UBCO BIOL 205 Invertebrate Zoology
Exam Questions and Answers
Porifera Classes - ANSWER✔✔-Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Demospongiae, Homoscleromorpha
Placozoa - ANSWER✔✔-No neurons, no muscles, similar to planular larva, similar to porifera, do asexual
reproduction
Pinacocytes - ANSWER✔✔-protective cells, make up the outer layer or poriferans, called the pinacoderm
Mesohyl - ANSWER✔✔-Gelatinous layer of spongin, spicules, and archaeocytes
Archaeocytes - ANSWER✔✔-Also called amoebocytes, specialized cells that perform digestion, distribute
nutrients, and engulf foreign matter. Specialized archaeocytes called sclerocytes produce spicules
Spicules - ANSWER✔✔-Provide structural support to sponge, can be calcareous or silicious
Choanocytes - ANSWER✔✔-Also called collar cells, contain flagella that beat to generate water flow
through the sponge. Similar to choanoflagellates
Body forms of Porifera - ANSWER✔✔-Asconoid, Syconoid, and Leuconoid
Gemmules - ANSWER✔✔-Internal buds seen in some freshwater Porifera. Do asexual reproduction by
remaining in a dormant state until after winter
Cnidaria Classes - ANSWER✔✔-Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa, Cubozoa, Staurozoa
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