Coral reefs are communities to the sea and home to many living creatures and different types of organisms‚ as well as about one-fourth of the oceans population. Coral reefs are made up of animals called polyps that will remain in one place‚ acting as the main structure of the reef itself‚ these animals have a hard almost skeleton like structure. Scientists who study coral reefs have categorized them into three different types of reefs; Barrier reefs‚ Atolls‚ and Fringing reefs. Coral reefs are put
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Barrier reefs and coral reefs play a very important role in our environment. The reefs protect our coastal regions. Many species of coral and fish call the reefs home. There are various reasons why barrier reefs and coral reefs play huge role in our environment; this reef provides Habitat‚ Income‚ Food‚ Protection‚ Medicine‚ and Tourism. Coral reefs need to be protected in order for them to continue to thrive Coral reefs are often called
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Phylum Echinodermata: Five main groups of echinoderms including brittle stars‚ starfish‚ echinoids‚ sea cucumbers‚ and sea lilies are individually sexed. Sexual reproduction is common because both males and females are present. It takes a few years for echinoderms to mature and get sexually mature. Echinoderms do not require physical contact for the exchange of reproductive material instead they typically release their sperm and eggs into the water. Millions of individual sperm and
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Animal Phylum Poster/Display Project Each student will select a major group of animals to research and ultimately create a poster or display to help explain the group of animals belonging to each class. Be sure to first read your textbook on the group as well as consult general resources before getting into specific resource materials. Students will be graded primarily on the content of the information as well as the creativity of the poster or display. The entire project is worth 75 points
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Stinson‚ Margie Biology 210 Lab Questions: Phylum Annelida You will learn the answers to most of these questions in class and in lab. Great resource: http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/ANNELIDA.htm 1. What does the word annelida mean? 2. Recall‚ some of the nematode worms appeared superficially to have external rings. Describe true segmentation in annelids. How is the true segmentation in annelids differ from having rings around the ectoderm as in nematodes? 3. What two layers
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CHAPTER 12: MOLLUSCA Mollusca is an enormous taxon 2nd only to Arthropoda in number of living species Includes many familiar animals such as snails‚ clams‚ oysters‚ mussels‚ slugs‚ octopods and squids in seven lining classes Mollusca includes the taxa: Aplacophora consists of small‚ wormlike molluscs w/ numerous calcareous spicules rather than a shell. Polyplacophorans or chitons have eight shell plates Monoplacophorans have a low‚ conical‚ limpetlike shell and live in deep water
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Designation of phylum cryptomycota within kingdom fungi Introduction The cryptomycota are considered to be to be an early branching clade of organisms‚ the only known members are species that belong in the genus Rozella (Lara et al 2010‚ Jones et al 2011‚ James and Berbee 2012). It has been suggested due largely to the amount of environmental sequences collected the phylum may be as diverse as the whole kingdom fungi (Jones et al 2011). While Rozella were originally placed in the fungal phylum Chytridiomycota(Jones
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Vocabulary- Cnidaria • Aboral end: The opposite side of the oral end. • Anthozoa: The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. • Cnidocytes: unique cells that function in defense and the capture of prey. • Cubozoa: Any of Cnidaria Animals in FIGURES- Cnidaria Evolutionary History Diagrams of Cnidaria Life Cycle - Cnidaria The
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characteristics and evolutionary change between two phylums. Starting out with a character matrix allows us to determine synapomorphies and apomorphies between theses two group‚ allowing us to construct the cladogram (Reece). My cladogram consisted of various phylums from the Animal Kingdom. The outgroup for my cladogram was the Choanoflagellates due to the fact that “they are the closest‚ living‚ unicellular relatives of animals” (Leadbeater). The phylum Prorifera has the ability to be asymmetrical and
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– fixed solar energy Heterotrophy – Digestion to get energy Mix trophy – Both traits 02/05 Domain Eukarya “Super group Unikonta” Kingdom Fungi 1. Phylum Zygomycota a. Rhizopus b. Pilobolus 2. Ascomycota “Sac fungi” a. Morchellin b. Saccaronyces 3. Phylum Basidiomycoa “Club fungi” a. Mushroom‚ Shelf Fungi‚ Puffballs 4. Phylum Deuteromycota a. Imperfect fungi b. Aspergillus c. Penicillius Fungi are heterotrophic‚ they feed off other things: Saprophytic = Get energy from dead
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