Chapter 28 Flashcards
Key Characteristic of notochords
- Anus develops from the blastospore and the mouth from a second opening
- Can spew from both ends
Key characteristics of Echinodermata
- Ring canal connects to the eusphogus
- Branches into 5
- separate sexes
Members of Echinodermata
All October Eskimos Hate Cold
Aestroidea -Starfish Ophiuroidea -Brittlestars Echinodea - Sea urchins/sand dollars Holothuroidea - Sea cucumbers Crinoidea - Sea lilies and feather stars
Key Characteristics of Chordata
- Notochord
- Dorsal nerve cord
- Slits or clefts
- Muscular post anal tail
What are gnathostomes?
Jawed vertebrates!
Members of Gnathostomes?
Two types of fish:
- Chonrichthyians (cartilaginous)
- Osteichthyes ( Bony fish)
Chonrichthyians members
Sharks, skates, rays, chimeras
How shark eggs develop?
3 ways
Oviparous - Outside
Ovoviparous - inside embryo in uterous
viviparous - inside embyro in uterus but connected by placenta
Osteichthyes members?
Ray finned fish
lobe finned fish
Osteichthyes: fish characteristics
- Bony endosketeton
- Vertebrates
- Breathe through operculum
- Swim bladder (buoyancy)
Tetrapods characteristics (eg) Amphibians
Four limbs with digits
Ears for detecting sound
Derived characteristics of vertebraes
- Vertebrae enclosing a spinal cord
- Elaborate skull
- Fin rays in aquatics
What are aminotes?
Include: Reptiles, birds and mamals
- Amphibians split 350 mya
First major group of reptiles
Parareptiles
Two main lineages of Diapsids
Lepidosaurs
Archosaurs