phylums Flashcards
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Stinging organelle
Nematocyst
Most primitive of eumatozoans
Cnidarians
ability to shred in round worms
ecdysis
hallow tube for swallowing bacteria
stoma
shell in squid
pen
these are hydras, jelly fishes, sea anemones, corals etc
phylum cnidaria
these are sponges
phylum porifera
this is known as pore bearing
phylum porifera
this includes flatworms which is symmetrical
sponges
any groups of animal
taxon
arranged hierarchically
taxa
naming of organims
nomenclature
traditional approach and oldest of the 3
evolutionary systematics
result from a common ancestry
homology
similar evolutionary pressures
analogy
uses mathematical models
numerical taxonomy
called as cladistics
phylogenetic systematics
construction showing relationship to other organims
cladogram
describes how the parts of animals are arranged
symmetry
absence of central point or axis
asymmetry
any plane passing through the central oral-aboral axis
radial symmetry
single plane passing
bilateral symmetry
gives rise to epidermis
ectoderm
gives rise to gastroderm
endoderm