Deuterostomia Flashcards
Three Phyla of Feuterostomia
Hemichordata
Echnodermata
Chordata
Deuterostome Embryonic Development
Radial, indeterminate cleavage, coelom forms from folds in the mesdorm
Anus forms from the blastospore
Echinoderms
Se star or starfish
Slow moving, sessile marine animals with radial symmetry at adulthood
What did Echinoderms evolve from?
Bilateral ancestors
Echinoderms Epidermis Features
Thin epidermis that covers and endoskeleton of ossicles (calcareous plates and spines embedded in the derms
Echinoderms Vascular System
Derived from the coelom and consists of a ring canal in the central disk and a network of hydraulic canals running down the length of each arm
Connected to seawater via a porous ossicle which allows water to flow in and out
Echinoderm Reproduction
Sexual reproduction where gametes are released into the water for external fertilization
Three Main Echinoderms Clades
Asteroidea
Echinoidea
Holothuroidea
Asteroidea
Echinoderm Clade including starfish
Mouth on the underside, 5+ radiating arms from a central disk, can regrow limbs
predators of molluscs
Reproduce asexually by fission
Echinoidea
Clade of Echinoderm
Urbins and sand dollars with no arms but five rows of tube feet
Slow-moving, use jointed spines to move
Herbivorous
Holothuroidea
Clade of Echinoderm
sea cucumbers with tube shaped detritivores
Deposit filter feeders
Appear bilaterally symmetrical, but actually are elongated along the anterior-posterior axis.
Lack external spines and have endoskeleton of reduced scattered ossicles