Echinoderms Flashcards
name the 5 phyla belonging to deutorostomia
Echinodermata, Chordata, Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, Lophophorate phyla
3 Lophophorate
Phoronida, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda
It is a branch of the animal kingdom sharing features like anusn developing from or near the blastophore, the mouth developing elsewhere, coelom budded off from archenteron, radial and regulative cleavage, and endomesoderm derived from enterocoelic pouches
Deutorostomia
has bilateral symmetry and undergoes metamorphosis to an adult with radial symmetry
echinoderm larva
characteristics of echinoderms
- endoskeleton of calcareous ossicles
- water vascular system
- dermal brachiae or papulae
- pedicellariae
adult echinoderm weight
up to 10kg
what type of asexual reproduction occurs in fissiparous asteroids, ophiuroids and holothurians
body fission
body fission as a form of asexual reproduction occurs in
fissiparous asteroids, ophiuroids, holothurians
how do echinoderms obtain their foods
- scavenging
- grazing
- gross substrate swallowing
- suspension feeding
-selective substrate ingestion or predation
for the _ gas exchange occurs through the skin and tube feet and by respiratory tree
holothurians
for the _ gas exchange occurs through the skin and tube feet and by bursae
ophiuroids
6 extant classes of echinoderms
- Crinoidea
- Concentricycloidea
- Asteroidea
- Ophiuroidea
- Echinoidea
- Holothuria
name 2 Crinoidea
- sea lilies
- feather stars
name 1 Concentricycloidea
sea daisies
name 1 Asteroidea
- sea stars or star fish