Cnidaria and Cnetophora

 

Phylum Cnidaria: Jellyfish, corals, sea fans, anemones, etc

 

Body Symmetry:

 

Segmentation:

 

Body Organization:

·         Body wall

 

·         Gastrovascular cavity

 

·         Polyp

 

·         Medusa

 

·         Dimorphism

 

·         Polymorphism

 

Types of cells:

·         Cnidocytes:

 

·         Epitheliomuscular cells:

 

·         Interstitial cells:

 

·         Gland cells:

 

·         Sensory cells:

 

·         Nerve cells:

 

·         Nutritive-muscular cells:

 

 

Type of Coelom:

 

Body Plan:

 

·         Digestion:

 

·         Skeleton:

 

·         Movement:

 

·         Temperature Regulation:

 

·         Circulation/Respiration:

 

·         Nervous system:

 

o   Nerve nets

 

·         Reproduction:

 

o   Asexual:

 

o   Sexual:

 

Class Hydrozoa

·         Hydra:

 

 

·         Obelia:

 

 

·         Portuguese man-of-war

 

 

Class Scyphozoa

·         Cannonball Jellies:

 

·         Moon Jellies:

 

 

·         Lion’s Mane Jelly:

 

 

Class Cubozoa:

·         Box Jellyfish:

 

Class Anthozoa:

·         Octocorals (ex: Sea Whip):

 

 

·         Anemones:

 

 

·         Sea Pansies:

 

 

·         True corals:

 

 

o   Coral reefs:

 

o   Not all reefs are made of coral: Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

 

Phylum Ctenophora: comb jellies, sea walnuts

 

·         Light Diffraction

 

·         Bioluminescence