sponges
Phylum Porifera (pore-bearer)
filter feeding
method in which food particles are filtered from water as it passes by or through some part of the sponge
osculum
A large opening on a sponge through which filtered water and wastes are expelled
pore cell
allow water carrying food and oxygen into the sponge's body
epithelial cell
thin and flat/contract in response to touch or irritations causing pore cells to close up
collar cell
flagellated cells that line the inner cavity of a sponge, which helps draw water through the pores
amoebocytes
located between the 2 cell layers/carry nutrients to other cells/aid in reproduction/produce chemicals that help make up spicules
spicules
small, needle-like that form the hard support system of sponges
hermaphrodite
animal that can produce both eggs and sperm/most sponges fall into this category
external fertilization
eggs and sperm are both released into the water/fertilization occurs outside the body/fertilization in a few sponges occurs this way
internal fertilization
eggs remain inside the body; sperm are carried to the eggs in the flow of water/most fertilization in sponges occurs this way sponges
cnidarians
Phylum meaning "stinging cells"/jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydras
asconoids
sponges with a vase-like structure with a central cavity
syconoids
sponges with a tubular body with folds inside the body wall
leuconoids
sponges with an interconnected system of complex canals and chambers
encrusting sponges
sponges that grow by spreading over the ocean floor and forming a hard surface
boring sponges
type of sponges that bore thin channels through calcium carbonate/rocks
erect sponges
sponges that grow upright in the water, often building stem-like structures
sclereocytes
cells in sponges that secrete spicules
archeocytes
large cells that take up food particles by engulfing them/allow sponges to regenerate themselves
choanocytes
flagellated cells that create a water current to bring in water through pores and pump it around the sponge canals
sponge crab
attaches sponges to its back for camouflage/the sponge gets carried around to good food sources/mutualism
radial symmetry
Symmetry about a central axis/cnidarians' body structure
hexactinellida
glass sponges/live in the deep
Carnivorous Demosponges
have hooks that catch small fish or crustaceans as prey/harp sponge is one type
demosponges
are by far the largest group of sponges/live in the deep and the shallows
calcarea sponges
calcium carbonate spicules/restricted to life in the shallows
polyp
The sessile, tubular form of a cnidarian with a mouth surrounded by tentacles
medusa
A free-swimming cnidarian with a bell-shaped/umbrella-shaped body and tentacles hanging downward
nematocyst
In cnidarians, a stinging cell that is used to inject a toxin into prey
gastrovascular cavity
A central cavity with a single opening in the body of certain animals, including cnidarians and flatworms, that functions in both the digestion and distribution of nutrients.
nerve net
simple nervous system of cnidarians which conducts nerve impulses from all parts of the body/there is no control center
Hydrozoa
class that includes the hydroids (the hydra) and the siphonophores (Portuguese man-of-war)
Scyphozoa
class that includes jellyfish
Anthozoa
class that includes sea anemones and coral/exhibit only polyp form
sea anemones
anthozoans that live as individual animals
coral
anthozoans that live in colonies of polyps
flatworms
Phylum Platyhelminthes/parasitic worms with bilateral symmetry
parasitic tapeworm
flatworm in the class Cestoda
fluke
flatworm in the class Trematoda
pharynx
digestive organ in flatworms/begins to digest food outside the flatworm then sucks the food into the gastrovascular cavity
eyespots
sensory structure that determines intensity and direction of light
flame cells
specialized cells that remove excess water from the body (flatworms)
regeneration
The ability to regrow a missing part of the body
body of a tapeworm
scolex and proglottids
scolex
head of an adult tapeworm; can contain suckers or hooks
proglottids
body sections of a tapeworm/contains muscles, nerves, flame cells, and male and female reproductive organs
roundworms
Phylum Nematoda
ascaris
mainly infects children/eggs hatch in intestines, move to the bloodstream,move to the lungs, are coughed up and swallowed; cycle starts again
hookworms
usually enter the body through bare feet and move through the body to the small intestines where they attach themselves with a series of hooks around their mouths.
pinworms
most common type of roundworm/Identified by itching of the anus where eggs are laid
trichinella
enter the body through undercooked pork
nematodes
roundworms that infect and kill pine trees, cereal crops, and food plants