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marine classification
marine animals
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12th Grade
04/25/2006

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sponges
Definition
are asymetrical with no tissue no head and no mouth
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statocysts
Definition
are filled with hairs and a fluid
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cnidarians
Definition
sea anemone, coral, man-o-war and by the wind sailor
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osculum
Definition
large opening where the current of water exists after passing through the sponge
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mangroves
Definition
hold sediment with their roots
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red mangroves
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appearance that its walking on water
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propugale
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a torpedo shaped seedling of the red mangrove
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hydroskeleton
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is a fluid filled cavity surrounded by muscles, to make a skeleton
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bilateral symmetry
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only one plane will divide an organism into mirror images
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sea grass
Definition
are angiosperms found in intertidal areas
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choanocyte
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lines the interior of the of a sponge
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comb jellie
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is not a cnidarian. has no stinging cells
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radial symmetry
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means duplicate body parts arranged in a repeating pattern
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angiosperms
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are the predominant group of plants
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white mangroves
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are identified by their light green leaves
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black mangroves
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grow in areas where the soil is saturated with water
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ctene
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the locomoter structure of comb jellies made up of cilia, arranged into 8 bands
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pneumatophores
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are breathing like roots on the mangroves
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nematocyst
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is a poison filled stinging structure
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polyp
Definition
is the sessile mouth up
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polyp
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is the sessile mouth up
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polyp
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is the sessile mouth up
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medusa
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is the motile mouth down
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