Chaetognatha Flashcards

1
Q

adaptive zone

A

marine active swimmers (have fins)
predators
most open ocean

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2
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developmental features

A
  • radial cleavage
  • ciliary photoreceptors
  • deuterostomes

BUT are not phylogeneticallly related to other deuterostomes! meaning deuterostomes are not monophyletic

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3
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misc. idk
- predation
- repro.

A

Chaetognaths are hunters

  • spines, teeth
  • important role in pelagic food chains

Complex mating dances

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