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phylum & classes
Marine Biology phylum and classes volcabulary test review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| invertebrates with nematocysts and radial symmetry | cnidaria |
| a phylum containing sponges | porifera |
| animals without a backbone | invertebrate |
| a skeleton that forms the external surface of an animal | exoskeleton |
| a type of asexual reproduction by which a separate, new individual is produced from a small outgrowth | budding |
| the bell-shaped, free-swimming stage of cnidarians | medusa |
| invertebrates with a soft, unsegmented body, a muscular foot, and with some exceptions, a calcareous shell | mollusca |
| not having any symmetry | asymmetrical |
| the cylindrical typically attached stage of cnidarians | polyp |
| invertebrates with five-way radial symmetry and a water vascular system | echinodermata |
| the arangement of body parts in such a way that there are only two identical halves, with different anterior and posterior ends and dorsal and ventral surfaces | bilateral symmetry |
| the stinging structure of cnidarians | nematocyst |
| the regular arrangement of similar body parts around a central axis | radial symmetry |
| a network of water filled canals in echinoderms used in location and food-gathering | water vascular system |
| invertebrates that display an elongate body with distinct segmentation and a digestive tract that lies in a coelom | annelida |
| invertebrates that have jointed appendages and a chitinous, segmented exoskeleton | arthropoda |
| the outer layer of tissue that secretes the shell of molluscs | mantle |
| they are an animal that live in close association with other animals and feed on their tissues, blood, or intestinal contents | parasites |
| octopuses, squids, and other molluscs that possess a foot modified into arms that surround the head | cephalopoda |
| clams, mussels, and other molluscs that possess a two-year valved shell, filtering gills and a shovel-like foot | bivalvia |
| snails and other molluscs that typically possess a coiled dorsal shell and a ventral creeping foot | gastropoda |
| fishes with a skeleton made mostly of bone; they also have opercula and fin rays. | bony fish |
| fishes with a skeleton made of cartilage: sharks, rays, skates, and ratfishes | cartilaginous fish |
| invertebrates that have joined appendages and a segmented skeleton | arthropoda |
| a phylum of invertebrates that comprises of flatworms | platyhelminthes |