Deuterosomes Flashcards
2 phyla of deuterosomes
1) Echinodermata
2) Chordata
General features of deuterostomes (4)
1) Bilateral symmetry
2) Coeom
3) Radial cleavage
4) Blastopore
Examples of Echinodermata
Starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins, sea lillies, sea cucumbers and brittle stars
Do echinoderms or chordata share a common ancestor with humans?
Echinodermata
Echinodermata exoskeleton is made out of (1)
CaCO3 (Calcium carbonate)
Types of sexual reproduction in echinodermata
Contain sexual and asexual reproduction capabilities
Sexual: Reproduction
Asexual: shed leg to form new individual
Holothioidea
Sea cucumbers
Important food in certain cultures
3 sub-phylums of Chordata
1) Vertebrata
2) Cephalochordata
3) Urochordata
Urochordata
Sea squirts
Four common features of Chordates
1) Notochord
2) Pharyngeal slits
3) Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
4) Muscular, post-anal tail
Where does the notochord develop from?
Mesoderm
Placement of the notochord
Dorsal to the coelom
Beneath (but parallel to) the CNS
Notochord features
Core of cells & fluid surrounded by fibrous sheath
Allows for locomotion through lateral undulation (tail movement like sperm)
Who contains notochord and when?
Present in bony fish and terrestrial vertebrates
- present during embryonic development
- replaced by ventral column
- persists as nucleus pulposes in intervertebral disk
Who and when contain Pharyngeal slits?
Terrestrial vertebrates (present in embryo, lost during embryogenesis)
Aquatic vertebrates (gills develop adjacent to pharyngeal slits; allow for water flow across gills)
Location of the dorsal, hollow nerve cord
Lies above (superficial) to the gut
What is the dorsal hollow nerve cord made out of?
fluid-filled neurocoel
Muscular post-anal tail
- posterior elongation of the body beyond the anus
- consists of segmental musculature and the notochord
Cephalochordata
Subphylum of Chordata resemble earliest chordates fossils in cambrian era Temperate and Tropical seas Anatomically simple Living: Brachiostoma - amphioxus