Ch 14: Lophophorate Phyla Flashcards
5 lophophorate features
- all feed w/ lophophore
- u0shaped gut w/ anus near mouth, but outside of lophophore
- no distinct head
- all secrete some sort of shell
- closed circ system (but not dynamic)
lophophore
structure carrying ciliated tentacles
phylum phoronida live in burrows lined w/
chitin
2 steps to ingestion in phoronida
- cilia draw w thru tentacles of lophophore
- cilia move food particles towards mouth
gas exchange in phoronida occur in
the tentacles/lophophore
phoronid circ (2)
- contractile vacoules but no heart
- blood cells have hemoglobin
nephridia funct (2) in phoronida
- excretion
- carry sperm and fert eggs to the outside
phoronida repro (2)
- budding
- sexually
brachiopods are ? fauna
epi
what are brachiopod shells made of
calcerous or phosphate
brachiopod shell symmetry (2)
- each shell has bilateral symm
- dorsal and ventral shells, not L and R
what do brachiopods have instead of a muscular foot?
a pedicle that helps them attach to the substrate
brachidium funct
supports lophophore
2 protection in brachipods
- shell
- distasteful compounds in tissue
repro in brachiopods
sexual