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Horsetails
Stroblius, elaters
-Pioneer women used them as scouring pads
-Eventually formed coal deposits |
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Hornworts
Doctrine of Signatures, elaters, gemmae cups
-During middle ages, used to treat liver disease (resembled liver) |
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Jellyfish, coral, man o' war, sea wasps
dimorphic, polyp, medusa, planula, ephyra, budding, umbrella, coral reed
-Coral reefs most productive ecosystems, support commercial fishermen, harvested for aquarium pet trade |
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Chordates - fish, acorn worm, amphibians, lizards, mammals
Notochord, neoteny, amniotic egg, milk, nipple, navel, placental mammal, marsupial, monotreme
-Development of amniotic egg allowed move to land
-Shagreen (shark skin) once used as sandpaper |
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Starfish, sea cucumbers, urchins
Fragmentation
-Sea urchins can occur in large numbers, destroying kelp beds and coral reefs
-Sea urchins are harvested for gonads
-Sea cucumber is a delicacy in the orient |
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Gnetum, ephedra
vessels, tracheids
-One of the oldest medical plants
--Source of ephedrine |
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Moss
Capsule, operculum, protonema, gemmae
-Peat bog (most acidic environment on earth)
-Retains moisture and nutrients in ecosystem
-Pioneer species on bare soil
-Seed bed for higher plants
-Most abundant plant in polar ecosystem |
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Mollusks, octopi, squids, snails, clams
Trocophore larva, tentacles, nautilus
-Multibillion dollar seafood industry
-Pearls
-Bivalves filter water and cleanse aquatic ecosystems
-Tyranian purple was one of the most important trade goods in ancient world |
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True ferns
Sorus, indusium, prothallus, zygote, sporophyte, archegonia, antheridia, fiddlehead
-Garden/florist industry
-Herbal remedies
-Edible fiddleheads |
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Rotifers
Parthogenesis
-Hypodermic injection |
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Club fungi
Basidium, basidiospores, basidiocarps
-Agricultural pests
-Psychoactive drugs
-Edible
-Most important fungi in forest
-Digests wood |
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Flowering Plants (flowers, deciduous trees)
Ovary wall, animal pollination, fruit dispersal, flower, sepals, petals, stamen, anther, filament, carpel, pistil, stigma, style, heterosporous, embryo sac, pollen sac, tube nucleus, sperm nucleus, double fertilization, endosperm
-Food
-Wood
-Oils
-Drugs/medicine
-Floral industry |
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Roundworms
copulatory hook
-Cause $5 billion in crop damage each year
-Harmful parasitic species
-Aerate soil by tullening
-Recycle bacteria/fungi into animal tissue
-Worm on stick, symbol of veterinary profession |
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Sac fungi
ascus, budding, ascospores, conidiophore, conidia
-Lichens secrete acid to dissolve rocks
-Truffles sell for lots, delicacy
-Infects rye/grains
-Induces labor
-Natural source of LSD
-Medicine |
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Glomus
Mycorrhizae
-Ecologically important, forms endomycorrhizae on tree roots
-Grow rapidly over a large volume of soil and bring nutrients to plant roots |
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Conifers (pine trees, evergreens)
Seed cones, pollen cones, microspores, megaspores, micropyle, pollen grain, megasporangium
-Seeds source of food for wildlife
-Lumber
-Pitch, tars, resins
-Turpentine
-Jewelry waterproofing
-Ships
-CHRISTMAS TREES! |
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Whisk ferns
Sporangium (bright yellow)
-Common greenhouse weeds |
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Flatworms
Proglottids, hypodermic injection, transverse fission
-Chinese liver fluke, infects 20 mil. East Asians
-Causes jaundice, liver cnacer
-Sistosomiasis infects 200 mil. in tropics
-Causes anemia, diarrhea, brain damage |
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Chytrids
zoospore
-Black wart disease
-Parasitical chytrids on potatoes
-Aid in decomposition of tough materials
-Found in gut of herbivores to help digest plant fibers |
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Cycads
Pollen sac, microsporangiate cone, megasporangiate cone
-Ornamental
-Lives 1,000 years or more
-Sago flour from cycad stems/palms popular in India, Japan, Sri Lanka
-Starchy roots |
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Club moss
Strobilus, sporophylls, gametophytes, cone
-Coal deposits |
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Sponges
Choanocytes, amoebocytes
-Sold as bath sponges
-Sponge diving |
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Insects, arachnids, crustaceans
Sexual dimorphism, nauplius larvae, pheromones, simple/complete metamorphosis, pedipalps, molt
-Diseases (Rocky Mtn. Spotted Fever)
-Ticks/mites
-Seafood industry
-Pollination
-Converts plants to animal tissue |
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Bread molds
Molds, zygospore, stolon, rhizoid, spores
-Bread mold |
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True worms, earthworms, leeches
Clitellum, cocoon
-Earthworms aerate soil, used as bait
-Leeches drain blood clots, reduce swelling
-Used to get rid of "bad blood" in Olde Tyme |
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Gingko biloba
Pollen tube, microsporangia, megasporangia
-Bonsai trees
-Ancient Chinese medicine
-Popular today for herbal remedies |
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