Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
• Eukaryotic
• Heterotrophs
• Respiration • Movement
• Circulation • Reproduction
• Excretion
Trends in Animal Evolution
• Cell specialization and levels of organization
• Early development
• Body symmetry
• Cephalization
• Heterotrophic
• No cell walls
• Contain a few
specialized cells
Form and Function in Sponges
• Have nothing resembling a
mouth or gut
• Archaeocytes:
specialized cells that
make spicules
Feeding
• Filter feeders
• Sift microscopic
food from the water
• Sexually or asexually
• Budding
• Gemmules: groups of
archaeocytes surrounded
by spicules
Ecology of Sponges
• Ideal habitats for marine animals such as snails,
sea stars, sea cucumbers, and shrimp
• Hydras, jellies,
sea anemones, and corals
• Soft-bodied
• Carnivorous
• Respire and
eliminate wastes
by diffusion
through body walls
Response
• Specialized sensory cells are used to gather
information from the environment
• Sea anemones
• Corals
Ecology of Corals
• The worldwide distribution is determined by:
– Temperature
– Water depth
– Light intensity