Ambulacraria Lecture 11 Flashcards
What two groups make up ambulacrarians?
Echinoderms and Hemichordates
Traits of Echinoderms
All marine living, benthic
Paleozoic forms: sessile Modern forms: motile
what are the extant classes of Echinoderms (5)
Holothuriodea Echinoidea Crinoidea Ophiuroidea Asteroidea
Traits of Crinoidea
Sea lilies and feather stars
most ancient class of living echinoderms
mainly deep-water, suspension feeders
Traits of Asteroidea
Seastars (all benthic and found at wide range of depths
5-fold symmetry
predators and scavengers
5 arms typical (multiples of 5)
Traits of Ophiuroidea
Brittle stars and basket stars
slender arms for locomotion
diverse feeding habits
soft bottom habitats (fragile arms, easily able to regenerate)
Traits of Echinoidea
Sea urchins and sand dollars
no arms
skeletal ossicles form the test
pentaradial symmetry
Irregular body form
short spines (locomotion and body clean of sediment) flattened (secondary bilateral symmetry) adaptation for burrowing
Regular body form
Long spines (locomotion) tube feet assist in movement Pedicellariae (pincers) cleaning and defense
Traits of Holothuroidea
secondary bilateral symmetry (extended on oral-aboral axis)
tentacles and mucous (suspension and deposit feeding)
tube feet for locomotion
Hemichordate classes (2)
Pterobranchs
Enteropneusta
Pterobranchia traits
tube-dwelling, colonial animals
clear tripartite body
Enteropneusta
Acorn worms (solitary) Sediment dwelling animals (clear tripartite body)
Ambulacraria Characteristics (3)
Tripartite body (three coeloms)
Similar larval forms
Axial Complex
Divisions of Tripartite coelom
Perivisceral coelom (surrounds visceral tissues) Hydrocoel- (forms water vacular system)- lost in all except Crinoids Hemal coelom