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a rasping, tongue like organ that is found in all mollusks except bivalves |
radula |
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the largest known species of jellyfish |
lions mane jelly |
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another name for a mollusk shell |
valve |
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father of evolution, traveled studying organisms |
charles darwin |
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the free swimming larva that emerges from the egg in many mollusks |
trochophore |
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internal bids which can help sponges survive harsh conditions; a type of asexual reproduction |
gemmules |
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exit opening at the top of the sponge |
osculum |
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name for the middle layer of a mollusk shell |
prismatic |
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needle like structures that make up the skeleton of many sponges |
spicules |
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modified gills present in many aquatic mollusks; feathery or comb like structures used for respiration |
ctenidia |
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strong muscles which extend between the shelves to tightly hold a bivalves shell closed |
adductor |
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squid, octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish |
cephalopoda |
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the term mollusk means this |
soft |
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can not move |
sessile |
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sensory structures used for light reception |
ocelli |
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sea anemones have this type of symmetry |
radial |
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sponges have this type of symmetry |
asymmetry |
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things change over massive expanses of time due to random mutations |
evolution |
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the term gastropod means this |
“stomach foot” |
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nudibranchs, snails, slugs |
gastropoda |
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a membranous sheath of skin extending from the visceral mass that hangs down on each side of the body, protecting the soft parts |
mantle |
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the giant barrel sponge is nicknamed |
redwood of the reef |
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class of sponges in which the spicules have three or four rays |
Calcarea |
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the extra cellular matrix that acts like glue between the two body layers ; the jelly of a jellyfish |
mesoglea |
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type of asexual reproduction in which an individual divides in half as one side of the polyp pulls away from the other side |
fission |
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term referring to organisms with two different body forms |
dimorphism |
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the end result of strobilation |
ephyrae |
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the simplest form of a sponge |
asconoid |
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the simplest form of a sponge |
asconoid |
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biggest predator to jellyfish |
sea turtle |
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name for the pores on a sponge |
ostia |
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process in which a polyp can produce many medusae |
strobilation |
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type of asexual reproduction in which knobs of tissue form on the side of an existing polyp |
budding |
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nickname for chironex fleckeri |
sea wasp |
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can steal stinging cells; gastropod |
nudibranchs |
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the most common type of cnidae |
nematocysts |
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body form of a free swimming jellyfish |
medusa |
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head foot |
cephalopod |
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the most venomous animal in the world |
box jelly |
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cnidarian stinging cells |
cnidocytes |
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cnidarian stinging cells |
cnidocytes |
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animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
chitons |
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the large muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
foot |
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the large muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
foot |
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the oldest part of a bivalve shell |
umbo |
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the name porifera means this |
pore bearing |
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motile larva of a jellyfish |
planula |
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clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels |
bivalvia |
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organs that remove metabolic wastes from a mollusks body |
nephridia |
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the nematocyst sensor which triggers the filament to pop out |
cndocil |
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these ‘flowers of the sea’ form symbiotic relationships with clownfish and hermit crabs |
sea anemones |
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these flowers of the sea form symbiotic relationships with clownfish and hermit crabs |
sea anemone |
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what the giant turtle changed to after humans invaded the galapagos
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guava |
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the strongest survive through adaptations |
natural selection |
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the jellylike extracellular matrix of a sponge |
mesophyl |
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a power more amazing than the human mind created life as we know it |
creationism |
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most complex and most common sponge body form in which choanocytes lie in distinct chambers |
leuconoid |
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prokaryotic kingdom not known to cause any disease |
archaebacteria |
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this kingdom contains some members that can cause disease |
eubacteria |
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old spanish word for tortoise |
galapagos |
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mulitcellular eukaryotic kingdom |
plantae |
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chiton class
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polyplacophora |
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pore bearing |
porifera |
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nemopilema nomural |
nomuras jellyfish |
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cubozoa |
box jelly |
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jelly that stung the diver in the video |
irukandji |
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material which composes the inner layer of a mollusk shell |
nacre |
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having male and female reproductive systems |
dioecious |
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CD traveled for five years around the world studyiing organisms on the |
HMS Beagle |
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most venomous mollusk paralyzes prey |
cone snail |