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2014 Mr. Halls Aquatics Science Final Review

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Coelenterata   phylum name that means "hollow gut"  
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Cnidaria   phylum name for jellyfish & corals - means stinging animal  
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ectoderm   embryologic cell layer -will make skin, bones and nerves -epidermis  
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endoderm   embryologic cell layer - makes gut and assoc. organs - gastrodermis  
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mesoglea   middle jellylike layer in jellyfish  
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acoelomate   animal without a body cavity  
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polyp   sessile, colonial, asexual immature  
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medusa   mobile, solitary, sexual - missing in Anthozoa  
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velum   inner collar of tissue in Hydromedusa  
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Hydrozoa   class of Cnidariams that include fresh water forms  
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alternation of generation   changing of body form during life cycle  
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siphonophora   floating Hydorzoan colonies  
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Portuguese M-o-war   floating colony - dangerous  
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nematocycst   stinging cell  
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cnidocil   modified flagella- acts as trigger for nematocyst  
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penetrant   carries poison - nematocyst  
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glutinent   type of nematocyst that sticks  
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Scyphozoa   true jellyfish, class name - emphasis on Medusa  
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Moon jelly   have horseshoe shaped gonads - Seyphozoan  
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oral arms   diagnostic for Schyphozoa- extensions of manubrium  
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Lion's mane   largest Cnidarian  
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ephyrae   immature jellyfish  
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strobila   young scyphozoan polyp - cut into medusa  
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planula   ciliated plankton form  
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Box Jelly   very dangerous jellyfish in Australia  
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radial -Radiata   body designed in a circle - filter feeding  
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Anthozoa   class name for Anemones and corals  
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zooxanthellae   common sadistic algae in coral tissue  
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mutualism   partnership where both organisms benefit  
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gorgonians   another name for soft corals  
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scleractinia   modern hard corals  
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alcyonaria   soft corals  
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Ctenophora   comb jellies  
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colloblast   sticky cell in comb jellies  
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comb plates   fixed rows of cilia provide movement for ctenophores  
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Bilateral   animals where mirror images down midline  
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Platyhelmenthes   phylum name for flat worms  
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Nemertina   ribbon worms - colorful  
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proboscis   food capturing device in ribbon worms  
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Permian   geologic period of mass extinction. Pangean formed  
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Rotifera   phylum name for wheel worms - have twin bands of cilia  
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Bryozoa   lace or moss animals - tiny polyp like filter feeders, encrust shells  
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Brachiopoda   lamp shells, one shell larger than the other - look like clams  
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lophophore   circlet of tentacles  
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Annelida   phylum name for segmented worms - probably gave rise to Arthropods  
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ppolychaeta   class name for marine annelids- largest group  
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parapodia   fleshy appendages on each segment in Polychaetes - movement  
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Arthropoda   largest phylum - means "jointed leg"  
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cephalothorax   characteristic of crustacean - head and thorax joined  
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Trilobite   most primitive Arthropod - extinct  
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ecdyasis (molting)   shedding of old exoskeleton  
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chitin   polysaccharide that make exoskeleton  
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mesoderm   embryologic cell layer that makes muscle  
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wampum   toothshells - used as $$ for/by Indians  
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plankton net   catches plankton  
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Gastropoda   class name for snails - means "stomach foot"  
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aperature   opening to a snail shell  
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Blue-ringed octopus   very poisonous  
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Echinoidea   class name for sea urchins, sand dollars  
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hermaphrodism   both sexes in one body  
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madreporite   filter for water vascular system  
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torsion   twisting of snails body  
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Scaphopoda   class name for tooth shells - Dentalium  
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Asteroidea   class name for sea stars  
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foot   muscular appendage of molluscs - reason for their success  
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telson   tail of crustacea  
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krill   small crustacean, light organs, split legs - food for baleen whales  
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Crown of thorns   eat corals, starfish  
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female   crab with wide abdominal flap  
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aboral   upper surface of seastar  
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octopus   most intelligent invertrebrate - master of camoflauge  
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water vascular system   system of tube feel in Echinoderms  
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nauplius   planktonic larve of most crustacea  
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squid   largest invertebrate  
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dextral   snail shell that opens to the right  
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Decapoda   class name of crustacean with 10 legs  
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Cephalochordata   chordate with a head  
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deuterstomes   embryonic development where blastopore becomes anus  
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Mollusca   2nd largest phylum - soft bodies  
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Pelecypoda (Bivalvia)   class name for clams  
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Cambrian   geologic period where Echinoderms, Arthrobods, Molluscs, Chordates appeared  
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theca   main body region of an Echinoderm  
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hollow dorsal nerve cord   characteristic of Chordates - retained throughout life  
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opisthosoma   back half of body of chelicerate (spider)  
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mantle   tissue that secretes shell in molluscs - multicolored in giant clam  
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ambulacral   groove or plate where tube feet are located  
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sinistril   snail shell that opens to the left  
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fiddler   male crab with one large claw  
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notochord   chordate characteristic - ling rod-like structure  
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copepods   microscopic crustacean - imp. 2nd order consumers in ocean  
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choncologist   a person who studies shells  
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nudibranchs   shell-less marine snails - often brightly colored  
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pentamerous   5 part radial symmetry  
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neotony   condition in nature where the immature form becomes reproductive  
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radula   rasping tongue of snails  
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heterocercal   type of tail fins of sharks where vertebra goes to end  
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lateral line   series of organs on side of fish sensitive to vibration  
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Urochordata   phylum of sea squirts - chordate characteristics in larva only  
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lobe-finned (Sarcopterygia)   believed to give rise to amphibians 1:2:5 bone  
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Cetacea   whales and dolphins  
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ray-finned (Actinopterygia)   modern fish overlapping scales  
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endothermic homoiotherm   warm bloodedness  
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palatoquadrate   upper movable jaw of shark  
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Agnatha   jawless fish - includes lamprey  
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Chondricthyes   jaws; class of sharks and rays  
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Osteichthyes   bony fish  
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Cephalization   having a head  
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Busycon perversum pulleyi   the lightning whelk. Texas state shell  
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Echinodermata   phylum name means "spiny skin"; includes the sea star  
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1:2:5   bone formula of terrestrial vertebrates  
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3 semicicular canal   this sense organ in 3 directions; allows for better sensing in a pelagic lifestyle  
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Amniotic   type of egg that allowed reptiles to move on land  
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Amphibians   Tertrapods:first vertebrates to come on land; had functional limbs; reproduce in water  
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Ampulla of lorenzini   sensory pits found in snout of sharks used in electro-perception  
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Aves   name for birds  
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Baleen   a sieve-plate used by largest whales to strain food  
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Blue Whale   largest animal that every lived  
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Coelocanth   type of lobe-finned fish that was thought to be extinct and was caught off coast of Africa  
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Echo location   method used by Cetaceans in which sound helps them find food  
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Gap & suck   type of feeding used by Telosteans  
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Great White   largest meat-eating shark  
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Keel   name of extensions of the sternum of birds that allows for better muscle attachment  
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Kemp's ridley   small sea turtle spawns during the day and is most endangered species of sea turtle  
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Manatee   friendly sea mammal is found in Florida and is endangered by boat propellers: also called sea cow  
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Melon   large organ located in front of cranium in dolphins; used to help focus sound waves  
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Mystacoceti   family name of Baleen whales  
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Oil-filled liver   sharks are buoyed by this organ  
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Pinnipeds   name of groupo of fin-footed; includes the seal  
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Placoderm   extinct group of heavily armored jawed fishes; first true ossified bones  
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Placoid   scales that sharks have - similar to teeth  
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Porpoise   smallest Cetacean that has flattened teeth and no snout  
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Reptiles   first true terrestrial vertebrates; had amniotic egg; scales on skin and internal fertilization  
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Right whale   whale is considered very endangered; was at one time considered to be the whale of choice because it was easy to kill and it floated when dead  
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Spiricle   opening behind the skull of sharks and rays that allows for water passage  
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Swim bladder   gas filled organ used for buoyancy in bony fish; believed to have given rise to lungs in terrestrial amphibians  
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Temporal fenestra   opening in skull that allowed for better attachment of jaw muscle  
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Whale shark   largest fish (plankton feeder)  
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