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Lecture 10
Animal Traits, Sponges & Cnidarians
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Heterotrophs | Cannot make their own food so they must ingest food. |
| Parazoa | Lacks tissue(s). |
| Eumatazoa | Has tissue(s). |
| Endoderm | Innermost layer of tissue in an animal embryo. |
| Ectoderm | Outermost layer of tissue in an animal embryo. |
| Mesoderm | The layer that occurs between the two layers, ectoderm and endoderm. |
| Spicules | The middle layer of cells in the sponge secrete these to create a fibrous skeleton. |
| Polyp | Body shape of Cnidarians that is attached to something and where the mouth is pointing upward. |
| Medusa | Body shape of Cnidarians that is unattached and floating and where the mouth is pointing downward. |
| Nematocyst | Cnidarians can paralyze their prey with a toxin located at the tip of this. |
| Hermaphrodites | Most sponges are this where they produce both the sperm and the eggs. |
| Protostomes | First opening is the mouth. |
| Deuterostomes | First opening is the anus. |
| Radial | Jellyfishes have this type of symmetry. |
| Bilateral | Humans and insects have this type of symmetry. |
| Asymmetrical | Sponges have this type of symmetry. |