Chapter 34 Flashcards
Symmetry of Phylum Chordata
Bilateral
All chordates at some point will have…
1) Notochord
2) Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord
3) Pharyngeal Slits
4) Post Anal Tail
Three subphylums of Choordata that are invertebrates
1) Hemichordata
2) Urochordata
3) Cephalochordata
Notocord reduced or absent
Subphylum Hemichordata
Characteristics:
1) Adult is sessile (planktonic) without a notochord.
2) Larva with notochord.
Subphylum Urochordate
Have all four chordate characteristics throughout life.
Subphylum Cephalochordata (Lanceletes)
The invertebrate chordates represent…
A transition between invertebrates & vertebrate
The development of sexual maturity in a larva may have played a role in the vertebrate evolution.
Paedogensis
Characteristics:
1) High degree of cphalization
2) Cranium and vertebral column is the body axis.
3) Neural crest cells
4) High rates of metabolism and activity
Subphylum Vertebrata
Body temp varies, partly controlled by environment
Ectotherm
Body temp constant, not controlled by the environment
Endotherm
Embryo develops outside the mothers body
Oviparous
Emryo develops inside the mother nourished by placenta
Viviparous
The embryo develops inside the mother’s body nourished by the yolk
Ovoviviparious
Chamber for products excretion, digestion and reproductive system
Cloaca
Having two pairs of limbs that support the animal on land
Tetrapod
A shelled water retaining egg
Amniote Egg
T/F Some fishes breath air?
True
Ectotherms, Have a Cloaca, 2 Chambered Heart, No external ears.
All fishes
Canal on the side of a Fish detects vibrations in the water
Lateral line
Characteristics:
Modern forms are lampreys and hagfishes.
Bodies are eel like without paired fins
Cartiliage skeleton
The open mouth is surrounded by a buccal funnel armed with teeth
Some lampreys are ectoparasitic.
Class Agnatha
First in recordbony armored plated, 500 mil ago
Ostracoderms
Vertebrates with jaws
Gnathostome
1) First vertebrates with jaws, 45 mill ago
2) Bone behind: hyomandibular
Class Placoderm