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Plants undergo alternation of generations. T/F
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True
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Plants contain this for producing energy
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Chloroplasts
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What does an organism do if it undergoes alternation of generations?
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They have a diploid sporophyte, which produces spores, followed by a haploid gametophyte, which produces gametes.
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There are close to ____ different species of plants.
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300,000
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Plant classification is based mostly on what?
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Their degree of independence from water for reproduction and the stage (generation) that dominates most of their life cycle.
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Most plant chloroplasts are structured in this way
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Thylakoid membranes in stacks called grana, containing chlorophyll A and B.
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Plant storage sugar
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Starch
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Plant cell walls contain this
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Cellulose
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Plant cells multiply by this method
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Cytoplasmic division by cell plate formation
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Phragmoplast
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Forming in late cytokinesis, it is the beginning of the cell plate formation
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Liverworts
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D. Hepaticophyta
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Mosses
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D. Bryophyta
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Hornworts
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D. Anthocerophyta
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Non-vascular (Avascular) plants inhabit these areas
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Wetlands, marshes and other moist environments
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There are ____ known species of avascular plants
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35,000
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The sporophyte stage of avascular plants is _____ and dependent on the _____ for its nutritional needs.
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reduced, gametophyte
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Avascular plants reproduce this way
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asexual reproduction by fragmentation and spore dispersal
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Sexual reproduction in bryophytes requires what? Why?
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Water, so the flagellated sperm cell can swim successfully to the female reproductive organ and fertilize the egg.
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Seedless vascular plants are characterized by
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A large independent sporophyte, which is commonly visible. The gametophyte, while photosynthetic, is almost microscopic.
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Ferns
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D. Pterophyta
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Horsetails
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D. Sphenophyta
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Gametangium
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Organ or cell in which gametes are produced
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Antheridium
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Structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants which produce and contain spermatids or male gametes. Present in lower plants such as mosses and ferns.
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Sporangium
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Plant/fungal structure producing and containing spores. Occur in angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, mosses, algae and fungi.
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Archegonium
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Multicellular structure or organ in the gametophyte phase of certain plants producing and containing the ovum of the female gamete. Has a long neck and swollen base.
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These plants present overwhelming dominance of the sporophyte stage throughout their life cycles.
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Seeded vascular plants
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These plants show independence from water for reproduction
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Seeded vascular plants
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These plants sperm is not flagellated
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Seeded vascular plants
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Seeded vascular plants are divided into two major groups called
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Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
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Angiosperms have more than ____ species
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250,000
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These vascular plants have flowers
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Angiosperms
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These vascular plants have no flowers
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Gymnosperms
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Cotyledon
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Part of the embryo within the seed of a plant which usually becomes the first leaves of a seedling. Used to classify angiosperms by number of cotyledons, monocots (one) or dicots (two)
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Animals are divided into these major groups
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Vertebrates, Invertebrates
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These animals have an endoskeleton of cartilage or bone
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Vertebrates
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Animals are classified with these general traits
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-Levels of organization in adults
-Body symmetry in adult or larvae -Patterns of alimentary canal development -Number of germ layers -Presense/Absence of body cavity -Skeletal structures |
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Simplest organisms within the Kingdom Animalia are
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Porifera and Cnidaria
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These Animalia organisms exhibit limited tissue development and almost no organ organization
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Porifera and Cnidaria
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Members of Phylum _____ show well developed reproductive systems typical of parasitic species.
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Platyhelminthes
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This phylum contains sessile aquatic filter feeders without a distinct digestive system
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Phylum porifera
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These have asymmetric bodies made of a porous cell mass surrounding a hollow cavity called the spongocoel.
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Porifera
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Spongocoel
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hollow cavity found in porifera
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Water drawn into the pores of porifera by these
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choanocytes
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Choanocytes also known as
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collar cells
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In porifera, water leaves from the spongocoel through a large opening called ____ near the ____ end of the body.
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osculum, superior
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Body walls of porifera are supported by
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A skeleton of calcium carbonate crystals, silica spicules, or spongin (protein) fibers.
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There are approximately ____ species of described Porifera (sponges).
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9000
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This phylum is characterized by radial symmetry and the presence of only two well-defined layers: an outer epidermis and an inner gastrodermis.
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Cnidaria
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Cnidaria are characterized by
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Radial symmetry and two well-defined layers: an outer epidermis and an inner gastrodermis
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Mesoglea
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The non-cellular, jelly like region between the epidermis and gastrodermis of Cnideria
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There are more than ____ known species in Phylum Cnidaria.
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10,000
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Cnidocytes
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Stinging cells found in Cnidaria
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Planula
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Mobile larval stage of Cnidaria
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Cnidaria have two adult stages. Describe them
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Sessile polyp
Swimming medusa |
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Describe the digestive system of Cnidaria
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Has only one opening which acts as both a mouth and an anus
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In some cases this phylum has developed a rudimentary neuromuscular system for the first time among animals
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Cnidaria
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Cnidaria reproduce by
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Sexual reproduction and asexual budding
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Platyhelminthes have what kind of symmetry?
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Bilateral
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Platyhelminthes have what types of tissue layers
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endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm
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Describe the Platyhelminthes digestive system
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One sole opening, pharynx, which connects to a very well partitioned gastrovascular cavity.
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Platyhelminthes have more than ____ different species.
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20,000
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What forms are Platyhelminthes seperated into?
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Terrestial, aquatic, parasitic
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Describe the life cycle of a parasitic Platyhelminthes as far as its hosts.
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Parasitic Platyhelminthes will go through several intermediary hosts before successful infection of the final host.
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These phylum of worms is mostly parasitic.
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Phylum Nematoda
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Define pseudocoelomate
Which phylum is described by this? |
body cavity present, but not lined with the mesoderm.
Nematoda |
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What kind of symmetry do Nematoda have?
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Bilateral symmetry
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What kind of digestive system do Nematoda have?
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Tube inside the body with a mouth and anus at opposite ends.
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What kind of reproduction do Nematoda have?
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Mostly sexual
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Nematoda have more than ____ species.
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90,000
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Non-segmented roundworms are part of this Phylum
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Nematoda
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Non-segmented flatworms are part of this Phylum
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Platyhelminthes
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Jellyfish and allies are part of this Phylum
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Cnidaria
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Sponges are part of this Phylum
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Porifera
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Phylum Mollusca contains these organisms
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elephant-tusks
chitons clams snails octopuses |
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What kind of symmetry are Mollusca
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Bilateral Symmetry
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The body of Mollusca are divided into these major regions.
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Head, mantle, foot, visceral mass
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Many species of the Phylum ____ secrete a calcareous shell from the ____ as exoskeleton.
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Mollusca, mantle
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Most organisms in Phylum ____ have an open circulatory system with a three chambered heart.
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Mollusca
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In Mollusca, there is an oxygen carrying pigment called _____ which circulates in their _____.
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hemocyanin, hemolymph
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Mollusca mostly inhabit what kind of environment
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aquatic
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Elephant-tusks are part of this Phylum.
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Mollusca
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Chitons are part of this Phylum.
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Mollusca
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Clams are part of this Phylum.
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Mollusca
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Snails are part of this Phylum.
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Mollusca
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Octopuses are part of this Phylum.
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Mollusca
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Segmented worms are part of this Phylum
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Annelida
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Annelida have this type of symmetry
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Bilateral
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The structure of Annelida is
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A true coelom lined by mesodermic tissue, which holds a variety of well-developed organs in suspension and works as a hydrostatic endoskeleton.
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How are Annelida classified?
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-Presence of locomotion structures such as parapodia and seta
-Degree of cephalization -Life style |
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Annelids live in this kind of habitat.
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Mostly aquatic although some live in damp soils
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Hermaphroditic individuals are common in this Phylum.
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Annelids
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What genus are jellyfish?
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Gonionemus sp.
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What genus are corals?
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Gorgonia sp.
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What genus are flatworms?
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Planaria sp.
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What genus are man-o-war?
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Physalia sp.
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What genus are sponges?
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Grantia sp.
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What genus are liver fluke?
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Fasciola sp.
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What genus are tapeworms?
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Taenia sp.
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What genus are roundworms?
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Ascaris sp.
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What genus are squid?
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Loligo sp.
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What genus are clams?
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Mercenaria sp.
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What genus are sandworms?
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Nereis sp.
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What genus are earthworms?
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Lumbricus sp.
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What genus are leeches?
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Hirudo sp.
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What phylum is Marchantia sp. part of?
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D. Hepaticophyta (Liverworts)
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What phylum is Mnium sp. part of?
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D. Bryophyta (Mosses)
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