Unit 3 Flashcards
(21 cards)
How many pairs of appendages per segment does a millipede have?
2
What percent of all animals are Arthropoda?
80%
Ommatidia
Composes compound eyes, detect light color and motion
Class Merostomata
Horseshoe crabs, giant water scorpions
Class Arachnida
Spiders, Scorpions, harvest man, ticks, mites
Class Crustacea
Crabs, lobsters, fish lice, barnacles, shrimp, prawn, krill, crayfish
Class Insecta
Dragonfly, grasshopper, fly, flea
Class Ophiuroidea
Brittle stars, basket stars
Class Echinoidea
Sea urchins
Class Holothuroidea
Sea cucumbers
Class Crinoidea
Sea lilies, feather stars
What is a suspension feeder?
Sessile, long stalk attached to ocean floor, use arms for catching food particles. Examples: sea lilies and feather stars
How does a starfish eat a bivalve?
Attach to bivalve, tube feet keeps it open, inject their stomachs into the bivalve and digests extracellularly
What is autotomy?
Ability to detach part of their own body
What is the defense mechanism of sea cucumbers?
Discharging long filaments that may have toxins, some expel their digestive, respiratory or reproductive organs
Class Polyplacophora
Chiton, butterfly shells
Class Gastropoda
Snails, slugs, limpets, conch
What is torsion?
Movement of anus to anterior side during development
Class Bivalvia
Oysters, clams, mussels, scallops
Class Cephalopoda
Ammonite, squid, octopus
What are pearls?
A clam tumor, layers of shell are secreted over some foreign substance