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25 Cards in this Set
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Leuconoid |
Most complex and most common sponge body form in which choanocytes lie in distinct chambers |
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Spicules |
Needle like structures that make up the skeleton of many sponges |
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Gemmules |
Internal buds which can help sponges survive harsh conditions; type of asexual reproduction |
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Redwood |
The giant barrel reef sponge is nicknamed “ Of the reef” |
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Ostia |
Name for the pores on a sponge |
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Mesophyl |
The jelly like extra cellular matrix of a sponge |
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Asymmetry |
Sponges have this type of symmetry |
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Sessile |
Adult sponges cannot move and therefore are |
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Asconoid |
The simplest sponge body form in which choanocytes lie in a large chamber called the spongocoel |
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Calcarea |
Class of sponges in which the spicules have three or four rays |
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Planula |
Motile larva of a jellyfish |
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Nematocysts |
The most common type of cnidae |
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Box jelly |
Most venomous animal in the world |
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strobilation |
process in which a polyp can produce many medusae |
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mesoglea |
the extracellular matrix that acts like glue between the two body layers; the 'jelly' of a jellyfish |
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sea wasp |
nickname for chironex fleckeri |
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lions mane |
the largest known species of jellyfish |
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cnidocil |
the nematocyst sensor which triggers the filament to pop out |
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Dimorphism |
Term referring to organisms with two different body forms |
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Sea turtles |
Common predators of jellyfish |
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Radial |
Sea anemones have this type of symmetry |
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Umbo |
The oldest part of the bivalve shell |
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Valve |
Another term for mollusks shell |
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Medusa |
Body form of free swimming jellyfish |
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Head foot |
The term cephalopod means this |
