Marine Life Series
 

 Marine Invertebrates


Structures Listed by Organism

 Simple Sponge

  • epidermal cell
  • gelatinous layer
  • amoebocyte
  • spicule
  • collar cell
  • incurrent pore cell
  • spongocoel
  • osculum

 Advanced Sponge

  • epidermal cell
  • incurrent pore
  • gelatinous layer
  • amoebocyte
  • spicule
  • collar cell
  • gastrodermis
  • incurrent opening
  • incurrent canal
  • radial canal
  • spongocoel
  • osculum
   

 Sea Anemone

  • oral disc
  • tentacles
  • mouth
  • ostium
  • column
  • pharynx
  • siphonoglyph
  • gonads
  • septal filaments
  • acontia
  • pedal disc
  • circular muscle
  • longitudinal muscle

   Sea Anemone-Cross Section

  • gastrovascular cavity
  • complete septa
  • incomplete septa
  • epidermis
  • mesoglea
  • gastrodermis
   

 Clam External Structures

  • outer layer
  • mother of pearl layer
  • hinge ligament
  • pallial line
  • anterior adductor muscles
  • anterior retractor muscles
  • anerior scar
  • foot
  • posterior adductor muscles
  • posterior retractor muscles
  • mantle
  • visceral mass
  • gill pair
  • suprabranchial chamber
  • incurrent siphon
  • excurrent siphon
  • mouth
  • labial palp

 Clam Digestive System

  • mouth
  • labial palp
  • esophagus
  • stomach
  • style sac
  • digestive gland
  • intestine
  • rectum
  • anus
  • pericardial sac
  • nephridium
  • bladder
  • suprabranchial chamber
  • excurrent siphon
   

 Clam Circulatory System

  • pericardial cavity
  • auricle
  • ventricle
  • anterior aorta
  • artery to viscera
  • artery to mantle
  • artery to foot
  • posterior aorta
  • posterior artery to mantle
  • veins of nephridium
  • vein to gill
  • suprabranchial chamber

 Clam Nervous System

  • cerebral ganglia
  • visceral ganglia
  • pedal ganglia
  • nerve trunk
  • sensory receptor
  • sensory nerve
  • motor nerve
   

 Sea Star - External Structures

  • aboral surface
  • spine
  • dermal gills
  • anus
  • tentacle
  • oral surface
  • ambulacral groove
  • mouth
  • madreporite
  • stone canal
  • ring canal
  • radial canal
  • lateral canal
  • ampulla
  • tube feet

 Sea Star - Internal Structures

  • epidermis
  • pedicellaria
  • calcareous skeleton
  • spine
  • connective tissue
  • muscle layer
  • parietal peritoneum
  • visceral peritoneum
  • coelom
  • dermal gill
  • ampulla
  • cavity
  • suction disc
  • cardiac stomach
  • pyloric stomach
  • pyloric cecum

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