Structure
Reproduction
Digestion & Nutrition
Ecological
Roles
Ctenophore attacks
100
Con jellies
What is a ctenophore also known as ?
100
Sexually and Asexually
How do ctenophores reproduce?
100
Zooplankton, larval fish, and fish eggs.
What do ctenophores feed on?
100
Fish and larvae
What do Ctenophores eat?
200
8 rows of comb plates
What are planktonic marine animals named for?
200
Eggs and sperm
What do they shed in the water?
200
Colloblasts.
What are special adhesive cells?
200
Zooplankton
What are they predators of?
200
1997
When did ctenophores attack the first time?
300
The apex
Where is statocyst located?
300
Free swimming larva
What does a fertilize egg develop into?
300
Jellyfish.
What does the ctenophore Euchlora rubra feed on?
300
Fish populations
What do ctenophores regulate?
300
1999
What year did the ctenophores attack the second time?
400
A granule of Calcium Carbonate
What do the four hairs contain at the tip?
400
Young colony forms and budding takes place
How do ctenophores reproduce asexually?
400
Channel nutrients to plankton feeders
As they consume food what to they do?
400
Comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi
What species of ctenophores attacked in 1999?
500
When the cilia beats
How does the animal move?
500
Zygote
What is the fertilized egg called?
500
Mucus-covered oral surfaces and tentacles.
What do the ctenophores Mnemiopsis and Leucothea use to capture their prey?
500
Caspian Sea
Where have the ctenophores invaded?
500
Beroe
What species of ctenophore attacked in 1997?
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