Flashcard: Phyla Cnidaria and Ctenophora

Front

Adhesive cells on ctenophoran tentacles for capturing prey are called _______.

Back

colloblasts

Front

Having separate (male and female) sexes; male and female organs are in separate individuals is called _______.

Back

dioecious

Front

A miniature medusa produced by asexual budding of a scyphistoma, which mature into sexually mature medusae, is called _______.

Back

ephyrae

Front

The polyp stage of a scyphozoan which evolves from a planula and produces ephyrae by budding is called _______.

Back

scyphistoma

Front

The attached, usually asexual, stage of a cnidarian is called _______.

Back

polyp

Front

The stinging cells found in cnidarians that contain nematocysts are called _______.

Back

cnidocytes

Front

The free-swimming, umbrella-shaped stage of cnidarians is called _______.

Back

medusa

Front

The larval stage of cnidarians that is ciliated and free-swimming is called _______.

Back

planula

Front

The process by which cnidarians reproduce asexually by budding is called _______.

Back

budding

Front

The body symmetry exhibited by cnidarians is known as _______.

Back

radial symmetry