the big 8 phyla Flashcards
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classes of porifera
calcarea: calcarous sponges. skeleton of monaxouid,triaxonida or tetracoid spicules. not dividible into megascleres and microscleres
hexatinellida: six rayed silceous spicules (also tetrazonid forms). megascleres + microscleres
demospongiae: differentiated tetranoxined spicules and/or spongin fibres
classes of cnidaria
class of cnidaria
hydrozoa: usually colonial, sustrate attached, polyp has gastrovascular cavity w/o mesenteries. medusa has velum
scyphozoa: dominant medusa, larval metamorphosis, medusa by asexual budding. quadridiate symmetry by mesenteries. no velum.
cubozoa: medusa dominant, velum like structure, bell (4 flattened sides + simple margin). each polyp produces medusa by metamorphosis
anthrozoa: no medusa, biradial summetry. enteron divided by mesentries (>4)
the 8 phyla
porifera
cnidaria
mollusca
platyhelminthes
annelida
nematoda
arthropoda
echinodermata
hydriod reproduction
obelia
colonial marine hybrid
unisexual
external fertilisation in sea
single fertilised egg develops into a polyp
asexual reproduction to produce a colony
gastrozooids: feeding polyps with tentacles at tip
gonozooids: reproductive polyps proximal to gastro zooids
scyphozoan reproduction
aurelia aurita
polyp fro mscyphinstoma develops from the planula larva, then metamorphosis into the strobilla and ephyra
like polyp pumps
cuboza life cycle
each polyp produces a single medusa by complete metamorphosis
classes of mollusca
polyplacophorans
cephlapods
gastropods
bivalves
bivalves
- gill lamellae for respiration + feeding
- vs attached
- vestigeal head lacking eyes, tentacles nad radula
- mantle fused to become inhalant and exhalant siphon
- ctenidia used for feeding + gas exchange
- hinge ligaement joins shells
- ## periastracum: outer horny layer protecting CaCO3
polyplacophorans
- chitons
- dorsal shell of 8 articulated plates
- lack eyes +tentacles
- slow movement
- rolls into ball as defence
gastropods
- snails, slugs, limpets, whelks, nudibranchs
- univalve either coiled or uncoiled
- torsion
- body may be secondariy detorted
- reduced or absent shell
cephlapods
- squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautlis
- marine predators
- molluscan foot modified into tentacles/arms or siphon for propulsion and respiration
- complex nervous system and eyes
- chromatophores in skin for communciation and crypsis
classes of platyhelminthes
tuberllaria
trematoda
monogenea
cestoda
tuberllaria
-mostly free living
ocelli
mouth in centre with pharynx on either side
unsegemented
trematoda
-tapeworm
no digestive system–> nutrients abosrbed through body wall
attach via scolex
complex life cycles
monogenea
- flukes with a single host
- poterior hook for attachment (ospisthaptor)
- mouth at one end rather than in the centre
cestoda
- flukes w/2 or more hosts
- two simple suckers, one atnerior and one central (distinguishing)
- not truly segmented
classes of annelida
polycheata and clitellata
polycheata
- well defined head (nuchal organ, filter feeders of pharynx everted to catch prey)
- parapodia (paried) with chaetae
clitellata
clitellum: thickening of epidermis at genital pores that secretes egg cocoon, circular and longitudinal muscle, coalemic fluid functions as hydrostatic skeleton
earthwroms: hermaphordites, egg cocoon from clitellum
leeches: anterior and posterior luckers, lack coelomic compartment
nematoda
- round worms
- pseudocolom
- ecydycozoa
- lack circular muscles –> undulating locomotion
- roundworms, hookworms, heart worms
- complete digestive system
- ganglia and nerve cells
arthropod subphyla
crustacea
hexapods
chelicerata
myrapods
crustacean classes
branchipoda
maxillapoda
malacotraca
hexapod classes
entognatha
insecta