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Biology AP Animal Taxonomy
Animal Taxonomy terms and phrases to remember and keep in mind for the test.
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04/10/2011

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Term
Ectoderm
Definition
epidermis, epidermal glands, inner ears, eye lenses, brain and nervous system
Term
Mesoderm
Definition
muscles, skeleton, kidneys, sex organs, circulatory system
Term
Radiata
Definition

 

  • Radial Symmetry
  • top and bottom, but no left and right
  • 2 germ layers
  • Cnidaria & Ctenophores ONLY

 

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Term
Endoderm
Definition
digestive tract lining, liver, pancreas, lungs
Term
Bilateral
Definition

  • bilateral symmetry
  • top/bottom, head/tail, left/right
  • 3 germ layers

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Term
Acoelomate
Definition

  • No body cavity develops
  • Solid, filled with cells
  • Platyhelminthes

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Term
Pseudocoelomate
Definition

  • fluid filled area separating digestive tract from body wall
  • not completely lined with mesoderm
  • Nematoda

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Term
Coelomate
Definition

  • Fluid filled cavity completely lined w/ mesoderm
  • Mesentaries connect layers and suspend organs
  • 2 groups
  • -Protostomes
  • -Deuterostomes

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Term
Protostomes
Definition

 

  • Mollusks, annelids, Arthropods
  • Embryo-Spiral and determinable
  • Coelom formation- Solid mass of mesoder split to form coelom (SCHIZOCOELOUS)
  • Blastopore becomes MOUTH

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Term
Deuterostomes
Definition

  • echinoderms, chordates
  • Embryo- radial and indeterminable
  • Folds of archenteron form coelom (ENTEROCOELOUS)
  • Blastopore becomes ANUS

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Term
Phylum Porifera
Definition

  • Sponges (lack true tissue and organs)
  • 2 layers of cells
  • HERMAPHRODITES
  • filter feeders (CHOANOCYTES-flagellated collar cells which create water current)

Term
Phylum Cnidarians
Definition

 

  • Jellyfish, corals, hydras, anemones
  • Radially symmetrical
  • gastrovascular cavity and nerve net (basic brain)
  • 2 layers of cells
  • middle layer=mesoglia
  • use tentacles w/ cnidocytes to capture prey

 

Term
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Definition

 

  • Flatworms, Tapeworms, Flukes
  • Flatworms-gastrovascular cavity and ACOELOMATES
  • Centralized nerve nets, found in moist environments
  • Tapeworms & flukes- parasites, need 2 hosts

 

Term
Phylum Mollusca
Definition
  • snails, slugs, oysters, octopuses, squids
  • 3 main parts
    • Muscular foot
    • Mantle
    • visceral mass
  • Complete digestive tract
  • Open circulatory system
  • Gas Exchange- Siphon system
  • Nephridium excrete nitrogenous wastes
  • Cephalopods- VERY SMART

 

Term
Polyplacophora (class, not phylum)
Definition

 

  • chitons
  • ovalshaped marine animals encased in armor
    • eight dorsal plates

 

Term
Gastropoda
Definition

 

  • Snails and Slugs
  • single spiraled shell
  • Torsion-mantle and anus above head

 

Term
Bivalvia
Definition

 

  • clams, oysters
  • 2 shells

 

Term
Cephalopoda
Definition

 

  • squid, octopus, cuttlefish, chambered nautiluses
  • beaklike jaw
  • tentacles of modified foot

 

Term
Phylum Annelida
Definition
  • segmented worm
  • earthworms, leeches, polychaetes
  • gas exchange- through skin
  • closed circulatory system
  • excrete wastes through skin
  • complete digestive system
  • cerebrial ganglia
  • dorsal nerve cord
  • true coelom
    • hydrostatic skeleton
    • series of fused rings
    • circular & longitudinal muscles that contract against coelom

 

Term
Phylum Nematoda
Definition

 

  • Roundworms
  • Pseudocoelomates
  • moist places
  • covered by cuticle (tough coat)

 

Term
Phylum Arthropoda
Definition
  • Complete digestive system
  • Gas exchange- trachea with spiracles to outside
  • segmented ganglia
  • anterior ganglia fused with dorsal brain
  • Wastes- Malpighian tubules, empty to digestive tract
  • regional segmentation
  • jointed appendages for climbing, feeding, defense
  • Cephalization- sensory structures at anterior end
  • exoskeleton- protein & chitin
    • has to shed for animal to grow
    • thin and flexible at joints
    • provides protection, waterproofing
  • Open Circulatory system
    • hemolymph goes all over the body instead of capillaries and arteries and such

 

Term
Chelicerates
Definition

 

  • spider, scorpion, tick, mite
  • feeding appendage- chelicerae

 

Term
Hexapoda
Definition

 

  • Insects
  • more species than all other forms of life combined
  • several complex organ systems
  • may undergo metamorphesis

 

Term
Crustacea
Definition

 

  • Crustaceans
  • branched appendages
  • special for feeding and locomotion

 

Term
Decapod
Definition

 

  • large crustaceans
  • lobster, crab, crayfish, shrimp

 

Term
Phylum Echinodermata
Definition

 

  • thin, bumpy, spiny skin covers
  • water vascular system
  • radial
  • deuterostomes
  • hydraulic canals branching into tube feet for moving, feeding, gas exchange
  • radial nerves
  • eats from stomach pushing self out

 

Term
Phylum Chordata
Definition
  • Bilateral Deuterostomes
  • Notochord
    • flexible rod between digestive tube and nerve cord
    • skeletal support, often becomes spine
  • Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
    • develops from plate of ectoderm
    • into CNS- brain and spinal cord
  • Pharyngeal slits or clefts
    • gas exchange for aquatic vertebrates
    • develop into ears, head, neck of land vertebrates
  • Muscular, post-anal tail
    • mostly lost during embryo
    • some remain for movement
Term
Urochordates & Cephalochordates
Definition

 

  • invertebrates
  • closely related to vertebrates
  • tunicates & lancelets (filter feeders)

 

Term
Myxini
Definition

  • jawless fish
  • hagfish
  • skull and axial rod of cartilage
  • secrete slime to ward away predators
  • scavengers

Term
Cephalaspidomorphi
Definition

  • lampreys
  • jawless aquatic vertebrate
  • parasites of fish
  • cartilaginous segments along spine and notochord

Term
Chondrichthys
Definition

  • sharks, rays, skates
  • skeleton composed primarily of cartilage

Term
Osteichthies
Definition

  • bony endoskeleton
  • Fish- control buoyancy with swim bladder (an air sac)
  • countercurrent of blood and water to maximize oxygen intake
  • 2 chamber heart
  • excrete salt from gills
  • freshwater fish excrete a lot of dilute urine to maintain osmoregulation 

Term
Tetrapoda
Definition

  • 4 limbs and feet with digits

Term
Amphibians
Definition

 

  • frogs, salamanders, caeciliums
  • moist skin that works with lungs for gas exchange
  • means 2 lives
    • water life- beginning
    • life on land
  • 3 chamber heart

 

Term
Amniotes
Definition

  • produce amniotic egg that protects embryo
  • relatively impermeable skin
  • rib cage that helps ventilate lungs

Term
Birds
Definition

  • brachiosaurs
  • almost everything adapted for flight
  • wings, feathers
  • bones lightweight
  • 4 chamber heart, 1 way flow of oxygen

Term
Mammals
Definition

  • Amniotes
  • produce milk through mammary glands
  • larger brain that vertebrates of = size
  • 4 chamber heart

Term
Monotremes
Definition

  • egg laying mammals
  • platypus
  • echidna

Term
Eutherians
Definition

  • longer period of pregnancy than marsupials
  • finish development in uterus, joined to mother by placenta

Term
Primates
Definition

  • hands and feet for grasping
  • large brain
  • short jaw
  • forward looking eyes on face, close (depth perception)
  • well developed parental care & complex social behavior
  • fully opposable thumb
  • 3 groups
    • lemurs, lorises, pottos
    • tarsiers
    • anthropoids (monkeys and apes)

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