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Phylum Cnidaria: “ stinging cell ” Hollow gut- (coel) On earth- since 670 MYA radial symmetry Germ Layers: 2 epidermal (ectoderm) gastrodermal (endoderm) NO ORGAN SYSTEMS Segmentation: none Movement: sessile or motile Have tentacles - stinging cells (cnidocyts) found on tentacles
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Structures: One body opening ( mouth ) for food to enter and wastes to exit Gastrovascular cavity : interior cavity where food is digested & nutrients are circulated around the body Nerve net : net of nerves that allow impulses to travel around the body, senses the environment NEMATOCYSTS thread cells used to capture prey (attach like barbs) Label the hydra on your notes! http://www.arkive.org/common-jellyfish/aurelia-aurita/video- 10.html
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Nervous: Cephalization absent; Nerve Net-conducts impulses Skeleton: Hydrostatic- water pressure maintains shape Respiration: Oxygen diffuses into body from water Digestion: one body opening for food & wastes Excretion : simple diffusion into water Circulation: GVC- gastrovascular cavity Reproduction: asexual and sexual, alternation of generations
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Polyp : body with tentacles facing upward, sessile Ex: hydra, sea anemone video polyp predation video polyp predation Medusa : body with tentacles hanging downward, motile Ex: jellyfish
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Asexually : by budding Sexually : in medusa form only, sperm and eggs are released into water (fertilized egg zygote larva adult) Thousands of gametes are released at a time
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Video: medusa releasing from polyp
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basal disc: sticky structure at the bottom of polyp ; sessile Epidermis Mesoglea Gastroderm Mesoglea Gastrovascular cavity Mouth/anus Tentacles Mouth/anus Gastrovascular cavity Polyp Medusa
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› Epidermis - outer covering (ectoderm) › Mesoglea - middle non-living jelly-like layer › gastrovascular cavity (endoderm) 9
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1. Hydrozoa:fresh water and marine, polyp and medusa present ex. Hydra, man-o-war, Obelia 2. Scyphozoans: cup- large jellyfish ex. box 3. Anthozoans: flower -all marine -polyps only Ex: corals, sea anemone Riches of the sea
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Freshwater & marine. Medusa and polyp colonies which appear to be one organism- different types of polyps work together to serve the entire colony E x: Hydra, Obelia, GonionemusHydra Physalia ( portuguese-man-of-war) 37:40 Ocean Drifters Asexual repro.-budding. Sexual repro. via gametes 11
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Scyph= “cup” Large- Tentacles up to 70 meters in length All marine Independent medusa forms Lack polyp stage or have for a very short time Ex. Box jellyfish 12
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ANTHO=“flower” All polyps-Medusa stage absent Solitary or colonial Some produce protective skeletons All Marine Ex. Sea anenomes, corals 13
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14 Video jewel anenome
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15 MouthMouth TentaclesTentacles PharynxPharynx SeptumSeptum Gastrovascular cavity
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Protective skeleton of calcium carbonate Polyp retracts when not feeding 17
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Formed over thousands of years from successive layers of coral skeleton deposits (calcium carbonate forms underwater mountains of coral animal skeletons) The underwater equivalent of the amazon jungle- very high species diversity and biomass Reefs contain sponges, colonial hydrozoans, anemones, many varieties of coral, fish, many types of worms we’ve not discussed, not to mention bryozoans, ctenophores, protists, bacteria, etc etc.. 24
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25 Coral Reef Ecosystem Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Photo © McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Barry Barker, Photographer
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26 Anthozoa ScyphozoaCubozoa Hydrozoa Radial symmetry, cnidocytes, planula larva Septa divide gastrovascular cavity Medusa cuboidal Polyp stage reduced Loss of medusa
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