Marine Taxonamy
What is taxonomy?
The science of describing naming and classifying organism based on similar characteristics
How many fins are there and what do each do of them do?
The top is the dorsal and the bottom is the pelvic and they help stabilize the fish. Then the side fans are the pectorals, and they helped steer and move the fish then the tail is called the caudal and it propels the fish
What are sponges?
They are one of the simplest animals with no true organs or tissues, invertebrate animals, and they come out of a variety of shape sizes and color and our heterotrophs which are consumers
What does echinoderm mean?
Spiny skin or hedgehog skin
Is this animal vertebrate or invertebrate?
InVertebrate
Who created the old system of classification and what was it classified by?
Aristotle and other Greeks used to classify organisms as only plants or animals
What does ecotherm mean?
The internal body temperature changes based on the surrounding temperatures
What is the difference between the osculum and the spongocoel
The osculum is the opening of the sponge where water exits, however the spongocoel is the central cavity where water enters through the pores
What is regeneration in echinoderms?
They are able to regrow body parts such as rays and intestines
What is a Cephalo And a pod
The Cephalo is the head and the pod is the feet
How many kingdoms are there and what are their names?
There are six they Are Animalia Plantae Fungi Protista Eubacterea Archaebacteria
What does the lateral line do?
It’s a system of sense that is used to detect movement vibration in the water by tiny hair cells and it allows many species to move as a school
What process do sponges use to eat?
They are filter feeders. They consume food, suspended in the water by filtering it actively.
What does it mean to expel
To spit out
What is the mantle?
A thin layer skin that covers the body
What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
A vertebrate has a backbone and a invertebrate doesn’t
What covers the gills?
The operculum
True or False: Animals in phylum porifera can move around
False they are sessile meaning they cannot move and are permanently attached to one of
What two body systems are missing in echinoderms
The circulatory system and the respiratory system
What is a cephalopod and what animals are in it
The head in the foot is completely merged often has internal hard structures instead of external
The animals that are cephalopods our octopus, squid cutter fish, and Nautilus
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
Linnaeus
What are the types of fish?
Bony which scientifically is called ostheicthyes
jawless which is called agnathans
cartilaginous which is scientifically called chondrichthyes
What does the term Porifera mean?
It is Latin for poor bearer
What are four examples of echinoderms?
Sea star, brittle star, sea lilies, sea urchin, sea, cucumbers, and sand dollars
What is the difference between a bivalves and a Gastropod?
A bivalves are 2 shelled and a Gastropoda is one shell or no shell