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Invertebrate Zoology
Exam 2 Vocab
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
03/08/2011

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choanocytes
Definition
cells with collar around flagellum
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osculum
Definition
water exits the spongocoel
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pinacorderm
Definition
outer covering, 1 cell thick
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cuticle
Definition
sometimes replaces pinacoderm, acellular collagenous
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choanoderm
Definition
1 cell thick, inner surfaces of atrium and canals
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mesohyal
Definition
gelatinous, non-living, contains mobile cells, skeletal elements of spicules and collagen
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asconoid
Definition
simplest construction, body is thin-walled, unfolded pinacoderm and choanoderm
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syconoid
Definition
outer and inner surfaces fold to form thicker walls and longer canals, greater surface area
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leuconoid
Definition
passageways are subdivided into canals and chambers, multiple canals rather than single atrium, thick mesohyal, most common type
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choanocytes
Definition
1 flagellum surrounded by a collar of mucus covered microvilli, make up choanoderm, create water flow to trap and consume food
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porocytes
Definition
circular tube to form pores in pinacoderm, can constrict, thin-walled and simple
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pinacocytes
Definition
flattened epithelial like cells but lack basement membrane, overlap, line outer surface but also some parts of canals
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archeocytes
Definition
mobile, amoebo like with psuedopods, in mesohyal, totipotent
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totipotent
Definition
give rise to all cell types
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archaeocyte functions
Definition
phagocytosis, digest food from choanocytes, food storage, protect by forming gemmules resisting freezing and drying
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spongocytes
Definition
secrete intercellular spongin
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scerocytes
Definition
produce spicules
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spicules
Definition
CaCO3 or SiO2, vary in structure
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myocytes
Definition
fusiform, spindle cigar shaped, contractile, arranged in rings around ostia and canals
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amebocytes
Definition
can move sponge up to 4mm per day, can temporarily leave
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sponge food
Definition
protists, bacteria, algae, organis detritus or matter dissolved
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sponge reproduction
Definition
fragmentation, budding
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gemmules
Definition
clusters of archaeocytes protect from freezing and drying out
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sponge development
Definition
lecithotrophic, indirect reproduction, flagellated cells turned inside out, larvae settle and flagella move inward and new ones form
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eumetazoa
Definition
all other animals besides sponges and placozoans belong here, complex muscle stimulation, digestive cavity, 2-3 layers of tissue
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functions of cnidae
Definition
wrap around prey, adhere to prey, piercing prey, injecting venom to prey
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cnidocil
Definition
discharge is stimulated by mechanical stimulation of cilium, chemical cues, nervous system control
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medusae
Definition
solitary and free-swimming, less diverse in structure than polyps, bell-shaped with downward facing oral surface, quadriradial symmetry
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manubrium
Definition
tubular extension of mouth
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polyps
Definition
small, up to 1m, radial/quadriradial/biradial symmetry, sessile, solitary or colonial
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colony
Definition
asexual budding, each member a zooid, branching, modular construction, large colonies
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monomorphic or polymorphic
Definition
single polyp, multiple types of polyps
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gastrozooid, gonozooid, dactylozooid
Definition
feeding with tentacles, reproductive producing gonopores, defensive polyps with venom and food capture
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myonemes
Definition
contracting extensions of cells beneath cell layer anchored in mesoglea
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muscles in polyps
Definition
longitudinal-retractors, circular-extend column and tentacles
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muscles in medusae
Definition
ring around margins of bell, pulsing movement, radial muscles open bell
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nerve net
Definition
in medusae bud, nonpolar, impulses in either direction
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sensory lappets
Definition
part of rhopalia, extend from cell surface mechano and chemo receptors
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ocelli
Definition
disks of light sensitive cells
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statocyst
Definition
gravitational field, helps maintain posture by inhibiting nearby muscles
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cubozoa
Definition
actual eyes with cornea lens and retina, box jellies, maybe bioluminescent, venom, prey on fish
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Life cycle of cubuzoa
Definition
may lack polyp or medusa stage, all anthozoans
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phylum cnidaria, class myxozoa
Definition
parasitic on fish/annelids
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polar capsule
Definition
extrude polar filaments, derived from cnidae
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ctenophora
Definition
hermaphroditic, broadcast spawning, self-fertilization, 8 comb rows, digestive tract, nerve net system
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cydippid larval stage
Definition
unique to ctenophores, comb jellies and sea grapes
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colloblast
Definition
tentacles that release adhesive that sticks prey to tentacles
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platyhelminthes
Definition
lacks cavity, incomplete digestive tract, lack respiratory, open circulatory, acoelomate
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protonephridia
Definition
osmoregulation, release of wastes
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platyhelminthes nervous system
Definition
2 ventral nerve cords, anterior brain, unidirectional nerves, ocelli and chemosensory structures
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platyhelminthes reproduction
Definition
hermaphrodites, self-fertilizing, sperm transferred both ways during mating
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turbellaria locomotion
Definition
pedal waves using cilia, looping, waves of muscular contractions
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miracidia
Definition
infect intermediate host, snails
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redia to cercaria stage
Definition
intermediate or definite host, usually a vertebrate infected, reproduces sexually in definite host
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class monogenea
Definition
external parasties, posterier buccal sucker
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scolex
Definition
containing hooks and suckers
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rhombozoa life cycle
Definition
asexual stage called nematogen within host, sexual stage called rhombogen, larvae released in water
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axoblasts
Definition
give rise asexually to immature vermiform organisms that free themselves
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rhombozoan reproduction
Definition
develop into rhombogens, give rise to infusorigens
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infusorigens
Definition
eggs and sperm, intracellular hermaphroditic gonad, fertilize peripheral ova by self-fertilization
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class orthonectida
Definition
internal parasites, marine, sexual, ciliated, dioecious
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orthonectida life cycle
Definition
free swimming to find mate, eggs develop into larvae, seek new host, form plasmodial stage
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protozoans
Definition
single celled colonial animal like heterotrophs
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kingdom protista
Definition
algae, fungus, protozoans
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mastigophora
Definition
flagella
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sarcodinia
Definition
psuedopods
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sporozoans
Definition
obvious locomotion
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conjugation
Definition
genetic recombination
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synkaryon
Definition
new migratory and original stationary pronuclei fuse to form diploid synkaryon
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dinozoa endosymbionts
Definition
radiolarians, sponges, cnidarians
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apical complex
Definition
anterior end that enables them to attach to and enter host cell
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diversity least to greatest
Definition
dinoflagellata, apicomplexa, ciliophora, cnidaria
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  toxoplasma
Definition
infect humans, spreads through cat feces, apicomplexa
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plasmodium
Definition
malaria
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falciparum
Definition
deadliest to humans
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giardia phylum diplomonadida
Definition
common parasite intestinal, water sources contaminated
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phylum choanoflagellata
Definition
sessile, solitary or colonial, thin collar circling flagella
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colonial vs. plakula
Definition
spherical hollow colony forming a feeding chamber like gastrulation, vs. flattened two layered bilateral bottom dwelling creature absorbing nutrients through ventral layer, forms invagination
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relative dating
Definition
positions in stratigraphic sequence determines relative age
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absolute dating
Definition
uses radioactive dating with radioactive decay from isotopes to determin absolute age of rocks
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ediacaran period
Definition
proterozioc era soft bodied without shells and smaller, sponge spicules and worm jaws
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2 geological events of ediacaran period to rise animals
Definition
increase O2 and end of ice age, cryogenian period
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vendobionta
Definition
charnia, most common forms that didnt survive
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cambrian period
Definition
hard parts, shells, spines, exoskeletons arose, modern animal phyla existed now
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cambrian explosion sites
Definition
canada and china
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what caused the cambrian explosion
Definition
increase O2, new predator prey interactions, origin of hox genes
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invertebrate evolution in ORDER from long ago to least long ago
Definition
ancient corals, land animals, winged insects, modern corals, first insect flower
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FOUR distinguishing characteristics of cnidarians
Definition
mouth and anus combined, diploblastic, polyp and medusa, digestive cavity
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