Attention:
BIOL 1407 82001 and 83073 Students
These images will be those that will
be used for the next Lab exam. Any
information in text, Lab Atlas or on
slide is fair question material.
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Sponge Spicules
• Sponges are heterotrophic
animals that are sessile as
adults.
• Sponges are metazoans
having no true tissue.
• The sponge body is made of
various cells in a spongin
matrix with spicules of
calcium carbonate or silica
for structure and formation.
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Other Sponges
(Man Made, Plant Origin)
Luffa Sponge (plant)
Cellulose Sponge
Sponge Bob
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Phylum Cnidaria
(stinging celled animals)
• Cnidarians are primitive heterotrophic diploblastic (two
layered) animals of marine and freshwater
environments. They capture prey using nematocysts
(stinging cells) containing cnidoblasts and nematocysts.
Polyp
or
Hydroid
Medusa
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