Vocab
Characteristics
Species
Cnidaria
Environmental Effects
100
Cnidaria exhibit this type of symmetry.
radial
100
Where food is digested in a jelly fish
Gastrovascular cavity
100
Fertilization occurs in this part of the cnidarian
gastrovascular cavity
100
Which one of these is not part of the phylum Cnidaria: Jellyfish, squid, sea anemones Corals
Squid
100
These animals provide habitat, protection and filtering for sea life
coral
200
What is a Smack
This is a group of jelly fish
200
Organ of balance in Cnidarians
statocyst
200
Which jellyfish can shrink to one tenth of their original size to save energy
Moon Jelly
200
Which of the classes are not one from the Cnidaria Phylum: - Anthozoa - Polychaeta - Ceriantharia - Staurozoa - Hexacorallia
Polychaeta
200
This process comes from rising water temperatures and kills corals.
Bleaching
300
These words can be used to characterize the life cycle of a cnidarian
alternation of generations
300
What is the narrow gelatinous middle layer in cnidarian body wall that doesn't contain cells
Mesoglea
300
Which species of anemone can live in both fresh water and salt
Club Tipped Anemone
300
About how many cnidarian species are there
over 15,000 living species
300
What does the Phylum mean
Stinging nettle
400
what is the base of a polyp called
Basal disc
400
What gives Cnidarians their color
Zooxanthellae
400
These animals are cup-shaped
schyphozoans
400
What are Cnidarians two main body forms
medusa and polyp
400
Corals need these because they provide up to 60% of it's nutritional requirements.
symbionts or mutualistic
500
a gland cell that lines gastrovascular cavity that accomplished intracellular digestion
epithelionutrive cell
500
method of locomotion in the hydra that involves floating on a bubble of air
ballooning
500
This cnidarian is well-known for having symbiotic relationships with clownfish.
Anemone
500
Which species of Cnidaria did I say was Native to Catalina Japanese Tube Anemone, Fire coral, Brain coral, Wire coral, Elkhorn coral, Comb jellies, Moon Jelly, Club Tipped Anemone, Sea Nettle, Beadlet anemones, Portuguese man-o-war
Moon Jelly
500
What are the various niches that are inhabited by each class of cnidarians
Hydrozoan Economy, Anthozoan Economy, Cubozoan Economy, and Scyphozoan Economy