Phylum Cnidaria Flashcards
(25 cards)
Poison-filled stinging structure
Nematocyst
Cnidaria
Jellyfishes, sea anemones, and coral
The layer found between the epidermis and gastroderm
Mesoglea
Inner lining of gastrovascular cavity
Gastroderm
Organisms that lack a backbone
Invertebrate
Immobile
Sessile
Mode of locomotion for Medusas
Jetpropulsion
Hydras
Class hydrozoan
Long flexible appendage
Tentacle
Many connected individuals living and working together
Colony
Jellyfishes
Class cyphozoa
Colony of coral
Great Barrier Reef
Colonial hydra
Portuguese man o’war
Extracellular
Outside the cell
Stinging cells
Cnidocytes
Outer layer of cells
Epidermis
Digestive chamber
Gastrovascular cavity
Zygote formation in the open water
External fertilization
Body plan with equal halves when bisected through the centre
Radial symmetry
Circular and longitudinal muscles along with no water to facilitate movement
Hydrostatic skeleton
Loose organization of nerve cells for stimuli detection
Nerve net
Corals and sea anemones
Class anthozoa
Statocyst
Cells for detecting gravity
Ocelli
Eyespots