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Group 3: Beauty Desfitri Mandar Salwa Afniola LECTURE: Dr. Miemie Saputri
Group 3: Beauty Desfitri Mandar Salwa Afniola LECTURE: Dr. Miemie Saputri
Group 3: Beauty Desfitri Mandar Salwa Afniola LECTURE: Dr. Miemie Saputri
DESFITRI MANDAR
SALWA AFNIOLA
Sea Anemone,
Clover Point, Victoria
B.C.
Portuguese Man Of War
Brain Coral
Corals are an
important part of BC
marine ecosystems!
A. Asexual
• Budding (bud breaks away)
• Regeneration (re-growth of missing parts)
A Hydra Budding
Reproductive System
B. Sexual
• Some are hermaphrodites
• Ovaries and testes grow on the side of adults
• Ovary produces an egg and remains attached to the
adult
• Testes produce the sperm which swim to the egg,
resulting in a zygote
• Zygote develops into a ball of cells called the
blastula, which develops into a ciliated larva
called a planula, which can swim to another
location, settle, and develop into a polyp adult
Ecological Importance of
Cnidarians
• Are extremely important in the ecology of tropical
and temperate oceans in the form of coral (eg
Great Barrier Reef)
• Corals provide habitats and food for many species
of fish and invertebrates
• Reefs protect the land from ocean waves
• Cnidarians form symbiotic relationships with
other organisms living among the tentacles (clown
fish and sea anemones)
The Importance of Deepwater
Corals
• Throughout the
world, many
deepwater coral reefs
are being destroyed
by trawlers, removing
vital nursery grounds
for many fish species
Cnidarians and Medicine
• Used in medical research for their chemicals
(cancer therapy)
• Stony corals are now being used in certain surgical
procedures. Because they have many pores for
blood vessels to grow through, small pieces of
coral are now being used in bone grafts,
particularly in face and jaw reconstruction, and in
arm and leg surgery
• These pieces are eventually replaced by normal
bone tissue
Evolutionary Significance
• Cnidarians are the first animals to have
organized true cell tissues
• They are therefore the first true
multicellular organisms to appear
• They are the first organisms to have muscle
tissue and nervous tissue
• Cnidarians, having radial symmetry are
thought to share a common ancestor with all
other multicellular animals