E GASTROVASCULAR CAVITY

EXTRACELLULAR DIGESTION \ˌga-strō-ˈva-skyə-lər\ \ˈka-və-tē\

\ˌek-strə-ˈsel-yə-lər\ \dī-ˈjes-chən\  The gastrovascular cavity is the primary organ

of digestion and circulation in two major animal phyla:
Noun
the Cnidaria (including jellyfish and corals)
 A form of digestion wherein the breaking down of and Platyhelminthes (flatworms). 
materials into smaller, absorbable components takes
GASTROZOOIDS
place outside the cell.
Noun
 In some colonial cnidarians, a hydroid modified for
F feeding and digestion, also called siphons

FERTILIZATION GONOZOOIDS
\ˌfər-tə-lə-ˈzā-shən\ Noun
Noun  A gonophore or individual specialized for reproduction
in a colony.
 Union of gametes.

FRESHWATER
\ˈfresh-ˈwȯ-tər\ H
Noun HARPOON
 Fresh water can be defined as water with less than 500 \här-ˈpün\
parts per million (ppm) of dissolved salts.
 A stout pointed with recurved barbs.
G
HYDRA
GASTRODERMIS \ˈhī-drə\
Noun Noun
 The inner layer of cells that serves as a lining  A genus of small, fresh-water organisms of the phylum
membrane of the gastrovascular cavity of Cnidarians. Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa. 
HYDROID L
\ˈhī-ˌdrȯid\ LIFE CYCLE
Noun \ˈlīf\ \ˈsī-kəl\
 Polyp of coelenterates; any member of the Hydroida.  A series of changes in form that an organism
HYDROSTATIC SKELETON undergoes, returning to the starting state.

\ˌhī-drə-ˈsta-tik\ \ˈske-lə-tən\
 A flexible skeleton supported by fluid pressure. M
HYDROZOA MARINE WATER
 A taxonomic class of individually very small, \mə-ˈrēn\ \ˈwȯ-tər\
predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial,  A series of changes in form that an organism
most living in salt water.  undergoes, returning to the starting state.

MEDUSA
I \mi-ˈdü-sə\

INNERVATE  A form of cnidarian in which the body is shaped like

an umbrella. 
\i-ˈnər-ˌvāt\
MESENTERY
 To supply nerves to an organ or part.
\ˈme-zᵊn-ˌter-ē\
J
Noun, plural mesentery
JELLYFISH  A supporting membrane or one that forms a partition.
\ˈje-lē-ˌfish \
Noun
 Common names given to the medusa-phase of certain
gelatinous members of the phylum Cnidaria.
MESOGLEA N
\ˌme-zə-ˈglē-ə\ NEMATOCYST
Noun \ˈne-mə-tə-ˌsist\
 The noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner Noun
and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
 A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other
MODIFIED coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled
\ˈmä-də-ˌfī\ thread that can be projected in self-defense or to
capture prey.
Verb
 Transform (a structure) from its original anatomical
form during development or evolution. O

MOTILE OPERCULUM

\ˈmō-tᵊl\ \ō-ˈpər-kyə-ləm\

Adjective Noun

 Capable of motion.  A cover sealing the hydrotheca or gonotheca, may be

up to four sections; the lid on the distal end of a
MOUTH nematocyst.
\ˈmau̇th\
 The natural opening through which food passes into
P
the body of an animal.
PARALYZE
\ˈper-ə-ˌlīz\
Verb
 To become partly or wholly incapable of movement.
PEDAL LACERATION PLANULA LARVA
\ˈpe-dᵊl\ \ˌla-sə-ˈrā-shən\ \ˈplan-yə-lə\ \ˈlär-və\
 A type of asexual reproduction in some sea anemones  A free-swimming, ciliated, elongated, radially
in which parts of the pedal disc break off and are left symmetrical larva that has distinct anterior and
behind as the anemone moves. posterior ends but no gastrovascular cavity.

PHAGOCYTIZED PLEXUS
\ˈfa-gə-sə-ˌtīz\ \ˈplek-səs\
 The engulfing and destruction of particulate matter, Noun
such as a bacterium, by a cell.  A network of nerves or vessels in the body.
PHARYNX POLYMORPHISM
\ˈfer-iŋ(k)s\ \ˌpä-lē-ˈmȯr-ˌfi-zəm\
 The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind Noun
the mouth in invertebrates.
 The occurrence of more than one type of structurally
PHYLUM and functionally different individuals within a
\ˈfī-ləm\ population.

Noun POLYP
 A principal taxonomic category that ranks above class \ˈpä-ləp\
and below kingdom. Noun
PLANKTON  Any colonial or solitary attached individual.
\ˈplaŋ(k)-tən\ POND
Noun \ˈpänd\
 The small and microscopic organisms drifting or Noun
floating in the sea or fresh water.
 A small body of still water formed naturally or by
hollowing or embanking.
PROTEOLYTIC S
\ˌprō-tē-ə-ˈli-tik\ SCYPHISTOMA
Adjective \sī-ˈfi-stə-mə\
 Protein-splitting. Noun
 A jellyfish polypoid larval stage attached to the bottom
that gives rise to free-swimming medusa.
R
SEA ANEMONES
RADIATE
\ˈsē\ \ə-ˈne-mə-nē\
\ˈrā-dē-ˌāt\
Noun
Verb
 Any member of the invertebrate order Actiniaria (class
 To send out rays or direct lines from a common point. Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria), soft-bodied, primarily
REGENERATE sedentary marine animals resembling flowers. 

\ri-ˈje-nə-rət\ SESSILE
Verb \ˈse-ˌsī(-ə)l\
 Regrow or to replace lost or injured tissue. Noun

REPRODUCTION  Incapable of movement from place to place.

\ˌrē-prə-ˈdək-shən\ SEXUAL
Noun \ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl\
 The production of offspring by a sexual or asexual Adjective
process.  Associated with sex.
RADIAL SYMMETRY
\ˈrā-dē-əl\ \ˈsi-mə-trē\
 Having similar parts arranged around a common
central axis.
SOLITARY STROBILA
\ˈsä-lə-ˌter-ē\ \strō-ˈbī-lə\
Noun Noun, plural strobilae \strō-ˈbī-(ˌ)lē\
 Living alone or in pairs, not in colonies or groups.  A scyphistoma larva of a jellyfish consisting of
ephyrae.
SPERM
\ˈspərm\
Noun T
 Any male gamete. TENTACLE
STATOCYST \ˈten-ti-kəl\
\ˈsta-tə-ˌsist\ Noun, plural tentacles
Noun  Any elongate flexible appendage usually near the
 An organ of balance found in many invertebrates, mouth.
variable in structure from an open canal, vesicle, or TOXIN
closed chambers composed of one to many cells
\ˈtäk-sən\
(lithocytes), that contains a concretion of granules of
sand, lime, diatom shells or quartz grains (statolith), or Noun
capsules of ciliated cells enclosing a fluid with one or  A poisonous substance in the secretions or excretions
more statoliths suspended within, of a parasite.
STREAMS
\ˈstrēm\
Noun
 A continuous flow of liquid.
 A small, narrow river.
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ZOOXANTHELLAE
\ˌzō-ə-zan-ˈthe-(ˌ)lē\
Noun
 Symbiotic intracellular algae that are usually
endodermal, from which cnidarians derive nutritive
benefit from the algal photosynthate.

ZYGOTE
\ˈzī-ˌgōt\
Noun
 A fertilized egg or egg nucleus.