PanArthr Panda
Things Nema
Hexapod Hijincks
Mollusc Madness
Deuterostome Delights
Pop Culture Inverts
Crushin' Chelicerates
Warm Up Round!
100
Tardigrades from Antarctica were recently revived after more than 30 years. What was the name these samples were given (though not awakened with a kiss).
Who is Sleeping Beauty.
100
The Nemerteans have this fluid filled chamber that contains a proboscis
What is a rhynchocoel.
100
The world doesn't need to fear giant ants because of this physical action by which insects breath.
What is diffusion.
100
The structure of molluscan gill is often compared to this flying adaptation.
What is a feather.
100
A reserve volume of water in the water-vascular system is stored here.
What are the Pollian vessicles.
100
Star Trek's USS Discovery was threatened by this invert.
What is a tardigrade
100
This giant arachnid was a major problem for Sam and Frodo in the Lord of the Rings.
Who is Shelob the spider.
100
No single member of this group has 1000 legs.
What is a millipede.
200
This is the process by which bacterial genes were THOUGHT to have moved into the tardigrade genome.
What is horizontal gene transfer
200
A triangular Nematode adaptation for sucking.
What is the triradiate pharynx.
200
These tiny Hexapods are characterised by recessed jaws.
What are the Entognaths.
200
This part of the molluscan body secretes the shell
What is the mantle (or pallium)
200
A protrusible jaw apparatus in the Echinoidea was named for a Greek philosopher.
What is Aristotle's lantern.
200
This mollusc is the most maritime sigil of the Game of Thrones Houses
A "kraken" - or giant squid
200
I am the only known vegetarian spider.
Who is Bagherra kiplingi
200
A phylogenetic grouping that helps predict.
What is monophyly.
300
The phrase that describes the claws of Onychophorans (and links them to Hallucigenia in the Burgess Shale).
What is a stack of constituent elements.
300
In the Nematodes, this organ holds open the female gonopore during transmission of the sperm.
What is the spicule (male copulatory organ).
300
Tiny springtails are 'springing' all over the last bits of snow using this organ.
What is the furcula.
300
This is a major group of molluscs who do not posses a radula.
Who are the Bivalves.
300
This group of deuterostomes is sometimes home to fish seeking refuge!
What are the Holothuroidea.
300
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard made a horrible movie about this sequence of numbers - common in the creation of mollusc shells.
The Fibonacci Sequence (1,1,2, 3, 5, 8, .....)
300
This taxon recently blew up our understanding of a single transition to terrestrial life (and book gills to book lungs).
What is the horseshoecrabs (Xiphosura).
300
The geological period of the limestone that Guelph is built upon. .... once a tropical sea floor!
What is Silurian.
400
This phrase describes the physical property that allows the Onychophoran to spray slime so efficiently out of it's papillae.
What is elastic instability. (or elastohydrodynamic instability).
400
People use matchsticks to wind up and remove guinea worms from humans (thought to be immortalized in this emblem of the modern doctor).
What is the caduecus.
400
The ground plan for the hexapod mouth has been modified dramatically in many species. The original model was designed for this.
What is herbivory (cutting and chewing).
400
This is a morphological hallmark of the trocophore larvae - a larval stage characteristic of molluscs.
What is the prototroch.
400
A hemichordate apomorphy once seen as a rudimentary notochord but now not thought to be homologous.
What is a stomochord
400
A fossil of this invertebrate group was said to inspire the "face hugger" morph of the Alien movie
What is a Crinoid (Echinodermata)
400
This chelicerate is amongst the fastest animals
What is a mite (Paratarsotomus macropalpis) at 323 body lengths/second
400
The abandoned mill downtown that was the host of a termite invasion.
What is Goldie Mill.
500
A word to describe the specialisation of groups of segments.
What is tagmosis
500
This nematode may be a threat to your dog.
What is a heartworm.
500
Articulated appendages have provided an evolutionary "leg up" for arthropods - but this locomotory appendage is not derived in the same segmented fashion.
What are wings. (thin folds of the body)
500
This Mollusc class was thought extinct, until recently, and is characterised by the serial repetition of organs.
What is a Monoplacophoran
500
The Acorn Worm shares 70% of our genes - recent work suggests that a conserved cluster of six genes is involved in patterning this part of the worm and of us.
What is the pharyngeal gill slit (and human pharynx).
500
What insect lifestyle inspired the chest-bursting scene in Alien?
What is the parasitoid.
500
This chelicerate is likely living on all (or most) humans!
Who is Demodex mites
500
The flashing of the Disco Clam is this.
What is an honest warning of it's toxicity.
600
Compound arthropod eyes are made up of these.
What is ommatidia.
600
This Nematomorphan name is based on a legend of Alexander the Great and was used in the Batman v Superman movie.
What is a Gordian Worm (after Alexander's Gordian Knot).
600
Eusociality can be defined by: reproductive division of labour, cooperation and this......
What is the overlap of at least 2 generations so care of progeny is not dependent on parents.
600
This gastropod synapomorphy results in the rotation of the gut until it is above the head.
What is torsion.
600
The two body parts a deuterostome can eject to startle predators.
What are the Cuverian tuberoles and the gut & intestines.
600
The horror movie "The Bay" was about tongue replacement zombies and was inspired by this invertebrate.
What is an Isopod (Crustacea)
600
The origin of the word "Opiliones" describes the similarity of these leggy arachnids to an ancient agricultural technique.
What is from Latin “opilio” meaning sheepmaster
600
Head, thorax, abdomen
What are the three insect tagmata.
700
Trilobites had the first arthropod compound eyes. They were made of this substance.
What is calcium carbonate.
700
Larval Nematomorphans manipulate their host to return to this habitat (where the adults live out their life).
What is freshwater.
700
Your city of Guelph has hosted at least this many independent termite invasions.
What is two.
700
This molluscan class is characterised by an active lifestyle and a closed hemal system.
What is the Cephalopoda.
700
It was a "long way from Amphioxus, a long way to us". We now know that it's even longer than we thought. This group is most related to vertebrates, not the Cephalochordates.
What is the Urochordates
700
The Simpsons "crazy cat lady" may actually be a person infected with this protozoan.
What is Toxoplasma gondii.
700
The blood of what group of chelicerates is behind a multi-million dollar health industry who test all medical equipment for contamination?
What is the horseshoe crab (Xiphosura).
700
Name for the two sided articulate crustacean leg type.
What is biramous.
800
This organ is believed to have evolved multiple times independently within the Panarthropoda.
What is the Malpighian tubules. (Tardigrades, Myriapoda and Hexapoda).
800
The phylum emerging from the insect. 
Nematomorpha
800
While insect extinction is not coming, dramatic changes and declines are likely because of these two characteristics. 
What is specialisation and unknown diversity (and that which follows from it).
800
This Great Lakes Brewery IPA label features a cephalopod. What principal molluscan apomorphy is most reduced in this class?
What is a shell.
800
This group is the only example of colonial chordates.
What is the tunicates.
800
The principal character in "Turbo" is a snail who dreams of moving fast! This group of gastropods has left surface travel behind and now "flies"!
What are the pteropod (wing-footed) snails
800
How many species DNA did we generate in our mite experiment?
What is two (Demodex folliculorum and D. brevis).
800
No longer the strongest natural material - spider silk is this type of compound.
What is a protein.
