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Cnidaria: Segmentation (present/absent)
absent
Phylum Cnidaria: digestive system - absent, complete, incomplete
incomplete - gastrovascular cavity