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Zoology.Survey of Animal Phyla
all major phyla protozoans-early chordates
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/14/2011

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Term
# of phyla of protozoa?
Definition

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Term
# of cells in most protozoa?
Definition
1
Term
protozoa: hetertorophs or autotrophs?
Definition
both
Term
protozoa reproduction?
Definition
asexual and sexual
Term
protozoa locomotion?
Definition
flagella, cilia, pseudopodia
Term
Phylum Chlorophyta
Definition
-photosynthetic
-flagella
-basis for most aquatic food webs
Term
Phylum Retortamonada
Definition
-intestinal parasites or free living
-no mitochondria or golgi bodies
Term
Phylum Axostylata
Definition
1 class and 1 order: all parasitic (including human reproductive)
Term
Pyhlum Euglenida
Definition
flagella, photosynthetic
Term
Phylum Apicomplexa
Definition
Class Gregarinea and Coccidea

-all parasitic
Term
Class Gregarinea
Definition
parasites of digestve tract or body cavity
Term
Class Coccidea
Definition
parasitic inside vertebrates
Term
Phylum Ciliophora
Definition
-ciliates; single-celled, surrounded by cilia

-many "gut" parasitic

-2 nuclei
Term
Phylum Dinoflagellata
Definition
-flagella

-cellulose cell wall

-photosynthetic and some heterotrophic

-mostly marine

-zooxanthellae

-some cause disease (pfsteria)
Term
Amebas
Definition
Rhizopodans, Granuloreticulosans, Actinopodans
Term
Granuloreticulosans
Definition
foraminiferans; used to date/determine chemical composition of sediment due to CaCO3 shell

-pseudopodia

-benthic/planktonic
Term
Actinopodans
Definition
radiolarians

-silica shell

-pseudopodia for feeding
Term
Cyanobacteria
Definition
blue-green algae (NOT PROTOZOA)
Term
Diploblastic metazoans
Definition
sponges and placozoans
Term
Phylum Porifera
Definition
-sponges

-no organs, symmetry, or body cavity

-sessile

-spicules for protection

-mostly: marine, monoecious, have parenchyma (free-swimming larvae)
Term
Phylum Placazoa
Definition
marine animals similar to sponges but flattened/more mobile
Term
Radiate Diploblastic Metazoans
Definition
-Cnidarians and Ctenophores

-radial symmetry

-nerve net but no cephalization

-no cavity except gut

-sexual and asexual reproduction
Term
Phylum Cnidaria
Definition
-polyp & medusa forms

-nematocysts

-Classes: Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Hydrozoa, Staurozoa, Cubozoa
Term
Class Anthozoa
Definition
Corals and sea anemones
Term
hermatypic
Definition
"reef-building"
Term
Class Scyphozoa
Definition
Jellyfish
Term
Staurozoa
Definition
stalked jellyfish
Term
Class Cubazoa
Definition
box jellies
Term
Class Hydrozoa
Definition
Hydroids and sipohonophores
Term
Phylum Ctenophora
Definition
Ctenophores = comb jellies

-similar to jellyfish but lack stining cells

-mostly marine

-feed on zooplankton

-prey of jellyfish
Term
Phylum Acoelomorpha
Definition
-mostly marine

-considered oldest bilaterally symmetrical animals
Term
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Definition
-flatworms

-moist habitats

-acoelomates

-incomplete gut

-flame cells

-reproductive variation

-anterior ganglia

-carnivorous

-marine osmoconformers, freshwater osmoregulators
Term
Class Turbellaria
Definition
-turbellarians

-"creepers" (muscle and ciliary movement)

-common example=planaria
Term
Class Trematoda
Definition
-flukes

-all parasitic
Term
Subclass Digenea
Definition
-digenean flukes (2 main hosts during lifetime)
Term
Class Monogenea
Definition
-monogenetic flukes

-no longer with other Trematodes (closer to cestodes)

-all parasitic

-single host
Term
Class Cestoda
Definition
-tapeworm

-scolex

-proglottids

-no digestive system
Term
Phylum Mesozoa
Definition
parasitic in kidneys of cephalopods and other marine inverebrates
Term
Phylum Nemertea
Definition
-ribbon worms

-proboscis for hunting

-mostly marine

-complete digestive tract

-cephalized

-blood vascular system
Term
Phylum Rotifera
Definition
-mostly freshwater

-pseudocoelomates

-dioecious

-popular for population/evolution studies

-popular food for aquaculture
Term
Phylum Acanthocephala
Definition
-thorny-headed worms

-all endoparasitic

-network of internal tubes (lacunar system)
Term
Phylum Gastrotrichia
Definition
-gastrotrichs

-similar to rotifers but have no corona or mastax

-bristly body

-gas exchange by diffusion

-complete digestive system

-simple brain

-hermaphroditic
Term
Lophophorates
Definition
possess a ciliated feeding device (lophophore)

(Phylums Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida)
Term
Phylum Ectoprocta
Definition
-bryozoa

-most sessile

-form colonies of individual zooids (which secrete exoskeleton)

-filter feed through lophophore

-simultaneous hermaphrodites
Term
Phylum Brachiopoda
Definition
-brachiopods or "lamp shells"

-little changed of phylum in over 500 million years

-resemble clams with a lophophore

-dorsal and ventral ganglia

-open circulatory system w/ heart

-mantle used for gas exchange

-
Term
Phylum Phoronida
Definition
-wormlike

-most temperate marine

-contractile blood vessels but no heart

-larvae = actinotroch
Term
Phylum Mollusca
Definition
-mantle, foot, radula, ganglia

-unsegmented

-metanephridia

-circulatory system w/heart

-sensory systems

-monoecious & dioecious
Term
Class Gastropoda
Definition
-snails, slugs, cone shells, sea hares etc.

-variable reproduction
Term
Class Bivalvia
Definition
-clams, oysters
Term
Class Cephalopoda
Definition
-octopi, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus

-internal fertilization

-
Term
Class Polyplacophora
Definition
chitons
Term
Class Scaphopoda
Definition
tusk shells
Term
Phylum Annelida
Definition
-segmented worms

-segments=metameres

-dorsal cerebral gangli = brain

-asexual and sexual reproduction (hermaphroditic or dioecious)

-nephridia

-gas exchange through skin and gills

-closed circulatory system w/ heart
Term
Class Polychaeta
Definition
-mostly marine

-some build reefs (including hydrothermal vents)
Term
Class Oligochaeta
Definition
-most: terrestrial, hermaphroditic, live in moist environments, detritivores

-setae (not on parapodia)
Term
Class Hirudinida
Definition
-leeches

-mostly freshwater & parasitic

-hermaphroditic
Term
Phylum Nematoda
Definition
-roundworms

-dioecious

-some free living, commonly parasitic (ascaris, hookworm, pinworm, filarial worms)
Term
Phylum Tartigrada
Definition
-waterbears
Term
Phylum Arthropoda
Definition
key features: chitonous exoskeleton, jointed appendages, tagmata, complete digestive system, complex muscular system, well developed nervous system, many w/ metapmorphisis, paired excretory glands, open circulatory system w/ heart
Term
Subphylum Trilobata
Definition
Trilobites
Term
Subphylum Chelicerata
Definition
-2 tagmata=cephalothorax and abdomen

-6 pairs of appendages

-no antennae
Term
Class Merostomata
Definition
horseshoe crabs, "giant water scorpions"
Term
Subclass Xiphosurida (Class Merostomata)
Definition
-horseshoe crabs

-segmented carapace

-telson (tail)
Term
Class Pycnogonida
Definition
sea spiders (not true spiders)
Term
Class Arachnida
Definition
-2 tagmata

-breathe by trachea and book lungs
Term
Order Aranea
Definition
-spiders

-have malpighian tubes

-8 eyes
Term
Order Scorpiones
Definition
-scorpions

-mostly tropical and nocturnal

-eats insects and spiders

-dioecious/viviparous
Term
Order Opeliones
Definition
"harvestmen"/"daddy longlegs"

-NOT SPIDERS!
Term
Order Ascari
Definition
ticks and mites

-complete fusion of cephalothorax and abdomen

-transmit many diseases (lyme disease, rocky mountain spotted fever)

-ticks have 2 or 3 life cycles
Term
Subphylum Myriadpoda
Definition
head and trunk tagmata w/ paired appendages on trunk segments

-tracheal system

-malpighian tubes (but not chelicerates)
Term
Class Chilopoda
Definition
centipedes

-kill prey w/ venom
Term
Class Diplopoda
Definition
millipedes

-2 legs per segment

-use odor/skin toxin for defense
Term
Subphylum Crustacea
Definition
-mostly marine

-2 pairs of antennae and 2 pairs of maxillae

-1 pair of mandibles

-pair of appendages on each segment

-growth involves molting (a.k.a. ecdysis)
Term
Class Brachiopoda
Definition
ex: water fleas

-mostly freshwater

-many parthenogenic
Term
Class Ostracoda
Definition
mussel/seed shrimps

-mostly marine
Term
Class Maxillopoda
Definition
-no abdominal appendages

-5 cephalic, 6 throacic, 4 abdominal segments, & telson
Term
Subclass Copepoda
Definition
-extremely important in food webs

-parasitic or free-living
Term
class Brachiura
Definition
fish louse
Term
Subclass Cirripedia
Definition
barnacles
Term
Class Malacostraca
Definition
-8 segments in thorax (6-7 in abdomen+telson)

-mostly marine

-isopods, decapods, amphipods
Term
Order Isopoda
Definition
-mostly marine

-pill bugs (rollie pollies)
Term
Order Amphipoda
Definition
-benthic

-laterally compressed
Term
Order Euphausiacea
Definition
-bioluminescent

-major part of baleen whale diet
Term
Oder Decapoda
Definition
crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp
Term
Subphylum Hexapoda
Definition
-6 legs

-3 tagmata (head, thorax, abdomen)

-2 Classes: Entognatha and Insecta
Term
Class Entognatha
Definition
-base of mouthparts enclosed within the head capsule

-best known example = springtails
Term
Class Insecta
Definition
-ectognathus mouthparts

-most have 2 pairs of wings

-exoskeleton provides protection

-jointed and winged for mobility

-compound eye

-chemoreceptors

-well developed ciruclatory system

-malpighian tubules

-metamorphosis
Term
Phylum Chaetognatha
Definition
-arrow worms

-micropredators

-unsegmented & not true worms

-simultaneous hermaphrodite
Term
Phylum Echinodermata
Definition
-"prickly skin"

-water vascular system

-no brain

-marine

-dioecious (external fertilization)
Term
Class Echinoidea
Definition
-sea urchins & sand dollars

-sea urchins = grazers on temperate and tropical reefs
Term
class Asteroidea
Definition
-sea stars

-carnivores/important keystone species (crown of thorns)
Term
Class Ophiuroidea
Definition
-brittle stars

-more flexible/mobile than sea stars
Term
class holothuroidea
Definition
sea cucumbers
Term
Class Crinoidea
Definition
-crinoids/sea lilies

-benthic filter feeders
Term
Phylum Hemichordata
Definition
-bilaterally symmetrical, has coelom, complete digestive system, circulatory system (w/ heart) & chordate characteristics except notochord
Term
Class Enteropneusta
Definition
acorn worms
Term
Subphylum Urochordata
Definition
tunicates
Term
Phylum Chordata characteristics?
Definition
1. bilateral symmetry

2. notochord

3. dorsal nerve chord

4. pharyngeal gill slits

5. postanal tail

6. complete digestive system

7. segmentation
Term
Subphylum Cephalochordata
Definition
lancelets (Amphioxis)
Term
Subphylum Vertebrata
Definition
chordates w/:
-endoskeleton w/ cranium

-myomeres

-closed circulatory system w/ vetnral heart

-erythrocytes

-kidneys

-well developed digestive tract, coelom, tripartite brain, and endocrine system

-sexes always separate (except for fishes)

-paired appendages
Term
Ostracoderms
Definition
-early fishes

-"shell skin"

-jawless (agnathan); filter feeders
Term
Gnathostomes
Definition
-early jawed fishes
Term
placoderms
Definition
"plated skin" (early fish)
Term
Acanthodians
Definition
ancestors of modern jawed fish
Term
fish characteristics
Definition
-vertebrate

-gills

-poikilotherm

-aquatic

-fins & scales
Term
Class Myxini
Definition
-hagfishes ("slime eels")

-jawless marine scavengers)
Term
Class Petromyzontida
Definition
-lampreys

-live in freshwater

-jawless but not closely related to hagfishes
Term
class Chondrichthyes
Definition
-cartilagenous fish

-placoid scales

-no swimbladder

-use urea for osmoregulation
Term
Sublcass Elasmobranchii
Definition
sharks and rays
Term
Subclass Holocephali
Definition
chimaeras or ratfishes
Term
Class Sarcopterygii
Definition
lobe-finned fishes (lungfish)
Term
Class Actinopterygii
Definition
ray-fin fishes
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