creating a complex invertebrate creature created by joan ......phylum cnidaria “knife-bearing”...
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Creating a Complex Invertebrate CreatureCreating a Complex Invertebrate CreatureCreated by Joan Turner
Marine Educator, Discovery Hall ProgramsDauphin Island Sea Lab
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Invertebrates
~ Animals without backbones
~ About 97% of all animals
~Arthropods (insects, crustaceans, arachnids) are the largest group –b t % f ll I t b tabout 75% of all Invertebrates
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Phylum PoriferaA couple of examples…….
Phylum Porifera“pore-bearing”
SPONGES
Distinguishing Characteristics:
•Lack true tissue – most primitive of multi-cellular animals•No organs•Cells loosely organized into layers
•Most have no definite shape – depends on substrate & environmental factorsenvironmental factors
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Lifestyle: sessile
Feeding mechanism: filter feeder~dependent on movement of water thru body
Defense strategy: release of toxic chemicals~To prevent fouling organisms from attachingp g g g~To prevent overcrowding on the reef
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Phylum Cnidaria“knife-bearing”
Hydras, Jellies, Anemones & Corals Moon Jelly
Distinguishing Characteristics: •Cnidocytes – (unique to the phylum) specialized •Cnidocytes (unique to the phylum) specialized cells that contain Cnidae – tiny capsules that contain a coiled tubule and venom. 2 types of
id N t t (t i ) & S i t ( ti k )cnidae: Nematocysts (toxic) & Spirocysts (sticky)
•Gut cavity – coelenteron – digestion & circulation
•Limited organ development
•Radial symmetry, hydrostatic skeleton
Limited organ development - nerve net (mouth)- no eyes, brain Cannonball
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Class AnthozoaClass AnthozoaSea Anemones & Coral
Distinguishing Characteristics:•Polyp stage only•solitary or colonial
Lifestyle: typically sessile (anemones can move)
Feeding mechanism: nematocysts/spirocystsg y / p y•anemones catch fish•corals catch plankton
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New Invert species created by High created by High School students
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The whole collection!The whole collection!
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Now it’s your turn!!!
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