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Molluscs to Chordates
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
12/18/2013

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Term
Protostome
Definition
  • Blastopore develops into the mouth
  • Spiral cleavage
  • Coelom forms from a split in the embryonic mesoderm (4d)
Term
Deuterostome
Definition
  • Blastopore develops into the anus
  • Radial cleavage
  • Coelom develops from buds off the embryonic gut
Term
Tripartite coelom
Definition
  • Coelom divided into three parts
    • Protocoel (head)
    • Mesocoel (middle)
      • Lophophore
    • Metacoel (rest of body)
Term
Archenteron
Definition
The cavity w/i an embryo at the gastrula stage of development that eventually becomes the digestive cavity
Term
Ambulacrum
Definition
Any of hte 5 radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms on which the tube feet are situated
Term
Polypide
Definition
  • Bryozoans
  • Most of the organs/tissues of each zooid
  • Tentacles, tentacle-sheath, U-gut, muscles, nerves
Term
Cystid
Definition
Bryozoan body wall & produces exoskeleton
Term
Metacoel
Definition
Most posterior section of tripartite coelom
Term
Zooid
Definition
Individual bryozoan "polyp"
Term
Lophophore
Definition

Ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid

Brachiopods have two ciliated, spirally coiled tentacles

Term
Ovicell
Definition
One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
Term
Avicularium
Definition
Protective zooid of bryozoan colony w/ moveable jaws that can be snapped shut
Term
Ancestrula
Definition
First polyp of a bryozoan colony
Term
Operculum
Definition
Horny (heh) plate that closes the opening of the shell when the animal is retracted
Term
Aboral
Definition
  • The top side of an echinoderm that lacks the mouth
  • Usually the madreporite is on this side, except for in ophiuroids

 

Term
Metasomal sac
Definition
  • Invagination posterior to tentacles in actinotroch larva of phoronids
  • Grows & eventually wraps around gut
  • Everted upon metamorphosis to become a long wormlike body
  • Loop of gut pulled down into the everting metasomal sac
Term
Madreporite
Definition
  • Sievelike plate through which water passes into the vascular system in echinoderms 
  • Pressure-equalizing valve
  • Absent in crinoids
  • Oral in ophiuroids
  • Aboral in asteroids/echinoids
Term
Corona
Definition
Ring of cilia on head of rotifers; ciliary loop in chaetognaths
Term
Notochord
Definition
Rodlike cord of cells that forms the chief axial supporting structure of the body of the lower chordates; immediately above the gut
Term
Pedicle
Definition
Stalk for support or attachment; esp. in inarticulate brachiopods
Term
Periostracum
Definition
Outside shell layer of mollusks; thin & chitinlike
Term
Cloaca
Definition

Central, tubular chamber of pyrosome inside a gelatinous matrix with embedded zooids

Receives exhalant water from inwardly directed siphons of all the zooids & excretes it through single aperture

Term
Dorsal hollow nerve cord
Definition

Hollow nerve cord dorsal to the notochord

Formed from a part of ectoderm that rolls up, forming a hollow tube

Term
Endostyle
Definition
  • Longitudinal ciliated groove on the ventral wall of the pharynx
  • Produces mucus to gather food particles
  • Urochordates & cephalochordates
  • Analogous to thyroid (but Julie said pituitary in class)
Term
Stigmata
Definition
Pharyngeal gill slits
Term
Pharyngeal basket
Definition
  • Feeding of tunicates
  • Water brought into incurrent siphon and through mesh on basket, then out excurrent siphon
  • Food particles trapped in the basket
Term
Tunic
Definition
Outer body wall
Term
Neoteny
Definition
Larvae reproduce, effectively eliminating the adult stage
Term
Paedomorphosis
Definition
Retention of larval/juvenile traits into adulthood
Term
Mollusc larvae
Definition

Early: trochophore

Late: veliger

Term
Phoronid larva
Definition
Actinotroch
Term
Bryozoan (ectoproctan) larva
Definition
Cyphonaute
Term
Brachiopod larva
Definition
Brachiopod larva
Term
Chaetognath larva
Definition
None, direct development
Term
Crinoid larva
Definition
Doliolaria
Term
Holothuroid larva
Definition
Auricularia
Term
Ophiuroidea
Definition
Ophiopluteus
Term
Echinoid larva
Definition
Echinopluteus
Term
Asteroid larva
Definition

Early: bipinnaria

Late: brachiolaria

Term
Hemichordate larva
Definition
Tornaria
Term
Chordate larva
Definition
Tadpole
Term
Mollusc body cavity
Definition
Coelom limited to small spaces around nephridia, heart, and part of intestine
Term
Phoronid body cavity
Definition
True, tripartite coelom
Term
Bryozoan body cavity
Definition
True coelom; enterocoleic; epistome and protocoel absent in most
Term
Brachiopod body cavity
Definition
True coelom
Term
Chaetognath body cavity
Definition
True coelom; enterocoelic but without peritoneum
Term
Echinoderm body cavity
Definition
Eucoelomate; WVS is one pouch
Term
Hemichordate body cavity
Definition
Eucoelomate; each body region has 1-2 enterocoelic cavities
Term
Chordate body cavity
Definition
Eucoelomate
Term
Mollusc gut
Definition
Complete gut w/ regional specialization, including large digestive ceca
Term
Phoronid gut
Definition
U-shaped; anus inside lophophore
Term
Bryozoan gut
Definition
U-shaped; anus outside lophophore
Term
Brachiopod gut
Definition
U-shaped
Term
Chaetognath gut
Definition
Complete
Term
Echinoderm gut
Definition
Complete & straight except for ophiuroids (lack anus) and crinoids (U-shaped)
Term
Hemichordate gut
Definition
Complete with preoral (buccal) gut diverticulum
Term
Stomochord
Definition
Hemichordate "notochord" formed as a buccal pouch off the gut
Term
Chordate gut
Definition
Complete, regionally specialized, U-shaped (except salps)
Term
Mollusc circulatory system
Definition
Open (hemocoel); heart lies in pericardial chamber & has separate ventricle/atria
Term
Phoronid circulatory system
Definition
Closed with hemoglobin in corpuscles
Term
Bryozoan circulatory system
Definition
Absent
Term
Brachiopod circulatory system
Definition
Rudimentary & open w/o respiratory pigments
Term
Chaetognath circulatory system
Definition
Absent/weakly developed hemal system btwn peritoneum & lined tissues/organs
Term
Echinoderm circulatory system
Definition
Hemal system derived from coelomic cavities and sinuses
Term
Hemichordate circulatory system
Definition
Partially open; colorless blood; heart, dorsal/ventral vessels
Term
Chordate circulatory system
Definition
Ventral contractile vessle (or heart)
Term
Mollusc nervous system
Definition
Circum-esophageal ring, ganglia, and paired nerve cords
Term
Phoronid nervous system
Definition
Nerve ring
Term
Bryozoan nervous system
Definition
Simple; central ganglion w/circum-esophageal ring
Term
Brachiopod nervous system
Definition
Two ganglia (one above, one below esophagus) in articulates; inarticulates only have lower; lophophore innervated
Term
Chaetognath nervous system
Definition
Large dorsal (cerebral) and ventral (subcentric) ganglia; Ciliary fans for detection of vibrations in water
Term
Echinoderm nervous system
Definition
No brain; diffuse, decentralized NS, usually consisting of nerve net/ring/radial nerves
Term
Hemichordate nervous system
Definition
dorsal invagination of the collar into a hollow nerve tube; dorsal and ventral nerves
Term
Chordate nervous system
Definition
Close to a brain; can have pigment spots and light receptors
Term
Mollusc reproduction
Definition
Sexual
Term
Phoronid reproduction
Definition
Dioecious or hermaphroditic
Term
Bryozoan reproduction
Definition
Zooids usually hermaphroditic; some colonies have separate M/F zooids
Term
Brachiopod reproduction
Definition
Dioecious
Term
Chaetognath reproduction
Definition
Hermaphroditic
Term
Hemichordate reproduction
Definition
Dioecious but asexual reproduction is common
Term
Chordate reproduction
Definition
Dioecious or hermaphroditic
Term
Mollusc respiration
Definition
Through ctenidial gills
Term
Phoronid respiration
Definition
Through tentacles of lophophore
Term
Bryozoan respiration
Definition
Over surface of body and tentacles of lophophore
Term
Brachiopod respiration
Definition
Through lophophore and mantle
Term
Chaetognath respiration
Definition
Diffusion through skin
Term
Echinoderm respiration
Definition
Absorption through body surface or papillae extensions
Term
Hemichordate respiration
Definition
Through gill slits
Term
Chordate respiration
Definition
Across body wall or epithelial tissues
Term
Mollusc excretion
Definition
1 pair of nephridia
Term
Phoronid excretion
Definition
Metanephridia
Term
Bryozoan excretion
Definition
No specialized structures
Term
Brachiopod excretion
Definition
1-2 pairs of nephridia
Term
Chaetognath excretion
Definition
No specialized structures
Term
Echinoderm excretion
Definition
No specialized structures
Term
Hemichordate excretion
Definition
Evaginations of the peritoneum into the proboscis coelom make a glomerulus
Term
Chordate excretion
Definition
Lancelets have segmented "kidneys" with protonephridia; tunicates lack excretory structures
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