Animals Flashcards
What are Metazoans?
multicellular heterotrophs
What is found in phylum Porifera?
sponges
What is found in phylum Cnidaria?
anemones, corals, and jellyfish
What is found in phylum Echinodermata?
Sea stars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins
What is found in phylum Chordata?
sea squirts, mammals, birds, frogs, and fishes
What is found in phylum Platyhelminthes
flatworms
What is found in phylum Mollusca?
snails, clams, squids, and octopi
What is found in phylum Annelids?
segmented worms
What is found in phylum nematodes?
round worms
What is found in phylum Arthropods?
insects, crustaceans, and spiders
What are Eumatozoans
animals with true tissues- groups of specialized cells grouped together and working together for a single function
What does bilateral symmetry mean?
having a right and left side
anterior and posterior end
central and dorsal side
What do bilatarians possess? (2)
Bilateral symmetry
trploblastic- extoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm
What are deuterostome characteristics? (3)
radial, indeterminate cleavage
coelem forming from pockets of mesoderm
anal blastopore
What characteristics do lophotrochozans have? (2)
trochophore larval stage with a band of cilia
lophophore- ciliated tentacles at the anterior end to capture food