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Marine Bio Lab Practical
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/09/2010

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shared characteristics of vertebrates
Definition
nerve cord, post anal tail, segmentation, notochord
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agnatha
Definition
jawless fishes, lack: fins, biting jaws, scales
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chrondrichthyes
Definition
catilaginous fishes
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fish
Definition
finned, gill breathing, aquatic vertebrates
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skeletonem
Definition
big, green/brown, looks like a rectangle
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phaeodactylum
Definition
green, looks like an eye
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emiliania haxleyi
Definition
green/red/yellow, super small, round with a ring around
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Thalassiosira rotula
Definition
blob, brow/green
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thalassiosira pseudonana
Definition
small, brown/green, looks like two boxes
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alexandrium tamarense
Definition
pretty small, brown/yellow, ballon with a string constricting the middle
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order cetacea
Definition
whales, dolphin, propoises
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suborder pinnipedia
Definition
seals, sea lions, walruses
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suborder fissipedia
Definition
sea otters and polar bears
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order sirenia
Definition
manatees and dugongs
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odontoceti
Definition
toothed whales
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mysticeti
Definition
baleen whales
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scapula
Definition
shoulder blade
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humerus
Definition
upper arm
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radium and ulna
Definition
lower arm
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carpals
Definition
wrist
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bradycardia
Definition
slowing of the heart
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peripheral vasoconstriction
Definition
decreased blood supply to the limbs, abdominal organs, and skin
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littorina saxitalis
Definition
swollen under whorl
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L. littorea
Definition
larger
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L. obstusata
Definition
yellow
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nucella
Definition
predatory
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that weedy stuff everywhere
Definition
ascophyllum or fucus
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spartina alterniflora
Definition
big, lots of flower spikes
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salicornia spp.
Definition
glasswort, succulent
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Distichlis spicata
Definition
2 ranked leaves with terminal spike inflourescence (thing at top)
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spatina patens
Definition
leaves in-rolled
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marsh plants are _____cots
Definition
monocots
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dorsal
Definition
top side
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ventral side
Definition
opposite side of dorsal
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characteristics of Calacarea and Silicea
Definition
cellular sponges, spicules, strictly marine, sedentary filter feeders
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example of calcarea and silicea
Definition
sponges
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cnidaria major characteristics
Definition
diploblastic, polyps and medusa, tentacles
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examples of cnidaria
Definition
moon jellies, coral
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major characteristics of ctenophora
Definition
cilia used for swimming, two layers of cells, one opening
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example of ctenophora
Definition
comb jellies
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platyhelminthes major characteristics
Definition
bilaterian, unsegmented, soft bodies, invertebrates
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examples of platyhelminthes
Definition
flatworms, tape worms, flukes
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ectoprocta (bryozoans) major characteristics
Definition
filter feeders, invertebrates, crown of tentacles, lined with cilia, live in colonies
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example of ectoprocta (bryozoans)
Definition
cophophore
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major characteristics of brachiopoda
Definition
have valves (shells) on upper and lower surface, hinged in rear
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example of brachiopoda
Definition
large clams
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major characteristics of mollusca
Definition
invertebrates, mantle, shell, foot
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examples of mollusca
Definition
tonicella, clams, snails, cuttlefish, barnacles
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major characteristics of annelida
Definition
segmented worms
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examples of annelida
Definition
ringed worms
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major characteristics of arthropoda
Definition
invertebrates, exoskeleton, segmented body, jointed apendages
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examples of arthropoda
Definition
lobsters, shrimp, crabs
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major characteristics of hemichordata
Definition
deuterostome, sea worms, sister to echinoderms, open circulatory system
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examples of hemichordata
Definition
acorn worm
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major characteristics of echinodermata
Definition
five-fold radial symmetry, ciliated larvae, secondary bilateral symmetry
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examples of echinodermata
Definition
sea stars, urchins, brittle stars, sea cucumbers
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major characteristics of urochordata
Definition
saclike filter feeders, pharyngeal slits, sedentary
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example of urochordata
Definition
tunicates
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description of Myxini
Definition
skull, but not vertebral column, cartilaginous, eyespots, slime production
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examples of Myxini
Definition
hagfish
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description of petromyzontida
Definition
jawless fish
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example of petromyzontida
Definition
lampreys
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description of Actinopterygii (formerly Osteichthyes)
Definition
ray-finned as opposed to lobe-finned
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examples of Actinopterygii
Definition
herring, 95% of species of fish
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description of chondrichthyes
Definition
jawed fish, paired fins, skeleton made of cartilage, tow chambered hearts
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example of chondrichthyes
Definition
sharks, stingrays, chimaeras
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description of reptilia
Definition
eggs and rib-cage ventilation
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examples of reptila
Definition
turtles and birds
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description of mammalia
Definition
mammary glands, airbreathing, hair, middle ear bones
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examples of mammalia
Definition
humans, giraffes, bats
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description of archeplastida (Plantae)
Definition
eukaryotes, cell wall made of cellulose, plastids -> photosynthesis
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examples of archeplastida
Definition
algae and plants
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description of chromalveolates
Definition
eukaryote super group
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examples of chromalveolates
Definition
alveolates, haptophyta, pacific rockweed
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