PPT-Characteristics of Phylum Cnidaria

5 1 Coral Anemones Sea Fans and Jellyfish Chapter 5 Pages 533 amp 534 Characteristics of Phylum Cnidaria 5 2 Coral Anemones Sea Fans and Jellyfish Chapter 5 Pages 533 amp 534. GERM LAYERS. Porifera. None . cnidaria. Two layers: . Ectoderm. Endoderm . SYMMETRY. . porifera. No symmetry. cnidaria. Radial symmetry. COELOM: . A fluid filled cavity in the body. Porifera. Acoelomate. Thrive in fresh water, salt water and soil.. Many are motile, with pseudopods (“false feet”) used for locomotion.. Some are parasitic species, found in animal intestines.. Entamoeba. . histolytica. Invertebrates. Chapter 6. Marine Ecology. Mr. Seifert. Cnidaria. Sponges. Platyhelminthes. Nematoda. Mollusca. Annelida. Annelida. General Characteristics. Segmented Worms. Hydrostatic Skeleton. Setae. Cnidaria. Phylum . Cnidaria. Radial or . biradial. symmetry. No posterior or anterior ends. Instead they have oral (end with the mouth) and . aboral. ends . Mostly marine. Over 9,000 species. Characteristics of Cnidarians. Cnidaria. Examples:. Sea anemones. Corals. Sea Pen. Sea Fan. Sea Plume. Hydra. Jelly fish. Portuguese Man o’ War. Box . Jelly Fish. General Characteristics. Cnidaria. : nettle like. Simple animals. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum Cnidaria. Class Hydrozoa. Class Scyphozoa. Class Anthozoa. Phylum Ctenophora. Major Characteristics. Presence of specialized tissues. Also called Coelenterates. Comprised of sea anemones, jellyfish, corals. :. PHYLUM CNIDARIA. PHYLUM CTENPHORA. CLASSIFICATION. CHARACTERISTICS. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. SUPER PHYLUM COELENTERATA. These are animals with definite shape; radial symmetry. . They have tissues; tissues formation start from here. . General Characteristic :. Metazoa ( true tissues ).. Coelentrata , single cavity to the body ( enteron or gastrovascular cavity ) . Radially symmetrical.. Diploblastic: . . - Ectoderm ( dermis ). - Endoderm ( Gasrodermis ). Aschelminthes : Roundworms Not the Phylum name 7 Phyla in this grouping Characteristics Most are freshwater Cylindrical Unsegmented Bilaterally symmetrical Triploblastic ( pseudocoelomates ) Dioecious The phylum . C. nidaria. is represented by approximately . 10,000 species. .. The phylum is classified into 5 classes.. Hydrozoa. (hydroids and . siphonophores. ). Anthozoa. (corals and sea anemone). : . Polyplacophora. . Chiton . sp. . 1. Mostly . marine. , attached to rocks near the sea shore. . 2. The body is . oval . in shape, . convex above and flattened below. Acoelomate Invertebrates, Exercise 7. While developing, most animals have the following 3 embryonic tissues:. Endoderm. Mesoderm. Ectoderm. Sponges have no true tissues – . Parazoans. All other animals have true tissues – . GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA. Wide. . morphological. and . metabolic. . diversity. .. Clinical. , . environmental. , and industrial . relevance. Phylum. . with. . highest. . number. of . cultured. . . Topic: General Characteristics and Life Processes of Phylum . C. nidaria. .