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Marine Biology Invertebrates
Study for Invertebrate test
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12th Grade
03/28/2011

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Phylum Porifera
Definition
Pore Bearers
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Porifera
Definition
Cells are dependent on each other but do not form tissue
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Porifera
Definition
Structurally the simplest multicultural animal
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Porifera
Definition
Sessile, do not move, permanently attached to bottom or other surface
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Porifera
Definition
Suspension filter feeders because they filter food particles that are suspended in the water.
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Ostia
Definition
tiny pore that allows water of plankton to enter. Then circulates through a series of canal
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Porocyte
Definition
Pore cell, microscopic canal for which water enters
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Pinacocytes
Definition
Flat cell that covers the outer surface
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Choanocytes
Definition
collar cell that traps food particles and the flagellum creates currents
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Osculum
Definition
the large opening on the top of the sponge from which the water leaves
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Spicules
Definition
helps the sponge get larger by giving the sponge support
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Spongin
Definition
the elastic fibers that make up protein
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Amebocytes
Definition
cells in charge of emitting the sponging and spicules
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polyp
Definition
sac like stage with the mouth and tentacles facing upwards
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medusa
Definition
Bell shaped, upside down polyp adapted for swimming
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Gastrodermis
Definition
lining of the gut
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Mesoglia
Definition
gelatinous inner layer
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Class Hydrozoa
Definition
Feathery or bushy colonies that attach to shells and seaweeds
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Class Scyphozoa
Definition
larger jellies that have a large medusa
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Class Anthozoa
Definition
Solitary or colonial polyps that lack a medusa stage
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Behavior of Cnidarians
Definition
Lack of brain or true nerves (have nerve net), Medusa has statocysts that give it a sense of balance
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Phylum Ctenophora
Definition
comb jellies
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
Definition
Flatworms
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Platyhelminthes
Definition
Simplest animals in which tissues are organized into real organs and then organ systems
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Phylum Nemertea
Definition
Ribbon Worms
Term
Phylum Annelida
Definition
Segmented Worms
Term
Phylum Sipuncula
Definition
Peanut Worms
Term
Phylum Echiura
Definition
Soft unsegmented sausages that are buried in the mud or coral
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Phylum Mollusca
Definition
Mollusks – snails, clams, octopuses
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Mantle
Definition
the layer of the throat that secretes the shell and covers the soft body (mollusca)
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The foot
Definition
locomotion (movement)
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Radula
Definition
unique to mollusks, ribbon of small teeth used to feed by rasping food from surfaces
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Class Gastropoda
Definition
largest and most common of mollusks
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Class Bivalvia
Definition
Clams, mussels, oysters
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Class Cephalopoda
Definition
octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes
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Class Polyplacophora
Definition
Live on shallow hard bottoms and feed on algae with radula
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Phylum Arthropoda
Definition
Segmented bodies, jointed appendages, bilateral symmetry, exoskeletons that molt
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Subphylum Crustacea
Definition
barnacles, shrimps, lobsters, crabs
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Phylum Ectoprocta
Definition
Colonies that secrete skeletons of various shapes
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Phylum Phoronida
Definition
Colonies, wormlike, build tubes
Term
Phylum Braciopoda
Definition
Lampshells
Term
Phylum Chaetognatha
Definition
Arrow worms
Term
Phylum Echinodermata
Definition
spiny skinned
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Class Asteroidea
Definition
Sea Stars (starfish)
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Class Ophiuroidea
Definition
Brittle stars
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Class Echinoidea
Definition
Sea Urchins, sand dollars
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Class Holothuroidea
Definition
Sea cucumbers
Term
Class Crinoidea
Definition
feather stars, sea lilies
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