Unit 1: What is Biology?
Unit 2: Ecology
Unit 3: The Life of a Cell
Unit 4: Genetics
Unit 5: Change Through Time
Unit 6: Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi
Unit 7: Plants
Unit 8: Invertebrates
Unit 9: Vertebrates
Unit 10: The Human Body
Unit 1: What is Biology?
Chapter 1: Biology: The Study of Life
Unit 2: Ecology
Chapter 2: Principles of Ecology
Chapter 3: Communities and Biomes
Chapter 4: Population Biology
Chapter 5: Biological Diversity and Conservation
Unit 3: The Life of a Cell
Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 7: A View of the Cell
Chapter 8: Cellular Transport and the Cell Cycle
Chapter 9: Energy in a Cell
Unit 4: Genetics
Chapter 10: Mendel and Meiosis
Chapter 11: DNA and Genes
Chapter 12: Patterns of Heredity and Human Genetics
Chapter 13: Genetic Technology
Unit 5: Change Through Time
Chapter 14: The History of Life
Chapter 15: The Theory of Evolution
Chapter 16: Primate Evolution
Chapter 17: Organizing Life’s Diversity
Unit 6: Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi
Chapter 18: Viruses and Bacteria
Chapter 19: Protists
Chapter 20: Fungi
Unit 7: Plants
Chapter 21:
Chapter 22:
Chapter 23:
Chapter 24:
What Is a Plant?
The Diversity of Plants
Plant Structure and Function
Reproduction in Plants
Unit 8: Invertebrates
Chapter 25: What Is an Animal?
Chapter 26: Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and
Roundworms
Chapter 27:
Mollusks and Segmented Worms
Chapter 28: Arthropods
Chapter 29:
Chordates
Echinoderms and Invertebrate
Unit 9: Vertebrates
Chapter 30: Fishes and Amphibians
Chapter 31: Reptiles and Birds
Chapter 32: Mammals
Chapter 33: Animal Behavior
Unit 10: The Human Body
Chapter 34: Protection, Support, and Locomotion
Chapter 35: The Digestive and Endocrine Systems
Chapter 36: The Nervous System
Chapter 37: Respiration, Circulation, and Excretion
Chapter 38: Reproduction and Development
Chapter 39: Immunity from Disease
Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and
Roundworms
What Is an Animal?
Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms
Mollusks and Segmented Worms
Arthropods
Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates
Chapter 26 Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and
Roundworms
26.1: Sponges
26.1: Section Check
26.2: Cnidarians
26.2: Section Check
26.3: Flatworms
26.3: Section Check
26.4: Roundworms
26.4: Section Check
Chapter 26 Summary
Chapter 26 Assessment
What You’ll Learn
You will identify and compare and
contrast the characteristics of
sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and
roundworms.
You will describe and evaluate the
significance of sponge, cnidarian,
flatworm, and roundworm
adaptations.
Section Objectives:
• Relate the sessile life of sponges to
their food-gathering adaptations.
• Describe the reproductive adaptations
of sponges.
What is a sponge?
• Sponges are asymmetrical
aquatic animals that have a
variety of colors, shapes,
and sizes.
• Many are bright shades
of red, orange, yellow,
and green.
What is a sponge?
• Although sponges do not
resemble more familiar
animals, they carry on the
same life processes as all
animals.
Sponges are pore-bearers
• Sponges are classified in the invertebrate
phylum Porifera, which means “pore bearer.”
• Most live in marine biomes, but about
150 species can be found in freshwater
environments.
Sponges are pore-bearers
Water out
Central
cavity
• Sponges are mainly sessile
organisms.
• Because most adult sponges
can’t travel in search of food,
they get their food by a process
called filter feeding.
Water
in
Sponges are pore-bearers
Water out
Central
cavity
• Filter feeding is a method in
which an organism feeds by
filtering small particles of
food from water that pass
by or through some part of
the organism.
Water
in
A Sponge
Epithelial-like
cells
Collar cells
Osculum
Pore cell
Amoebocyte
Direction of
water flow
through pores
Spicules
Cell organization in sponges
• For some sponge species, if you took a
living sponge and put it through a sieve,
not only would the sponge’s cells be alive
and separated out, but these cells would
come together to form new sponges.
• It can take several weeks for the sponge’s
cells to reorganize themselves.
Cell organization in sponges
• Many biologists hypothesize that sponges
evolved directly from colonial, flagellated
protists, such as Volvox.
Volvox
Cell organization in sponges
• More importantly, sponges exhibit a major
step in the evolution of animals—the change
from unicellular life to a division of labor
among groups of organized cells.
Reproduction in sponges
• Sponges can reproduce asexually
and sexually.
• Depending on the species, asexual
reproduction can be by budding,
fragmentation, or the formation of
gemmules.
Reproduction in sponges
• An external growth, called a bud, can
form on a sponge.
• If a bud drops off, it can float away,
settle, and grow into a sponge.
• Sometimes, buds do not break off. When
this occurs, a colony of sponges forms.
• Often, fragments of a sponge break off
and grow into new sponges.
Reproduction in sponges
• Some freshwater sponges produce seedlike
particles, called gemmules, in the fall when
waters cool.
• The adult sponges die over the winter, but the
gemmules survive and grow into new sponges
in the spring when waters warm.
Reproduction in sponges
• Most sponges reproduce sexually.
• Some sponges have separate sexes, but most
sponges are hermaphrodites. A hermaphrodite
(hur MAF ruh dite) is an animal that can
produce both eggs and sperm.
Reproduction in sponges
• Eggs and sperm form from amoebocytes.
• During reproduction,
sperm released from
one sponge can be
carried by water
currents to another
sponge, where
fertilization can occur.
Reproduction in sponges
• Fertilization in sponges may be either external
or internal.
• A few sponges have external
fertilization—fertilization that occurs
outside the animal’s body.
• Most sponges have internal fertilization, in
which eggs inside the animal’s body are
fertilized by sperm carried into the sponge
with water.
Sperm
cells
Egg
cell
Flagella
Larvae
New sponge
Reproduction in sponges
• In sponges, the collar cells collect and
transfer sperm to amoebocytes.
• The amoebocytes then transport the
sperm to ripe eggs.
Support and defense systems in sponges
• Sponges are soft-bodied invertebrates, that
can be found at depths of about 8500 m.
• Their internal structure gives them support
and can help protect them from predators.
Support and defense systems in sponges
• Some sponges have sharp, hard spicules
located between the cell layers.
• Spicules may be made
of glasslike material or
of calcium carbonate.
Spicules
Support and defense systems in sponges
• Other sponges have an internal framework
made of silica or of spongin, a fibrous
protein-like material.
• Sponges can be classified according to
the shape and makeup of their spicules
and/or frameworks.
Support and defense systems in sponges
• Besides sharp spicules, some sponges may
have other methods of defense.
• Some sponges contain chemicals that are
toxic to fishes and to other predators.
Question 1
What is the major evolutionary step in
animals that sponges exhibit?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
Sponges are the first
animals to exhibit the
change from a unicellular
life to a division of labor
among groups of
organized cells.
Question 2
In sponges, where do fertilized eggs
develop into zygotes?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A.
B.
C.
D.
in the sponge’s osculum
in the pore cells
in the collar cells
in the jelly between the cell layers
The answer is D, in the jelly
between the cell layers.
Question 3
How many layers of cells make up a sponge?
(TX Obj 2; 8C)
A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
The answer is A, two.
Section Objectives
• Analyze the relationships among the
classes of cnidarians.
• Sequence the stages in the life cycle
of a cnidarian.
• Evaluate the adaptations of cnidarians
for obtaining food.
What is a cnidarian?
• Cnidarians (ni DARE ee uns) are a group
of invertebrates made up of more than
9000 species of jellyfishes, corals, sea
anemones, and hydras.
• They can be found
worldwide, and all
but a few cnidarians
live in marine biomes.
Body structure
• A cnidarian’s body is
radially symmetrical.
It has one body opening
and is made up of two
layers of cells.
Mouth
Tentacle
Cavity
Inner cell
layer
Bud
Jellylike
layer
Outer cell
layer
Disc
Body structure
• The two cell layers are
organized into tissues
with specific functions.
• The inner layer is
adapted mainly to
assist in digestion.
Mouth
Tentacle
Cavity
Inner cell
layer
Bud
Jellylike
layer
Outer cell
layer
Disc
Body structure
• Because a cnidarian’s body is only two layers
of cells, no cell is ever far from water.
• Oxygen dissolved in water can diffuse directly
into body cells.
• Carbon dioxide and other wastes can move
out of a cnidarian’s body cells directly into
the surrounding water.
A Cnidarian
• Cnidarians display a remarkable variety of
colors, shapes and sizes. Some can be as
small as the tip of a pencil.
• Most cnidarians have two distinct body
forms during their life cycles.
• A polyp is the sessile form of a cnidarian.
Its mouth is surrounded by tentacles.
• Examples of polyps include sea anemones,
corals, and hydras.
A Cnidarian
• A medusa is the freeswimming form of a
cnidarian.
• It possesses an umbrella-shaped,
floating body, called a bell, with the
mouth on its underside.
Tentacles
A Cnidarian
Tentacles
Tentacles
Mouth
Prey
Bud
Nematocyst
before discharge
Nematocyst
after discharge
Body form
• Most cnidarians undergo a change in
body form during their life cycles.
Polyp
Medusa
Body form
• There are two body forms, the polyp
and the medusa.
Polyp
Medusa
Body form
• In cnidarians, one body form may be more
observable than the other. In jellyfishes, the
medusa is the body form usually observed.
• The polyp is the familiar body form of hydras.
Reproduction in cnidarians
• All cnidarians have the ability to
reproduce sexually and asexually.
• Sexual reproduction occurs in only one
phase of the life cycle.
• It usually occurs in the medusa stage,
unless there is no medusa stage then the
polyp can reproduce sexually.
Female
Male
Reproduction
in cnidarians
Eggs Sexual
Reproduction
Fertilization
Blastula
Asexual
Reproduction
Bud
Larva
Polyp
Reproduction in cnidarians
• The most common form of reproduction
in cnidarians can be illustrated by the
life cycle of a jellyfish.
• Even though these two stages alternate in a
cnidarian’s life cycle, this form of reproduction
is not alternation of generations as in plants.
• In plants, one generation is diploid and the
other is haploid. However, both cnidarian
medusae and polyps are diploid animals.
Reproduction in cnidarians
Male
Asexual
reproduction
Medusae
Female
Egg
Sperm
Sexual
reproduction
Larva
Polyp
Digestion in cnidarians
• Cnidarians are predators that capture or
poison their prey using nematocysts.
• A nematocyst (nih MA tuh sihst) is a capsule
that contains a coiled, threadlike tube.
• The tube may be sticky or barbed, and it
may contain toxic substances.
• Nematocysts are located in stinging cells
that are on tentacles.
Digestion in cnidarians
• Once captured by nematocysts, prey is brought
to the mouth by contraction of the tentacles.
Mouth
Polyp
Gastrovascular
cavity
Mouth
Medusa
Hydra eating daphnia
Digestion in cnidarians
• The inner cell layer of
cnidarians surrounds a space
called a gastrovascular (gas
troh VAS kyuh lur) cavity.
• Cells adapted for digestion line the
gastrovascular cavity and release enzymes
over captured prey. Any undigested materials
are ejected back out through the mouth.
Nervous system in cnidarians
• A cnidarian has a simple nervous system
without a control center, such as a brain like
that of other animals.
• In cnidarians, the nervous system consists of
a nerve net that conducts impulses to and from
all parts of the body.
• The impulses from the nerve net cause
contractions of musclelike cells in the two
cell layers.
Diversity of Cnidarians
There are four classes of cnidarians:
• Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and
Anthozoa. Cubozoans once were classified
as scyphozoans.
Most hydrozoans form colonies
• The class Hydrozoa includes two groups—
the hydroids, such as hydra, and the
siphonophores, including the Portuguese
man-of-war.
• Most hydroids are marine animals that
consist of branching polyp colonies formed
by budding, and are found attached to
pilings, shells, and other surfaces.
Most hydrozoans form colonies
• The siphonophores include floating colonies
that drift about on the ocean’s surface.
• The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia, is an
example of a siphonophore hydrozoan colony.
• Each individual in a Physalia colony has a
function that helps the entire organism survive.
Scyphozoans are the jellyfishes
• The fragile and sometimes luminescent bodies
of jellyfishes can be beautiful.
• Some jellyfishes are
transparent, but others
are pink, blue, or orange.
• The medusa form is
the dominant stage in
this class.
Scyphozoans are the jellyfishes
• The gastrovascular cavity of scyphozoans
has four internal divisions.
• Like other cnidarians, scyphozoans have
musclelike cells in their outer cell layer that
can contract. When these cells contract
together, the bell contracts, which propels
the animal through the water.
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Anthozoans are cnidarians
that exhibit only the polyp
form.
• All anthozoans have many
incomplete divisions in
their gastrovascular cavities.
Sea Anemone
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Sea anemones are
anthozoans that live
as individual animals,
and are thought to live
for centuries.
Sea Anemone
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Corals are anthozoans that live in colonies of
polyps in warm ocean waters around the world.
• They secrete protective, cuplike calcium
carbonate shelters around their soft bodies.
• Colonies of many coral species build the
beautiful coral reefs that provide food and
shelter for many other marine species.
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Corals that form reefs are
known as hard corals.
• Other corals are known
as soft corals because
they do not build such
structures.
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• The living portion of a coral reef is a thin,
fragile layer that grows on top of the shelters
left behind by previous generations.
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Although corals are often found in relatively
shallow, nutrient-poor waters, they thrive
because of their symbiotic relationship with
microscopic, photosynthetic protists called
zooxanthellae (zoh oh zan THEH lee).
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• The zooxanthellae produce oxygen and food
that the corals use, while using carbon dioxide
and waste materials produced by the corals.
• These protists are primarily responsible for
the bright colors found in coral reefs.
Most anthozoans build coral reefs
• Because the zooxanthellae are free-swimming,
they sometimes leave the corals.
• Corals without these protists often die.
Origins of Sponges and Cnidarians
• The earliest fossil evidence for sponges
dates this group to late in the Precambrian,
about 650 million years ago.
• The earliest known cnidarians also date to the
Precambrian, about 630 million years ago.
Origins of Sponges and Cnidarians
Origins of Sponges and Cnidarians
• The earliest coral species were not reef
builders, so reefs cannot be used to date
early cnidarians.
• The larval form of cnidarians resembles
protists, and because of this, scientists consider
cnidarians to have evolved from protists.
Question 1
Which of the following features is NOT
common to both sponges and cnidarians?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. body made up of two layers of cells
B. radial symmetry
C. sessile
D. reproduce both sexually and asexually
The answer is B.
Question 2
Explain the difference between the ways
cnidarians and sponges take in food.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
Answer
Sponges passively filter food particles from the
water when the particles flow through the
sponge. Cnidarians actively seek food with
tentacles that capture or paralyze the prey and
take it to the cnidarian’s mouth for ingestion.
Question 3
Explain how each of the two forms in the figure
below benefits from contractions of muscle-like
cells caused by impulses from its nerve net.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A,10B)
Mouth
Polyp
Gastrovascular
cavity
Mouth
Medusa
In the sessile polyp form, cell contractions
cause tentacles to move prey toward the mouth.
In the free-swimming form, cell contractions
help the medusa to swim and find food.
Mouth
Polyp
Gastrovascular
cavity
Mouth
Medusa
Question 4
Which of the following is NOT true of cnidarian
budding? (TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. it can form colonies of individuals
B. it produces clones of the parents
C. it produces haploid organisms
D. it is part of asexual reproduction
The answer is C. Budding produces
diploid organisms.
Section Objectives:
• Distinguish between the structural
adaptations of parasitic flatworms
and free-living planarians.
• Explain how parasitic flatworms
are adapted to their way of life.
What is a flatworm?
• The least complex worms belong to the phylum
Platyhelminthes (pla tee HEL min theez).
• These flatworms are
acoelomates with thin,
solid bodies.
Planarian
What is a flatworm?
• There are approximately 14,500 species of
flatworms found in marine and freshwater
environments and in moist habitats on land.
Planarian
What is a flatworm?
• The most well-known members of this phylum
are the parasitic tapeworms and flukes, which
cause diseases in other animals, among them
frogs and humans.
• The most commonly studied flatworms in
biology classes are the free-living planarians.
Nervous control in planarians
• Most of a planarian’s
nervous system is
located in its head—a
characteristic common
to other bilaterally
symmetrical animals.
Nerve cell mass
Nervous control in planarians
• Some flatworms have a
nerve net, and others
have the beginnings of a
central nervous system.
Nerve cell mass
Nervous control in planarians
• A planarian’s nervous system includes
two nerve cords that run the length of
the body.
Ganglia
Eyespots
Nerve cord
Muscle cells
Nervous control in planarians
• It also includes eyespots that can detect
the presence or absence of light and
sensory cells that can detect chemicals
and movement in water.
Ganglia
Eyespots
Nerve cord
Muscle cells
Nervous control in planarians
• At the anterior end of the nerve cord is a small
swelling called a ganglion (plural, ganglia).
The ganglion receives messages from the
eyespots and sensory pits, then communicates
with the rest of the body along the nerve cords.
Ganglia
• Messages from the nerve
cords trigger responses
in a planarian’s muscle
cells.
Reproduction in planarians
• Like many of the organisms studied in this
chapter, most flatworms including planarians,
are hermaphrodites.
• During sexual reproduction, individual
planarians exchange sperm, which travel
along special tubes to reach the eggs.
Reproduction in planarians
• Fertilization occurs internally. The zygotes are
released in capsules into the water, where they
hatch into tiny planarians.
A Planarian
• Planarians have many characteristics common
to all species of flatworms.
• The bodies of planarians are flat, with both a
dorsal and a ventral surface. All flatworms
have bilateral symmetry.
Head
Eyespots
Sensory cells
A Planarian
Mouth
Extended pharynx
Cilia
Excretory
system
Digestive
tract
Flame cell
Nucleus
Cilia
Reproduction in planarians
• Planarians also can reproduce asexually.
• When a planarian is damaged, it has the
ability to regenerate, or regrow, new body
parts. Regeneration is the replacement or
regrowth of missing body parts.
Reproduction in planarians
• If a planarian is cut horizontally, the section
containing the head will grow a new tail, and
the tail section will grow a new head.
Reproduction in planarians
• Thus, a planarian that is damaged or cut into
two pieces may grow into two new
organisms—a form of asexual reproduction.
Feeding and digestion in planarians
• A planarian feeds on dead or
slow-moving organisms.
Extended
pharynx
• It extends a tube-like, muscular organ, called
the pharynx (FAHR inx), out of its mouth.
Enzymes released by the pharynx begin
digesting food outside the animal’s body.
Feeding and digestion in planarians
• Food particles are sucked into the digestive
tract, where they are broken up.
• Cells lining the digestive tract obtain food
by endocytosis.
• Food is thus digested in individual cells.
Feeding and digestion in parasitic flatworms
Hooks
• A parasite is an organism
that lives on or in another
Scolex
organism and depends upon
Sucker
that host organism for its
Proglottid food.
• Parasitic flatworms have
Mature proglottid
mouthparts
with
hooks
with fertilized eggs
that keep the flatworm
firmly attached inside its
host.
Feeding and digestion in parasitic flatworms
• They do not need to move to seek out or
find food.
• Parasitic flatworms do not have complex
nervous or muscular tissue.
Tapeworm bodies have sections
Hooks
Scolex
Sucker
Proglottid
Mature proglottid
with fertilized eggs
• The body of a tapeworm is
made up of a knob-shaped
head called a scolex (SKOH
leks), and detachable,
individual sections called
proglottids.
Tapeworm bodies have sections
Hooks
Scolex
Sucker
Proglottid
Mature proglottid
with fertilized eggs
• A proglottid (proh GLAH
tihd) contains muscles,
nerves, flame cells, and
male and female
reproductive organs.
Tapeworm bodies have sections
• Some adult tapeworms that live in animal
intestines can be more than 10 m in length
and consist of 2000 proglottids.
The life cycle of a fluke
• A fluke is a parasitic flatworm that spends
part of its life in the internal organs of a
vertebrate, such as a human or sheep.
• It obtains its nutrition by feeding on cells,
blood, and other fluids of the host organism.
The life cycle of a fluke
Adult flukes
Embryos
released
Human
host
Larva
Snail host
Larva
The life cycle of a fluke
• Blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma
cause a disease in humans known as
schistosomiasis.
• Schistosomiasis is common in countries
where rice is grown.
• Blood flukes are common where the
secondary host, snails, also are found.
Question 1
In order to survive and reproduce, a parasite must
have a _______. (TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. pharynx
B. proglottid
C. scolex
D. host
The answer is D, host.
Question 2
Explain the way planarians can reproduce
asexually. (TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
When a planarian is damaged, it can regenerate
new body parts. It can also regenerate new
organisms if cut into separate pieces.
Section Objectives:
• Compare and contrast the structural
adaptations of roundworms and
flatworms.
• Identify the characteristics of four
roundworm parasites.
What is a roundworm?
• Roundworms belong to the phylum Nematoda.
• They are widely distributed, living in soil,
animals, and both freshwater and marine
environments.
• Most roundworm
species are freeliving, but many are
parasitic.
Roundworm
What is a roundworm?
• Roundworms are tapered at both ends.
• They have a thick outer covering, which
they shed four times as they grow, that
protects them in harsh environments.
Mouth
Intestine
Round body
shape
Anus
What is a roundworm?
• They lack circular muscles but have
lengthwise muscles.
• As one muscle contracts, another muscle
relaxes. This alternating contraction and
relaxation of muscles causes roundworms
to move in a thrashing fashion.
What is a roundworm?
• Roundworms have a pseudocoelom and
are the simplest animals with a tubelike
digestive system.
• Roundworms have two body openings—
a mouth and an anus.
Mouth
Intestine
Round body
shape
Anus
What is a roundworm?
• The free-living species have well-developed
sense organs, such as eyespots, although
these are reduced in parasitic forms.
Mouth
Intestine
Round body
shape
Anus
Diversity of Roundworms
• Approximately half of the described
roundworm species are parasites, and
about 50 species infect humans.
Roundworm parasites of humans
• Infection by Ascaris (ASS kuh ris) is
the most common roundworm infection
in humans.
• Children become infected more often
than adults do.
• Eggs of Ascaris are found in soil and enter
a human’s body through the mouth.
Roundworm parasites of humans
• The eggs hatch in the intestines, move
into the bloodstream, and eventually to
the lungs, where they are coughed up,
swallowed, and begin the cycle again.
Roundworm parasites of humans
• Pinworms are the most common human
roundworm parasites in the United States.
• Pinworms are highly contagious because eggs
can survive for up to two weeks on surfaces.
Roundworm parasites of humans
• Its life cycle begins when live eggs are ingested.
They mature in the host’s intestinal tract.
• Female pinworms exit the host’s anus—
usually as the host cell sleeps—and lay
eggs on nearby skin.
• These eggs fall onto bedding or
other surfaces.
Roundworm parasites of humans
• Trichinella causes a disease called
trichinosis (tri keh NOH sis).
• This roundworm can
be ingested in raw or
undercooked pork,
pork products, or wild
game.
Trichinella
Roundworm parasites of humans
• Hookworm infections are common in
humans in warm climates where they
walk on contaminated soil in bare feet.
• Hookworms cause
people to feel weak and
tired due to blood loss.
Roundworm parasites of other organisms
• Nematodes can infect and kill pine
trees, cereal crops, and food plants
such as potatoes.
• They are particularly attracted to plant
roots and cause a slow decline of the
plant.
Roundworm parasites of other organisms
• They also can infect fungi and can form
symbiotic associations with bacteria.
• Nematodes also can be used to control pests.
Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a feature of
roundworms? (TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. pseudocoelom
B. anus
C. outer covering that can be shed
D. scolex
The answer is D, scolex.
Question 2
Which of the following parasites embeds
itself inside the host’s muscle tissue?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. Tapeworms
B. Trichinella
C. Ascaris
D. Pinworms
The answer is B. Trichinella is found in pork
muscle tissue and can invade the muscle tissue
of humans who eat undercooked infected pork.
Sponges
• A sponge is an aquatic, sessile, asymmetrical,
filter-feeding invertebrate.
• Sponges are made of four types of cells.
Each cell type contributes to the survival
of the organism.
• Most sponges are hermaphroditic with
free-swimming larvae.
Cnidarians
• All cnidarians are radially symmetrical,
aquatic invertebrates that display two
basic forms: medusa and polyp.
• Cnidarians sting their prey with cells called
nematocysts located on their tentacles.
• The three primary classes of cnidarians
include the hydrozoans, hydras;
schyphozoans, jellyfishes; and anthozoans,
corals and anemones.
Flatworms
• Flatworms are acoelomates with thin,
solid bodies. They are grouped into three
classes: free-living planarians, parasitic
flukes, and tapeworms.
• Planarians have simple nervous and
muscular systems. Flukes and tapeworms
have structures adapted to their parasitic
existence.
Roundworms
• Roundworms are pseudocoelomate,
cylindrical worms with lengthwise
muscles, relatively complex digestive
systems, and two body openings.
• Roundworms can be parasites of plants,
fungi, and animals, including humans.
Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a method of
asexual reproduction in sponges?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. budding
B. fragmentation
C. gemmule formation
D. flagellated larvae
The answer is D. Flagellated larvae result
from sexual reproduction.
Question 2
In hermaphroditic sponges, eggs and sperm
form from _______.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. larvae
B. epithelial cells
C. amoebocytes
D. collar cells
The answer is C, amoebocytes.
Amoebocyte
Question 3
Describe the symbiotic relationship between
corals and zooxanthellae.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
Zooxanthellae produce oxygen and food
that the corals use. The corals produce
carbon dioxide and waste materials that
the zooxanthellae use.
Question 4
The cnidarians with many incomplete divisions
in their gastrovascular cavities are the _______.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. Scyphozoans
B. Hydrozoans
C. Anthozoans
D. Siphonophores
The answer is C, Anthozoans.
Question 5
The medusa is the body form usually
observed in _______.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. Scyphozoans
B. Hydrozoans
C. Siphonophores
D. Anthozoans
The answer is A, Scyphozoans.
Question 6
How is a secondary host involved
in the life cycle of a tapeworm?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
Answer
The eggs of the tapeworm hatch when
a secondary host eats them.
Question 7
The secondary host for the
blood fluke is a _______.
TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A.
B.
C.
D.
human
sheep
snail
dog
The answer is C, snail.
Question 8
The simplest animals with a tube-like
digestive system are _______.
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A. Nematodes
B. Platyhelminthes
C. Hydrozoans
D. Anthozoans
The answer is A, Nematodes.
Roundworm
Question 9
Which of the following is not a roundworm
infection in humans?
(TX Obj 2; 4B, 8C, 10A, 10B)
A.
B.
C.
D.
hookworm
ringworm
pinworm
ascaris
The answer is B. Ringworm is a fungal infection.
Photo Credits
• Digital Stock
• Ward's Natural Science Est.
• Kip Evans/NOAA
• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary/NOAA
• Carolina Biological Supply Co.
• Dr. John Crites
• David M. Dennis
• Alton Biggs
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