Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Bio Lab
Kingdom Animalia: Porifera and Cnidaria
41
Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2013

Additional Biology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Phylum Porifera contains the subcategories:
Definition
Calcarea and Silicea
Term
The common name for the organisms that comprise Phylum Porifera is
Definition
Sponges
Term
What is the symmetry of Phylum Porifera?
Definition
Asymmetrical
Term
True or false: Phylum Porifera has true tissues.
Definition
False: Phylum Porifera does not have true tissues.
Term
What is the name for members of Phylum Porifera according to how they get food.
Definition
Filter Feeders
Term
What structure do filter feeders contain?
Definition
Collar cells
Term
Collar Cells
Definition
Flagellated feeding cells.
Term
What structure does water exit through in filter feeders?
Definition
The osculum.
Term
What structures of Phylum Porifera are used to deter predators and provide structural support?
Definition
Spicules
Term
What are spicules composed of?
Definition
CaCO3, silica and/or protein.
Term
What is the protein that composes spicules made of?
Definition
spongin
Term
What are two examples of organisms within Phylum Porifera?
Definition
Chalina and Grass Sponge
Term
Chalina (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
Grass Sponge (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
What is the symmetry of Phylum Cnidaria?
Definition
Radial symmetry
Term
What stages does Phylum Cnidaria have?
Definition
Medusa and/or polyp stages
Term
Phylum Cnidaria has two what?
Definition
germ layers
Term
What does Phylum Cnidaria use for digestion and circulation?
Definition
Gastrovascular cavity
Term
What does Phylum Cnidaria use for protection?
Definition
Specialized stinging cells
Term
What are Phylum Cnidaria's specialized stinging cells called?
Definition
cnidocytes
Term
Cnidocytes
Definition
Specialized stinging cells
Term
How do organisms of Phylum Cnidaria sense stimuli?
Definition
Nerve nets
Term
What is an example of a Cnidarian?
Definition
Obelia
Term
What are the two stages of Obelia?
Definition
Medusa and Polyp
Term
What are the two forms of Phylum Cnidaria
Definition
Solitary and Colonial
Term
What are examples of the solitary forms of Phylum Cnidaria
Definition
Hydra, Jellyfish, Sea Anemones
Term
What are examples of the colonial forms of Phylum Cnidaria?
Definition
- Portugese man-o-war
- Hydroid colonies
- Sea fans, sea whips
- Sea pansies, sea pens
- Corals
Term
Medusa (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
Tentacle on Medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Ring Canal on Medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Radial canal on Medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Manubrium in Medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Mouth in Medusae
Definition

[image]

 

Term
Statocyst in Medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Gonad in medusae
Definition
[image]
Term
Medusae Polyp (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
The polyp stage of obelia is characterized by...
Definition
Hydroid
Term
_______ polyps have _____________ and ________________ polyps have _____________________
Definition
Feeding polyps have tentacles and reproductive polyps have medusa buds
Term
Feeding and reproductive polyps (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
Life cycle of Medusa (picture)
Definition
[image]
Term
What forms the polyp in the life cycle of medusa?
Definition
Planula Larva
Supporting users have an ad free experience!