Lab III – Poriferans and Cnidarians Exercise

Draw and label the appropriate organisms on the next page. Use provided diagrams to
label structures.

1. Draw and label spicules from a preserved slide.

How many of the 4 spicule types (long straight, short straight, Y, T) are present on
the slide? ___________
What is the function of these structures? __________________________

2. Look at and be able to recognize the marine sponges. Draw and label the
designated sponge on the attached page. Be sure to use arrows to show how the
water moves through the sponge.

3. Look at and be able to recognize the fresh-water sponges. How do freshwater

sponges overwinter? _____________________________

4. Draw and label a Hydra from a preserved slide.

5. Draw and label a live Hydra specimen from the dissecting microscope.

6. Draw and label the Portuguese Man-O-War.

Is this organism one or many individuals? ____________________.

7. Draw and label an Obelia from a preserved slide of hydroid colony (polyp stage).

8. Draw and label an Obelia from a preserved slide of hydroid colony (medusa stage).

9. Draw and label the Aurelia specimen (jellyfish).

10. Draw and label the sea anemone that has been cut in a longitudinal section.

11. Draw and label the sea anemone that has been cut in a transverse or cross-section.

12. Look at and be able to recognize the assorted corals. What body form are they in
(Medusa or Polyp)?
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Spicules (preserved slide) Designated Sponge
Total Magnification: Phylum:
How many types are present on your slide (long Label: ostia, osculum, and spongocoel
straight, short straight, Y, T)? Show how water moves through sponge

Hydra (preserved) Hydra (live)

Phylum: Phylum:
Class: Class:
Label: gastrovascular cavity, bud Label: tentacles, mouth

Obelia (polyp stage) Obelia (medusa stage)

Phylum: Phylum:
Class: Class:
Label: hydranth, gonangium, tentacles, mouth Label: gonads
Portuguese Man-O-War Aurelia (jellyfish)
Phylum: Phylum:
Class: Class:
Label: tentacles, float Label: tentacles, gonads (testes/ovaries), oral arm,
mouth

Sea Anemone (Longitudinal) Sea Anemone (Transverse)

Phylum: Phylum:
Class: Class:
Label: tentacles, mouth, pharynx, gastrovascular Label: pharynx, septa
cavity