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soft-bodied, boneless water animals
mollusks
used by mollusks for locomotion
visceral hump
skin-like organ which covers a mollusk's visceral hump
mantle
univalves like snails, slugs, and whelks
gastropods
clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops
bivalves
squid, octopi, cuttlefish, chambered nautilus
cephalophods
name for edible clams, scallops, oysters, and clams
shellfish
three layers of a bivalve's shell
hornlike outer layer, crystalline middle layer, pearly inner layer
substance which forms the pearly layer
nacre
sheets of nacre built up around a foreign object
pearl
connects the two shells of a bivalve
adductor muscles
chamber in which a bivalve's gills are located
mantle cavity
takes water into the mantle cavity
incurrent siphon
passes water out of the mantle cavity
excurrent siphon
gastropods without shells
slugs
marine slugs
nudibranches
rough, file-like organ in the univalves' mouth that scrapes food and carries it into the digestive tract
radula
largest invertebrate
giant squid
cephalopod with eight tentacles studded with suction cups
octopus
only cephalopod with an external shell
nautilus
spiny-skinned animals
echinoderms
complex system of water-filled tubes throughout an echinoderm's body
water-vascular system
name for starfish arms
rays
found at the end of each starfish ray
eyespot
found on the underside of starfish rays, used for holding, moving, and opening the shells of prey
tube feet
center of starfish
central disk
microscopic invertebrates found in freshwater lakes and ponds
rotifers
number of cells in a rotifer
500-1000
eggs that can reproduce without fertilization
parthenogenic
stinging cells
cnidocytes
used by coelenterates to capture prey
tentacles
used by coelenterates to incapacitate or kill prey
stinging cells
two layers of cells in a coelenterate's body
ectoderm, endoderm
jellylike middle layer in a coelenterate
mesoglea
two body forms a coelenterate might have
polyp, medusa
cylindrical body type which is sessile and has an upward-facing mouth
polyp
free-swimming, umbrella-shaped body type with a downward-facing mouth
medusa
small freshwater coelenterate
hydra
free-swimming coelenterate with medusa body structure
jellyfish
large marine coelenterates with poly body
sea anemone
a colonial coelenterate
coral
vast limestone structures formed from the limestone cup at the base of coral
coral reef
always grow attached to some object in the water
sponges
the only multicellular animals which do not have at least a rudimentary nervous system
sponges
body opening or mouth in sponge
osculum
opening in sponge through which water leaves
excurrent pore
opening in sponge through which water enters
incurrent pore
inner layer of cells which line body cavity in the sponge
collar cells
crystalline support structures of the sponge
spicules
cylindrical bodies which are divided into many consecutive ringlike segments
segmented worms
common segmented worms
earthworms, sea worms, leeches
divides segments in segmented worms
septum
bristles on earthworms
setae
earthworm's 10 hearts
aortic arches
order of digestive tract for earthworm
prostomium, pharynx, esophagus, crop, gizzard, intestine, anus
earthworm's important role for soil
waste enriches soil, tunnels aerate soil and improve water drainage
coiled excretory tubes open at both ends that function like tiny kidneys
nephridia
largest class of segmented worms
sea worms
fleshy lobes on body segments of sea worm
parapodia
segmented worms with somewhat flattened bodies and suction disks at each end of their body
leeches
wormlike animals with flattened bodies
`flatworms
free-living flatworms which live as scavengers in ponds, streams, and lakes
planarians
light-sensitive parts of planarian's nervous system
eyespots
expels solid wastes from planarian
excretory pores
parasitic flatworms which live as parasites within snails, and later within man and domestic animals
flukes
most familiar fluke
sheepliver fluke
liver disease caused by fluke, gotten by eating raw or improperly cooked seafood
clonorchiasis
parasitic flatworms that live in their host's intestines
tapeworms
head of a tapeworm
scolex
nonsegmented animals with long, slender bodies covered by a thin cuticle
roundworms
four parasitic roundworms which affect man
filaria worm, trichina worm, hookworm, ascaris worm
swelling caused by lymph vessels blocked by filaria worms
elephantiasis
parasitic roundworms that live in the host's instestine and suck its blood
hookworm
disease caused by trichina worm, usually gotten by eating improperly cooked pork
trichinosis
tiny animal-like single-celled creatures
protozoa
thickened membrane which acts as a cell wall in a euglena
pellicle
whiplike filament which a euglena has
flagellum
the way a euglena moves (by changing body shape)
euglenoid movement
a euglena's asexual method of reproduction
binary fission
insect which transmits a parasitic flagellate to humans
tsetse fly
disease caused by tsetse fly
African sleeping sickness
protozoa with flexible bodies and the ability to change shape
sarcodines
most common sarcodine
amoeba
fingerlike projections an amoeba pushes out to move and uses to eat
pseudopods
parasitic sickness common where there is no sanitation
amoebic dysentery
protozoans that have calcium carbonate shells around them
foraminifera
protozoa with silica shells
radiolaria
hairlike projections on paramecium
cilia
large nucleus of a paramecium
macronucleus
small nucleus of a paramecium
micronucleus
outer layer of paramecium
cortex or ectoplasm
inner layer of paramecium
endoplasm
thick cell membrane of paramecium
pellicle
dartlike structures which a paramecium shoots out for protection or feeding
trichocysts
mouth cavity of paramecium
oral groove
where undigested food particles exit a paramecium
anal pore
two ways paramecia reproduce
fission, conjugation
spore-forming protozoa
sporozoans
one of the most common infectious diseases, caused by a sporozoa
malaria