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What is a soft bodied organism related to jellyfish and sea anemones?
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coral. Marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa in the phylum Cnidaria. Has a skeleton of lime (calcium carbonate).
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Is an oyster a cnidarian?
No. Cniderians are soft bodied, simple creatures like jellyfish, anemones and corals. Crabs are arthropods.
Why is a jellyfish is not listed as an animal with backbone?
jellyfish is not listed as vertebrates because it is a hollow bodied-animals and one of the simplest invertebrates.
What animal were in the precambrian animal life?
Cnidarians: sea anemones, coral and jellyfish,SpongesAnnelids: Segmented flatworms,Ediacarans: An immobile pan cake shaped or fern shaped organisms. Lived in the sea bed, they had no organs and a very simple body structureMicroscopic bacteriaAlgae, mosses, (soft bodied organisms)
How much does a Leatherback Sea Turtle eat?
Because leatherbacks primarily eat jellyfish. They have two sharply pointed cusps, one on the upper and one on the lower jaw that allows them to pierce jellies and other soft-bodied organisms.
Is a sea turtles favorite food jellyfish?
Yes and other soft-bodied invertebrates that float in the water column.
Examples of hollow bodied animals?
Coral, jellyfish, and aneomes are hollow bodied animals
What do sea anemones look like?
A anemone is a kind of flower in the sea. People thought a sea anemone looked a little bit like that flower, so theycalled it after the plant. They look like an upside-down jellyfish, with tentacles pointing up.
What are the specialized structures of a jellyfish?
jellyfish have no bones, exoskeleton, or shell to protect or support them. The jellyfish is considered simple-bodied because, like its Cnidarian cousins, it has no head, brain, heart, eyes, or ears. Thus it is also lacking in the sensory systems that correspond to these organs.
What is the function of the skelekton?
Locomotion ... it acts as a lever system for the muscles to work on.
Where do many soft bodied invertebrates live?
they tend to live in deeper areas of the ocean, and some, like coral polyops and sea anemones, either build their own homes or have a good defense.
What animals do not have back bones?
Animals with no backbones are called invertebrates and they include insects, worms, spiders along with soft bodied animals such as sponges, sea anemones and jellyfish.Invertebrates are the animals without back bones.
Does the word mollusk come from a latin word meaning two-shelled?
No. The word mollusca refers to a soft bodied organism and all mollusks are soft bodied. But not all molluscks have 2 shells: for example, abalones.
