Evolution & Diversity II Flashcards
Animals are classified according to ____ and ____ characteristics, such as a ____ ____.
Animals are classified according to morphological and developmental characteristics, such as a body plan.
Asymmetry animal example
sponges
Bilateral Symmetry animal example
flatworms
humans
Radial symmetry phylum example
cnidarians
echinoderms
Types of body plans:
Diploblast
Triploblast
Diploblast
organs develop from two types of tissue during development
Triploblast
organs develop from three types of tissue during development
3 Types of triploblasts
Acoelomate
Eucoelomate
Pseudocoelomate
Acoelomate
an animal that has no internal, fluid-filled body cavity separating its body wall from its digestive tract
Acoelomate example
flatworms
Eucoelomate
an animal that has an internal, fluid-filled body cavity separating its body wall from its digestive tract.
Eucoelomate examples
Annelids
Chordates
Arthropods
Mollusks
Echinoderms
Pseudocoelomate
body fluids bathe the organs and receive nutrients and oxygen from the cavity fluid.
Pseudocoelomate example
Roundworms (nematodes)
Porifera characteristics
Spongocoel
Osculum
Mesohyl
Monoecious