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Name the common invertebrate types |
Sponges Cnidarians Worms Molluscs Arthropods Echnioderms |
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Phylum Porifera |
Cellular grade organism Colonial Use flagella to create current Benthic Suspension feeders |
Sponges |
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Phylum Cnidaria |
Tissue grade organisms Predators Sea jellies, corals, sea anenomes |
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Name examples of hard and soft shell corals |
Class: gorgonians Soft: sea fans, whips, pens Hard: staghorn, elkhorn |
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Phylum Ctenophora |
"Comb jellies" Planktonic when juvanile Nektonic when mature Predators No stinging cells Bioluminescent |
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Phylum Mollusca (class: gastropoda) |
Sea snails: herbivore, shell designs on central axis, no chambers or dividers Cone snails: predator, large, use venomus harpoon to kill prey Snail (nudibranch): no shell, breathe through skin |
Sea slugs and sea snails |
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Phylum Mollusca (class: Bivalvia) |
Clams Benthic Suspension feeders Can burrow into sediment Can ive in brackish conditions |
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Sea jellies (phyla cnidaria) |
Class: scyphozoans Nektonic or planktonic Kill prey using nematocytes |
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Name a type of clam |
Tridacna gigas, Indo-specific giant clam |
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Phylum Mollusca (class: chephalopoda) |
Nautilus: up to 80 tentacles, Body altered to fit in chambered shell, uses gas pressure to change buoyancy Cuttlefish: highly developed eyes, skin contains chromatophore to change colors Squid: 8 arms, 2 tentacles Octopus: 8 arms with sucker disks, no skeleton |
Octopus, nautilus, squid |
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Sea stars (enchinoderms) |
Benthic carnivores Can regrow arms |
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Sea urchins (enchinoderms) |
Benthic Eat algae and slow moving animals |
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Phylum arthropoda (subphylum: crustacea) |
Range of feeding strategies Nektonic or benthic, plantonic as juveniles Important food source for humans EXAMPLES: Crabs Lobster Crayfish Shrimp Krill Barnacles |
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Sea lillies (enchinoderm) |
Eat plankton and marine snow |
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Phylum echinodermata |
Sea stars, urchines, sea cucumbers and sea lillies Radial symmetry (aranged around a center point" Hydraulic system for locomotion, food & waste transportation, respiration |
"Spiny skin" |
