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Cnidaria
Phylogeny and Anatomy
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
11/29/2013

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Class Hydrozoa
Definition
Medusa and polyp in life cycle; cnidocytes restricted to epidermis; hydromedusa have velum & simple manubrium; mesoglea lacks cells; epidermal gonads
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Order Hydroidea
Definition
C. Hydrozoa; Hydras, hydroids
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O. Siphonophora
Definition
C. Hydrozoa; Portuguese Man-o-War
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O. Chondrophora
Definition
C. Hydrozoa; Velella
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O. Hydrocorallina
Definition
C. Hydrozoa; Hydrocorals
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C. Scyphozoa
Definition
Jellies; medusa & polyp stages (medusa dominant); gastrodermal cnidocytes; septate stomach; manubrium complex & divided into 4/8 oral arms; mesoglia w/ cells; gastrodermal gonads; rhophalia
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Rhophalia
Definition
Small sensory structures of Scyphozoa and Cubozoa; found on lappets; house much of NS control center for muscle contraction, statoliths, sometimes ocelli
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C. Cubozoa
Definition
Box jellies; Cube-shaped; similar to Scyphozoa but well developed eyes
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C. Anthozoa
Definition
Corals, anemones; no medusa stage in life cycle; solely marine; benthic
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Subclass Hexacorallia
Definition
Sea anemones & true corals; tentacles in multiples of 6; have 6 pairs of primary mesentaries; non-pinnate tentacles; 0-lots of siphonoglyphs; may be colonial or solitary
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O. Scleractinia
Definition
True/stony corals
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O. Actinaria
Definition
Sea anemones
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O. Ceriantharia
Definition
Solitary tube-dwelling anemones
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O. Antipatheria
Definition
Black Corals
Term
O. Zoanthinaria
Definition
Zoanthids
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Subclass Octocorallia
Definition
Soft corals; 8 tentacles; 2, 4, 6 primary septa; pinnate tentacles; 1 siphonoglyph; all are colonial
Term
O. Gorgonacea
Definition
Sea Fan
Term
O. Alcyonacea
Definition
Soft corals
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O. Pennatulacea
Definition
Sea pen & sea pansy
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Scyphozoan Reproduction
Definition
Sexual or asexual; no spermatophores; gonochoristic; external fertilization (internal very rare)
Term
Scyphozoa Larva
Definition
Planula
Term
Hydrozoan Reproduction
Definition
Sexual or asexual; no spermatophore; gonoghoristic; internal and external fertilization
Term
Hydrozoan larvae
Definition
Planula, actinula
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Anthozoan Reproduction
Definition
Sexual or asexual; gonochoristic; internal or external fertilization
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Anthozoan Larvae
Definition
Planula
Term
Ephyra
Definition
Baby medusoid scyphozoan
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Scyphistoma
Definition
Stack of budding ephyra
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Glass anemone
Definition
Aiptasia pulchella
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