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Aschelminthes
Chaetognatha
Nematode
Nematopmorpha
Priap7lida
Rotifera
phylum in aschelminthes
Chaetognatha
Nematoda
Nematomorpha
\Priapulida
Rotifera
Chaetognatha spp
150
Nematoda spp
27,000
Nematomorpha spp
365
Priapulida spp
22
Rotifera includes
Acanthocephala
Acanthocephala spp
3300
Chaetognatha habitat
marine
Chaetognatha diet
predatory
what describes where chaetognatha swim
nektonic
nektonic
swims in the open water
column
Chaetognatha
arrow worm
Chaetognatha molecular phylogenetic analyses
place them with
Protostomia
however has deuterostome-like characrteristics
Chaetognatha nervous syste,m
ventral nerve cord
circumoesophageal connectives
what deuterostome-like characteristics does Chaetognatha have?
-multiple eucoelomic cavities arising from process similar to enterocoely
-the mouth does not develop from the blastopore
what is phylum chaetognaths suggested to be?
transitional phylum b/w proto- and deuterostomes
however, molecular studies say protostome spiralian clade Gnathifera
what supports chaetognaths as transitional phylum
fossils from Burgess Shale
morphological features of chaetognaths
three sets of eucoeloms
post-anal tail
-fins
-eyes
-grasping spines
chaetognaths sexes
hermaphrodites
sperm transfer methods chaetognaths
sperm placed right at
the entrance to one of the two female genital
openings
or
jizz placed on body and streams over the epidermis and enters female shi
fertilization chaetognaths
internal
development Chaetognatha
direct
neither mouth nor anus come from the blastopore
how do Chaetognatha subdue prey
neurotoxin: tetrodotoxin