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Super Groups (6) |
Excavata Chromalveolata Rhizaria Archaeplastida Amoebozoa Opisthokonta |
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Animal Kingdom Super Group |
Opisthokonta |
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Alternate term for Animal Kingdom |
Metazoa |
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Major Animal Phyla (10) |
Porifera Ctenophora Cnidaria Platyhelminthes Mollusca Annelida Nematoda Arthropoda Echinodermata Chordata |
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Functional Morphology |
The study of relationships between structure and function |
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Ecology |
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment |
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What are 4 major Protozoan groups |
Ameobozoa Ciliophora Dinozoa Choanozoa |
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What are the organisms found in these protozoan phyla? Amoebozoa Ciliophora Dinozoa Choanozoa |
Amoebozoa: Amoeba Ciliophora: Paramecia Dinozoa: Dinoflagellates Choanozoa: Choanoflagellates |
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Excavata |
Supergroup for protists that have a feeding groove that excavates |
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Chromalveolata |
Super group of Dinoflagellates, Diatoms, & Cilliates |
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Rhizaria |
Supergroup of protists with needle like pseudopodia |
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Archaeplastida |
Super group of red & green algae and land plants |
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Amoebozoa |
Super group of amoeboid protists |
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Opisthokanta |
Super group for kingdoms anamalia, choanoflagellates, and fungi |
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What are the 3 functional characteristics of protozoans? |
Eukaryotic Unicellular Heterotrophic (free living & parasitic) |
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Convergent Evolution |
Different organisms evolve similar traits because they are under similar pressures |
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Sister Group |
Directly adjacent taxonomic group on the tree of life |
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Only Species of Phylum Placozoa |
Trichoplax adhaerens |
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3 grades of Kingdom Animalia |
Parazoa Mesozoa Eumetazoa |
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Define Parazoa and give characteristics |
"Animal like" does not have true tissues Contains phylum: Placazoa & Porifera |
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What is Mesozoa. What type of organisms compose this grade? |
An obscure phyla containing marine parasites |
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Define Eumetazoa. What is found in this grade? |
True animals Composed of true tissues All other animals |
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What phylum are sponges in? |
Porifera |
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3 Classes of Porifera |
Hexactinellida Demospongiae Calcarea |
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Porifera body forms (3) |
Asconoid Syconoid Leuconoid |
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Asexual Reproduction methods of Porifera (3) |
Budding Fragmentation Gemmule release |
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Gemmule |
Structures found in the body of the sponge; totepotent; released for asexual reproduction |
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Epifaunal Substrate |
A substrate on which multiple animals (faunal) can live on its surface (epi) |
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What is another name the major protozoan groups? |
Zooplankton |
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Bioluminescence |
When organisms produce and give off light either internally or through symbiotic relationships |
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Convergent Evolution |
Different organisms evolve similar traits because they are under similar pressures |
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Mixotrophic Species |
Organisms are both hetero and autotrophic |
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Only species of Phylum Placozoa |
Trichoplax adhaerens |
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Sponge cell types |
Choanocyte - move nutrients into sponge body Pinacocyte - "skin" cell Porocyte - create pores of sponge walls Amoebocyte - distribute nutrient throughout the sponge body Archeocyte - can morph into amoebocyte or reproductive cell |
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Hydrostatic Skeleton |
Fluid filled sacks throughout the body surrounded by muscles to allow for movement |
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4 Components of a Hydrostatic Skeleton |
Fluid sacks Longitudinal muscles Circular muscles Ciliated Siphonoglyphs |
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Ciliated syphonoglyph |
Openings along the gastro ventricular cavity to replace skeletal fluid |
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3 body forms of Ctenophores |
Bell Ribbon Flattened |
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Statolith |
Direction organ found in ctenophores |
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3 tissues types |
Endoderm Mesoderm Ectoderm |
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Endoderm |
Makes up respiratory and digestive tissue |
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Ectorderm |
Makes up outer covering and nervous tissue |
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Mesoderm |
Makes up muscular, circulatory, and skeletal tissue |
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Cnidarian Classes (6) |
Cubazoa Scyphazoa Anthozoa Hydrozoa Staurozoa Myxozoa |
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Mesoglea |
Nonliving tissue layer containing hydrostatic skeleton of cnidarians |
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Coenosarc |
Connective tissue between polyps in a colony |
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Coevolution |
Closely associated species evolve traits in response to each others evolution |
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Life cycle of Cnidarian Jelly |
Adult Medusa Egg & sperm Planula planktonic larvae Polyp Scyphistoma polyp Strobila polyp Ephyra (young medusa) |
