How do zooxanthellae contribute to the welfare of hermatypic corals?

Q: How does the tapeworm body plan support widespread dissemination of the parasites?

A: Platyhelminthes is a phylum of animals that contain all the flatworms such as the tapeworm. These…

Q: What are liver flukes a danger to human welfare? What about tapeworms? Why are tapeworms a problem…

A: Parasites are organisms that live in other organisms of another species. This type of relationship…

Q: How does symblosis wNork in terms of coral reefs?

A: Since you have asked multiple questions, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: What is the life cycle of atapeworm?

A: Tapeworms belong to the category of parasitic worms and also involves a larval stage in the process…

Q: What is the economic importance of sponges?

A: Sponges are multicellular eukaryotic organisms. These animals comprise of numerous pores and…

Q: How do gonozoids obtain their food in this colonial organism?

A: In colonial hydroids, the individual zooids or polyps have different functions like gonozooids are…

Q: How does the life cycle of intestinal nematodes differ from that oftissue nematodes?

A: Nematodes are also known as roundworms belonging to the phylum Nematoda. Nematodes that live as…

Q: Discuss the structure of coral reefs.

A: The largest coral system is the Great Barrier Reef has rich biodiversity including all types of…

Q: How do ctenophores swim, and how do they obtain food?

A: Ctenophores comprise a phylum of invertebrates that survive in the marine waters worldwide. It is…

Q: Describe how sponges defend themselves against predators.

A: Sponges belong to the phylum Porifera. They are mostly marine. They are mostly present in-depth of…

Q: Describe three specific interactions of anemones with nonprey organisms.

A: Anemone is a kind of genus of many flowering plants. It belongs to the family of Ranunculaceae. This…

Q: Why are termites essential members of communities in nature? How do they alter habitats?

A: Termites are eusocial insects, which are believed to have evolved from cockroaches. They are also…

Q: What is the economic importance of hornh and stony corals?

A: Cnidarians are mostly marine animals that capture prey with tentacles and stinging cnidocytes. They…

Q: Where would you find phoronids in marine ecosystems

A: Phylum Phoronida possess around 20 species of animals that are small and look like worms.  These are…

Q: What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Pathogens are the living organisms that cause infections in other animals.

Q: a zoologist specializing in the study of corals?

A: Coral ecology - it is the study of relationships Among living organisms found on coral reefs and…

Q: How do sponges try to protect themselves against harm from the environment? Is that method efficient…

A: Non-chordate defines the animals, which do not have notochord in their lifecycle. This category…

Q: How do humans get infected with parasitic nematodes? Discuss two routes of transmission in humans.

A: Eggs of the parasite are excreted along with the faeces of the infected person which contaminate…

Q: Can the specialized dinoflagellates that live within hermatypic coral polyps exist outside of a…

A: Corals are marine invertebrates belong to class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria. They characteristically…

Q: Where would you find phoronids in marine ecosystems? What role do they play in the food web?

A: The branch of biology that deals with the relationship among various living organisms and with their…

Q: how can characteristics of a marine dinoflagellates cause poisoning and death of sea creatures?

A: Introduction Dinoflagellates are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotic organisms that…

Q: ooxanthellae are found in the mesoglea of hermatypic corals. 2 True

A: TRUE

Q: Why do parasites like trematodes produce such large quantities of eggs?

A: The trematode reproduces asexually inside this mollusk host, creating numerous copies of a second…

Q: What are the importance of trematodes/flukes in ecology?

A: * Trematoda is class belongs to phylum Platyhelminthes with including two groups of parasitic…

Q: What is the name of the larva of corals and sea anemones? What is the biological importance of that…

A: Corals belong to the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.  They are marine invertebrates and are…

Q: In what ways do the characteristics of parasitic flatworms differ from those free-living planaria?

A: Platyhelminthes are also known as flat worms. They are mostly parasites but some are free-living.…

Q: What are the best known representatives of the platyhelminth phylum?

A: Platyhelminthes are bilateral flatworms that derive their nutrition by being parasitic or…

Q: What is the effect of increased atmospheric CO2 and reduced ocean pH on skeleton formation in marine…

A: All living organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to the underwater environment. There are…

Q: What is the type of asexual reproduction that occurs in hydras?

A: Asexual reproduction: This is a type of reproduction where one parent can give rise to offspring…

Q: What are the factors influencing the coral colony morphology?

A: Introduction  A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem that is made up of corals that build reefs.…

Q: Do ctenophorans reproduce by shedding sperm into water?

A: Members of phylum Ctenophora are exclusively marine. They feed on plantons, swim by using cilia. The…

Q: Describe the life cycle of the parasitic nematode? What is the advantage of it making an infected…

A: Kingdom – Animalia, Phylum – Nematoda Nematodes are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that obtain…

Q: How do you define a coral colony? in terms of individual polyps? or as an entire colony?

A: Corals are invertebrate species that belong to the Cnidaria family of colorful and interesting…

Q: What are the adaptations of parasitic nematodes that make them successful as endoparasites?

A: Parasitic nematodes are round worms that depend on the host for their nutrition they belong to…

Q: How has global environmental change affected coral reefs around the world?

A: The greatest global threat to coral reef ecosystems is climate change. Scientific evidence now…

Q: Most sponge species are of leuconoid construction, is this type of sponge construction an advantage…

A: Sponges are the members of phylum Porifera. The Latin name of this phylum is derived from the high…

Q: Are nematodes exclusively parasites?

A: Nematoda belongs to phylum Nemata, previously named Phylum Nemathelminthes or Phylum Aschelminthes.…

Q: what is the reason for making artificail coral reefs?

A: Coral reef  Coral reefs are the large structures present in side the water bodies like sea. They are…

Q: What are the two mechanisms of Symbiodinium transfer todeveloping corals?

A: Symbiodinium is a genus that consists of the largest as well as the most prevalent group of…

Q: What are the major environmental factors contributing to coralbleaching?

A: Answer- Corals are polyp organisms comes under animal kingdom and they live in symbiotic…

Q: WHAT DO YOU CALL A ZOOLOGIST SPECIALIZING IN CORALS

A: Corals are small colonial invertebrates animals belonging to phylum Cnidaria.  They feed on…

Q: What is the typical morphological feature of nematodes that differentiates them from…

A: Nematodes are also known as roundworms and they are not closely related with the true worms. They…

Q: How are coral reefs classified? Who first proposed this classification scheme?

A: Coral reefs are defined as very large underwater structures that are made up of mainly the skeletons…

Q: . What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Ringworm is A highly contagious fungal infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm is spread by…

Q: What are sponges which are commercially important?

A: A sponge may be a member of the Porifera. It's an easy animal with many cells, but no mouth,…

Q: What is the importance of coral reefs?

A: The coral reefs are the ecosystems found underwater. These are characterized by corals building the…