BIOL 1541L Chapter Notes - Chapter 31: Nephridium, Seta, Gastropoda
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Differences from the other multicellular eukaryotes, plants and fungi. Unlike plants, which make their food through photosynthesis, animals are heterotrophs and must get nutrients from an external sources. Unlike fungi, who digest their food externally and absorb breakdown products, animals ingest (eat) their food and digest it internally. Have the power of movement by muscle bers. Multicellular - specialized cells that form tissues and organs. Have a life cycle in which the adult is diploid. Undergo sexual reproduction and produce an embryo that goes through developmental stages. Heterotrophic, acquire food by ingestion followed by digestion. Multicellular, which specialized tissues, ingest or absorb food, diploid life cycle. Sponges, asymmetrical, saclike body perforated by pores, internal cavity lined up by choanocytes, spicules serve as internal skeleton. Comb jellies, possess eight longitudinal rows of cilia that aid in movement, lack nematocysts, radically symmetrical with 2 tissue layers, incomplete digestive tract, tentacles with nematocysts.