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Animal Phyla and Clades
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
11/20/2008

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Porifera
Definition
sponges. Lack true tissues. Cells can disaggregate and aggregate.
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Cnidaria
Definition
Hydras, jellies, sea anemones, corals. Diploblastic. Unique stinging structures (cnidae) radially symmetrical. digestive compartment with a single opening.
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Flat worms
Definition
unsegmented acoelomates. digestive compartment with a single opening or no digestive tract.
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Rotifera
Definition
Digestive tube with mouth and anus. jaws in pharynx. head with ciliated crown.
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Mollusca
Definition
Clams, snails, squids. Coelomates with three main body parts: muscular foot, visceral mass, mantle. Most have hard shell made of calcium carbonate.
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Annelida
Definition
segmented worm. coelomates with segmented body wall and internal organs except digestive tract, which is unsegmented.
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Nematoda
Definition
roundworms. Cylindrical, unsegmented pseudocoelomates with tapered ends. no circulatory system. Molts.
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Arthropoda
Definition
Crustaceans, insects, spiders. Coelomates with segmented body, jointed appendages, and exoskeleton made of protein and chitin.
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Echinodermata
Definition
Sea stars, sea urchins. Ceolomates with bilaterally symmetrical larvae and five-part body organization as adults; unique water vascular syste. endoskeleton.
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Chordata
Definition
lancelets, tunicates, vertebrates. Coelomates with notochord dorsal hollow nerve cord. pharyngeal slits. post-anal tail.
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Chelicerata
Definition
sea spiders, horseshoe crab, mites, arachnids. Uniramous appendages. Speciallized mouth parts known as chelicerae
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Myriapods
Definition
centipedes, millipedes. uniramous appendages. centipedes are venomous predators. millipedes use cyanide gas for defense. Milipedes have 2 fused segments therefore two pairs of legs per segment.
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Crustaceans
Definition
Isopods, crabs, baracles. Biramous appendages. one of the most important food sources in marine and freshwater ecosystems i.e.: krill.
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Hexapoda
Definition
insects and their allies. Most diverse group of arthropods. Basal members don't have wings. Key innovations include development of insect wings and modifications in insect mouthparts.
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Phylum chordata
Definition
Lancelots. tunicates and vertibrata.
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Vertibrata
Definition
mamals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish
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Urochorata
Definition
turnicates. invertibrate
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cephalochordata
Definition
lancelets. invertebrates. no head. notochord.
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Fishes
Definition
Chondrichthyes - sharks and rays, bony fish. Two kinds of bony fish: ray finned, which has a swim bladder and a operculum (gill cover), and lobe finned fish. Internal gills. paired appendages. jaws. single-loop blood circulation.
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Amphibians
Definition
Legs. lungs. cutaneous respiration. pulmonary veins. partially divided heart.
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Reptiles
Definition
Thoracic respiration. Shell or protective scales w/keratin. dry impermeable skin. 2 loop blood circulation. shelled eggs. excrete waste via uric acid.
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Anura
Definition
frogs and toads. shorter body. external fertilization.
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Caudata
Definition
Salamanders. Internal fertilization. long bodies.
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Amniotic Egg
Definition
Chorion. amnion. yolk sac. allantois. albumen.
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Birds
Definition
most diverse terrestrial vertebrates. pneumatized bones. no teeth. lack full urinary bladder. two layered skull. large keeled sternum. fusion of bones. 4 chambered heart. efficient oxygen circulation.
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Mammalia
Definition
hair. mammary glands - lactate. large brain relative to body size. differentiated teeth. 3 major groups: marsupials monotremes, and the eutherians.
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Oviparous
Definition
egg-laying
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vivaporous
Definition
live-birth
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Eutherian mamals
Definition
Live birth. Placenta which is rich in blood vessels that transport nutrients to and from baby.
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Marcupials
Definition
Live birth. lactate into a pool. baby lives in "pouch"
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monotremes
Definition
lay-eggs. platypus
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