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Ecology/ Evolution
invertebrate vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| spongocoel | central cavity into which water flows through sponge |
| oscula | openings out of which water is expelled |
| epithelial cells | cover outer body; some modified to become porocytes |
| choanocytes (aka collar cells) | maintain feeding current |
| mesohyl | jellylike matrix holding cells together in sponge |
| amoebocytes | digest and distribute nutrients; make reproductive cells |
| spicules | skeletal elements of a sponge |
| mode of reproduction in a sponge | asexual budding or sexual sperm and egg |
| define eumetoszoa | true tissues |
| name the phylum of anemones, corals ad hydras | cnidaria |
| are cnidarians radial or bilateral? diplo or triploblastic | radial and diploblastic |
| name cnidarians' two tissue layers | epidermis and gastrodermis. both layers have filaments that behave as primitive muscles and nerves |
| mesoglea | gelatinous substance that holds tissues together |
| cnidocytes | special cells at tips of tentacles that have poisonous barbs for capturing prey |
| what class are obelia, hydra and portuguese man-o-war in? | hydrozoza |
| what class are jellies, sea wasp and sea nettle in? | scyphozoa |
| what class are box jellies in? | cubazoa |
| what class are coral and anemonies in? | anthozoa |