7. Taxonomy Flashcards
1
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sp
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Species - singular
2
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spp
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Species - plural
3
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Hierarchical System of Classification
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Life Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
4
Q
Metazoa
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Kingdom of multicellular animals
- Animalia
5
Q
Protista
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Kingdom of unicellular Eukaryotes
- Protozoa
- Protophyta
- Fungus-like slime molds
- Not monophyletic
6
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Protozoa
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Animal-like unicellular eukaryotes
- Once considered to be a phylum
- No longer considered to be a monophlyetic clade
- Understood to be spread throughout the eukaryotic clades
7
Q
Protophyta
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Plant-like unicellular eukaryotes
- Mostly algae
8
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Opisthokonta
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- Amoebozoa (Ramicristates)
- Fungi / Nucleariid amebas
- Ichthyosporea
- Choanoflagellates
- Metazoa
9
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Polytomy
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A node where more than two lineages descend from a single common ancestor. Because:
- We don’t know the relationship between the descendent lineages
- All the lineages speciated simultaneously
10
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Protostomia
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- Lophotrochozoa
- Ecdysozoa
11
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Deuterosomia
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- Chordata
- Echinodermata
- Hemichordata
12
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Protostomia vs Deuterostomia (Protostome)
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- Blastopore - mouth
- Spiral Cleavage in most Lophotrochozoa / Radial or Superficial in ecdysozoa
- Mosaic Development in lophotrochozoa
- Coelom from schizocoely / Can be coelomate, acoelomate or psudocoelomate
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Protostomia vs Deuterosomia (Deuterostome)
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- Blastopore - anus
- Radial cleavage in most
- Regulative development
- Enterocoely / All are coelomate