Chaetognatha Flashcards
1
Q
adaptive zone
A
marine active swimmers (have fins)
predators
most open ocean
2
Q
developmental features
A
- radial cleavage
- ciliary photoreceptors
- deuterostomes
BUT are not phylogeneticallly related to other deuterostomes! meaning deuterostomes are not monophyletic
3
Q
misc. idk
- predation
- repro.
A
Chaetognaths are hunters
- spines, teeth
- important role in pelagic food chains
Complex mating dances