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Chapter 26 Sponges & Cnidarians
Kingdom Animalia Chapter 26 Sponges & Cnidarians
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What is an Animal? Multicellular Eukaryotic Heterotrophic
Lack cell walls Sexual reproduction Movement (some) Specialization (some)
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2 main categories of Animals
Invertebrates: lack backbone or vertebral column. 95% of animals! Vertebrates: have a backbone of bone or cartilage. 5% of animals.
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What animals do to Survive!
There are 7 essential functions of animals: 1)Feeding: Herbivore = eats plants Carnivore = eats animals Omnivore = eats plants and animals Detritivore = feed on decaying organic material Filter Feeders = aquatic animals that strain food from water Parasite = lives in or on another organism (symbiotic relationship)
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2)Respiration: Take in O2 and give off CO2 Lungs, gills, through skin, simple diffusion
3)Circulation: Very small animals rely on diffusion Larger animals have circulatory system 4)Excretion: Primary waste product is ammonia Liquid waste
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5)Response: Receptor cells = sound, light, external stimuli Nerve cells => nervous system
6)Movement: Most animals are motile (can move) Muscles usually work with a skeleton 7)Reproduction: Most reproduce sexually = genetic diversity Many invertebrates can also reproduce asexually = to increase their numbers rapidly
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Trends in Animal Evolution
More complex animals tend to have: -high levels of cell specialization (Cells -->tissues -->organs --> organ systems) -bilateral symmetry -cephalization
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Body Symmetry With the exception of sponges, all animals exhibit some type of body symmetry.
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Cephalization Animals with bilateral symmetry usually display cephalization. Concentration of nerves in the front end (head) of body.
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Body Cavities (coelom)
Acoelomate Pseudocoelomate Coelomate Fluid-filled space that forms between the digestive tract and the outer wall of the body during development Can aid in movement and as a reservoir for transporting nutrients and wastes
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Sponges Phylum Porifera (pore bearing) Body Plan – no symmetry
acoelomate Filter feeding Some specialization of cells
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3 Main groups of Sponges 1)soft – internal skeleton made of protein spongin 2)calcareous – skeleton made of spicules containing CaCO3. 3)silicate – skeleton made of spicules containing silica (glass) Spicule = spike shaped structure
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Cnidarians Phylum Cnidaria Radial symmetry Acoelomate
Have stinging tentacles 2 body forms Medusa polyp
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Contain stinging cells called cnidocytes in their tentacles that contain coiled stingers called nematocysts that can shoot out & paralyze prey
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3 Classes of Cnidarians 1)Class Scyphozoa: Jellyfish
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2)Class Hydrozoa: hydras, Portuguese man-of-war
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3)Class Anthozoa: sea anemones & coral
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