Chapter 31: Sponges, Cnidarians, Ctenophores, and Protostomes

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gastrovascular cavity

The ________ has a single opening that serves as both mouth and anus.

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Mollusks

________ are soft- bodied animals typically covered by a shell.

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Polychaetes

________ also differ from other annelids in having a well- defined head with sense organs.

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Chelicerates

________ have no antennae and no mandibles.

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Cnidarians

________ are characterized by radial symmetry, two tissue layers, and cnidocytes, cells containing stinging organelles called nematocysts.

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Hydrozoa

________ are typically polyps and may be solitary or colonial.

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Polyplacophorans

________ are chitons, mollusks with shells consisting of eight overlapping dorsal plates.

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Bivalves

________ are aquatic clams, scallops, and oysters.

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Parasitic leeches

________ are equipped with suckers for holding on to their host.

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Chelicerate body

The ________ consists of a cephalothorax and abdomen; there are six pairs of uniramous, jointed appendages, of which four pairs serve as legs.

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Decapod crustaceans

The ________ typically have five pairs of walking legs.

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Lophotrochozoa

The ________ make up a clade that includes some of the flatworms, nemerteans, mollusks, annelids, the lophophorate phyla, and rotifers.

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velvet worms

The arthropods along with the onychophorans (________) and tardigrades (water bears) make up the clade Panarthropoda.

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Poriferans

The ________, or sponges, are characterized by flagellate collar cells (choanocytes), which generate a water current that brings food and oxygen to the cells.

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Crustaceans

________ have two pairs of antennae that sense taste and touch, and a pair of mandibles used for chewing.

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life cycle

The ________ of many cnidarians includes a sessile polyp stage (a form with a dorsal mouth surrounded by tentacles) and a free- swimming medusa (jellyfish) stage.

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Nemerteans

________ have a complete digestive tract with mouth and anus, and a circulatory system.

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Scyphozoa

________ (jellyfish) are generally medusae.

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snails

The gastropods, which include the ________, slugs, and their relatives, have a well- developed head with tentacles.

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Arthropods

________ have an open circulatory system with a dorsal heart that pumps hemolymph.

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Insect

A(n) ________ is an articulated, tracheated hexapod; its body consists of head, thorax, and abdomen.

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Anthozoa

________ are polyps and may be solitary or colonial; anthozoans differ from hydrozoans in the organization of the gastrovascular cavity.

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Rotifers

________ are pseudocoelomates that are thought to have evolved from animals with a true coelom.

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tough cuticle

The body is covered by a(n) ________ that helps prevent desiccation.

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Leeches

________ belong to the group Hirudinida.

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setae

Oligochaetes, the group that includes the earthworms, are characterized by a few short ________ per segment.

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radula functions

A rasplike ________ as a scraper in feeding in all groups except the bivalves, which are filter feeders.

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Ecdysozoa

________ is one of the three major animal clades; its validity is based on many types of evidence, including molecular data.

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ganglia

The ________ are connected to two nerve cords that extend the length of the body.

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Ctenophores

________ have eight rows of cilia that resemble combs.

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hermaphrodites

Many flatworms are ________: a single animal produces both sperm and eggs.

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lophophore

The ________, a ciliated ring of tentacles surrounding the mouth, is specialized for capturing suspended particles in the water.

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Aquatic forms

________ have gills for gas exchange; terrestrial forms have either tracheae or book lungs.

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tentacles

They are diploblastic and have ________ with adhesive glue cells.

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sponge body

The ________ is a sac with tiny openings through which water enters; a central cavity, or spongocoel; and an open end, or osculum, through which water exits.

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Flatworms

________ have a ladder- type nervous system, typically consisting of sense organs and a simple brain composed of two ganglia.

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Collar cells

________ also trap and phagocytize food particles.

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coelom

The ________ can serve as a hydrostatic skeleton in which contracting muscles push against a tube of fluid.

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trilobites

The ________ are extinct marine arthropods covered by a hard, segmented shell.

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bilateral symmetry

The flatworms are acoelomate (have no coelom) animals with ________, cephalization, three definite tissue layers, and well- developed organs.

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true coelom

The ________ is a fluid- filled body cavity completely lined by mesoderm that lies between the digestive tube and the outer body wall.

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Annelids

________ have long bodies with segmentation both internally and externally; their large, compartmentalized coelom serves as a hydrostatic skeleton.

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extinct trilobites

Based on molecular and other data, arthropods are currently assigned to five main groups: ________ and extant Myriapoda, Chelicerata, Crustacea, and hexapoda.

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parasitic flukes

The ________ and tapeworms typically have suckers or hooks for holding on to their hosts; they have complicated life cycles with intermediate hosts and produce large numbers of eggs.

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Polychaetes

________ are marine annelids characterized by parapodia, appendages used for locomotion and gas exchange.

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Mollusks

________ have an open circulatory system except for cephalopods, which have a closed circulatory system.

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Crustaceans

________ vary greatly in the appearance and in the number of biramous appendages.

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Nemerteans

________ (ribbon worms) are characterized by the proboscis, a muscular tube used in capturing food and in defense.

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Arthropods

________ are segmented animals with paired, jointed appendages and an armorlike exoskeleton of chitin.

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lophophorates

The ________, marine animals that have a(n) ________, include the brachiopods, phoronids, and bryozoans.

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The coelom brings about the tube-within-a

tube body plan

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Many flatworms are hermaphrodites

a single animal produces both sperm and eggs

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Four groups of flatworms are recognized

class Turbellaria comprises free-living

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Based on molecular and other data, arthropods are currently assigned to five main groups

extinct trilobites and extant Myriapoda, Chelicerata, Crustacea, and hexapoda

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Each segment had a pair of biramous appendages, appendages with two jointed branches

an inner walking leg and an outer gill branch

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