Unit 18: Animal I. Introduction to Animal Diversity

The phyla where all the animals belong to except sponges; have differentiated cells and true tissues derived from germ layers

Eumetazoa

Have two germ layers: endoderm and ectoderm

Diploblastic

The outer most primary germ layer of an animal embryo, it gives rise to the outer covering of the animal, such as skin and the accessory organs associated with skin

Ectoderm

The innermost primary germ layer, which gives a rise to the cells that line the digestive tract and its accessory organs (liver, pancreas) and the cell that line the respiratory tract in the lungs in higher animals

Endoderm

The major diploblastic phylum

Cnidaria

Possess a mesoderm germ layer in addition to ectoderm and endoderm

Triploblastic

Lies between the ectoderm and endoderm; Gives a rise to cells between the integument and digestive tract, internal body cavity (coelom)

Mesoderm

A space or cavity between the digestive tract snd outer body; the space is completely lined with mesoderm-derived tissue

Coelom

The body type that the Phylum Cnidarians have

Diploblastic Acoelomates

Do not possess a colem, although they have mesoderm. The region between the digestive tract and outer body wall is filled with mesodermal-derived cells

Triploblastic Acoelomate

This phylum have a triploblastic acoelomate body type

Platyhelminthes

Possess an internal fluid-filled body cavity, but the cavity is incompletely lined with mesoderm-serviced tissues

Pseudocoelomate

Fluid-filled cavity completely lined with mesodermal-derived cells

Coelomates

The several organ system systems are suspended within the coelom by double layers of mesodermal-derived tissues called

Mesenteries

Why have a body cavity?

1) Room for organs to grow and develop
2) Increased surface area
3) Hydrostatic skeleton used for support
4) Store material
5) A route to pass nitrogenous wastes and gametes to the outside

Symmetrical animal that can be divided by many planes through the central axis of its bod running from the top to the bottom

Radially

Symmetry that there is no central axis that can be divided into equal halves

Asymmetrical

May be divided into two mirror halves only through one longitudinal plane

Bilaterally symmetrical

Divides the body into superior and inferior parts

Transverse Plane

Divides the the body into a front and back parts

Frontal plane

Divides the body into left and right parts

Sagittal plane

An evolutionary trend towards concentrating sensory and nervous systems at the anterior end of the organism

Cephalization

1) Cellular level of organization
2) Somatic regeneration
3) Totipotent
4) No germ, digestive tracts, or coeloms
5) Water moves through pores, canals and cavities
6) Choanocytes
7) Composed of many spicules
8) Do not show cephalization or segmentation
9)

Porifera

Each cell can potentially give rise to any other cell type

Totipotent

They hace spicules of calcium carbonate and all are marine

Class Calcarea

The glass sponges have spicules of glass and are found mostly in deep-water marine environments

Class Hexactinellida

The "bath sponge"; glass spicules and or spongin fibers in their skeleton

Class Demospongiae

1) Diploblastic, acoelomate
2) Two dermal layers: epidermis, inner gastrodermis
3) Unsegmented
4) Two distinct body forms: Polyp and medusa
5) No specialized integument
6) Digestion occurs extracellular in the gastrovascular cavity
7) No specialized repos

Cnidaria

An acellular gelatinous layer between the two dermal layers

Mesoglea

They produce multiple medusae off of one polyp

Strobilization

Usually have the polyp as the only form
The polyp is a radial symmetrical, cylinderal animal with a mouth surrounded by a ring of tentacles

Hydrozoans

The medusa is often the dominant life cycle stage, the polyp primarily serves a means to produce medusae. The medusae are bell or umbrella-shaped animals with their mouths pointing downwards

Scyphozoa

Do not have a medusa stage

Anthozoans

Some colonial cnidarians have an protective outer covering

Perisarc

The cnidarian epidermis contains stinging cells

Cnidocytes

Cnidocytes posses a spiked, harpoon-like organelle

Nematocyst