Chordates Flashcards
What are the 4 derived characters of Chordates?
Notochord
Dorsal hollow cord
Muscular tails
Pharyngeal slits
Are Chordates protosomes or deuterostomes?
Deuterostomes
Notochord
Derived character of Chirdates
Used for support that later evolved into vertebrate
Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
Derived character of Chordates
Develops into brain and spinal chord
Muscular Tail
Derived character of Chordates
Help things move in water
Pharyngeal slits or clefts
Derived character of Chordates
Suspension-feeding devices
In vertebrates-gas exchange called gills
In tetrapods-evolved into our bones of the head neck and ears
What is the Sub Phylum of Cephalordata called?
Lancelets
Lancelets
- Blade like shape
- All derived characters of Chordates
- Suspension Feeders
What Class are Hagfishes in?
Class Mycini
What things are included in Class Myxini?
Hagfishes
Class Myxini
3 facts
- Group called craniates
- Similar to Lancetes
- Produce copious amounts of slime when startled or handled
- Scavengers of dead things
Craniates
Groups of things with more elaborate skull or heads
What is the most diverse Sub phylum of Chordates?
Sub phylum Vertebrata
What is one thing for sure about all things in Subphylum Vertebrata?
All have an elaborate skull
What class are Lampreys in?
Class Petromyzontidae
What is one thing common in Class Petromyzontidae?
Lampreys
Lampreys
- Have vertebrates
- Don’t have jaws
- Mostly parasites on fish
What are Gnathostomes?
Vertebrates that have jaws
2 facts about Gnathostomes
- Bigger brains
- Lateral line system
What is lateral line system?
Gnathostomes that are able to sense vibrations in the water
Dunkleosteus
- One of the first Gnathostomes
- Its fossils are in our back yard
- Eat sharks
How are shark eggs fertilized?
Internally
What are the 3 different ways shark embryos can develop along with other vertebrates?
- Oviparous
- Ovoviviparous
- Viviparous
What is a fossil of Gnathostomes?
Dunkleosteus
What things do Class Chondrichytes include?
Sharks
Rays
Skates
What are some examples of living Gnathostomes?
Sharks
Amphibians
Reptiles
Oviparous
Lay eggs that hatch outside of mothers body
Ovoviviparous
Retain fertilized eggs, nourishes by the egg yolk the embryos develop that are born after hatching inside the mother
Viviparous
Placenta attached to the developing young
Class Chondrichthyes
- Cartilaginous skeleton
- Aquatic Gnathostomes
- Stream line body
- Detect electrical fields