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1
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What are some general characteristics of the Order Araneae?

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Class: Arachnida

Pedicel, silk glands, spinnerets
True Spiders

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What are some general characteristics of the Order Scorpionida?

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Class: Arachnida

Nocturnal predators, stinger, large pedipalps

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What are some general characteristics of the Order Opiliones?

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Class: Arachnida

Oviod shape, no silk venom or pedicel, omnivorous predators
Daddy Longlegs

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What are some general characteristics of the Order Acarina?

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Class: Arachnida

mostly ectoparasites, prosoma and opithosoma fused
Mites and ticks

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What is a pedicel and who has it?

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Region that attaches the cephalothorax and the abdomen

Order Araneae or True Spiders

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What are major differences between Araneae and Opilionea?

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Araneae have a pedicel, spinnerets and venom

Opilionea have no silk, venom or pedicel

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What is a spinneret and where is it located?

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produce silk

opithosoma

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What ticks in Oklahoma cause what diseases?

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American Dog Tick: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Black legged tick: Lyme Disease

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What are some general characteristics of the Class Myriapoda?

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terrestrial, t tagmata (head and trunk), uniramous appendages

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What are some general characteristics of the Class Diplopoda?

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trunk is segmented
2 pairs of legs per segment
burrowers
detritivores

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What are some general characteristics of the Class Chilopoda?

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Nocturnal
One pair of legs per segment
poison claw
predators

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What are some major differences between the Classes Diplopoda and Chilopoda?

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Diplopoda: 2 pairs of legs per segment, detritivores
Chilopoda: 1 pair of legs per segment, predators

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What are some general characteristics of Crustaceans?

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2 pair of antennae, biramous appendages, 2 tagmata, swimmerets, walking legs

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How many tagmata do Crustaceans have?

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Two

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What kind of appendages do Crustaceans have?

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Biramous appendages

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What type of reproductive strategies doe Crustaceans exhibit?

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Dioecious, Parthenogenic, larva

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Do Crustaceans undergo ecdysis?

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Yes

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What type of feeding strategies do Crustaceans exhibit?

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All

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What are some general characteristics of Branchiopoda?

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Parthenogenic, important role in food webs,

Fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, and water fleas

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What are some general characteristics of Malacostraca?

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Largest class of crustaceans, all aquatic
Lobsters, crabs, crayfish, krill
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What are some general characteristics of Hexapoda?

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6 legs, uniramous

3 tagmata - head, thorax, abdomen

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How do Insects move?

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Flight

Modified legs for: swimming, running, jumping etc

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23
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How many tagma?

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3

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Describe the digestive tract of insects?

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foregut, midgut, hindgut

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How do Insects exchange gases?

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Diffusion
Spiracles and bubbles
gills
Trachea/spiracles

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What are the major differences between hemimetabolous and holometabolous?

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Hemi - Nymphs

Holo - Larve, Pupa, Adult

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27
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How do insects communicate?

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Pheromones

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What are some positive and negative effects of insects on humans?

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Positives - food, wax, honey, silk, pollination

Negatives - Parasites, disease, Pests

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What Phylum does the subphylum Trilobitomorpha belong to?

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Arthropoda

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What phylum does the subphylum Chelicerata belong to?

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Arthropoda

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What subphylum does the Class Merostomata belong to?

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Chelicerata

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32
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What subphylum does the Class Arachnida belong to?

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Chelicerata

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What Class does the Order Araneae belong to?

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Arachnida

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What Class does the Order Scorpionida belong to?

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Arachnida

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What Class does the Order Solpugida belong to?

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Arachnida

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What Class does the Order Opiliones beliong to?

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Arachnida

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What Class does the Order Acarina belong to?

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Arachnida

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What phylum does the subphylum Myriapoda belong to?

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Arthropoda

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What subphylum does the Class Diplopoda belong to?

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Myriapoda

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40
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What subphylum does the Class Chilopoda belong to?

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Myriapoda

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41
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What phylum does the subphylum Crustacea belong to?

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Arthropoda

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42
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What subphylum does the Class Branchiopoda belong to?

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Crustacea

43
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What subphylum does the Class Maxillopoda belong to?

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Crustacea

44
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What subphylum does the Class Malacostraca belong to?

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Crustacea

45
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What phylum does the subphylum Hexapoda belong to?

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Arthropoda

46
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What subphylum does the Class Insecta belong to?

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Hexapoda

47
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What are some general characteristics of Echinodermata?

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exoskeleton (ossicles)
water vascular system
pedicellaria
dermal branchiae
pentaradial symmetry
48
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What are Papulae?

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Dermal Branchiae

thin folds in the body wall, a modification for gas exchange

49
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What are Pedicellariae?

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Pincher like structures on the outside for protection

50
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What type of symmetry do Echinoderms exhibit?

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Bilateral as larvae

Pentaradial as adults

51
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What does it mean to be secondarily radially symmetric?

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Bilateral as larvae

Pentaradial as adults

52
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Asteroidea?

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Water vascular system
Predators and Scavengers
Cardiac and Pyloric Stomachs
Autotomy

53
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What are the major features of the water vascular system?

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Water vascular system
Ring canal
Madreporite
Tube feet

54
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What is the difference between a cardiac and pyloric stomach?

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Cardiac: large region that receives food, extrudes out to take in the food
Pyloric: absorption of food and extends out to the arms

55
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What is autotomy?

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The ability to self sever an appendage

56
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Ophiuroidea?

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central disc with five radial arms
downward mouth
no intestines
tube feet
no dermal branchiae
57
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What type of feeders are Ophiuroidea?

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Predators and Scavengers

58
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What are some general characteristics of the class Echinodia?

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Globular or disc shaped
test (fused ossicles)
mouth downward

59
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What are the major external structures of Echinodia?

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Tube feet
Pedicellaria
Madreporite
Aristotle’s lantern

60
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What type of feeders are Echinodia?

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Herbivores
Predators
Detritivores

61
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What is Aristotle’s Lantern?

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Chewing apparatus

62
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Holothuroidea?

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No arms
“Tentacles”
No spines or pennacellaria

63
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What type of feeders are Holothuroidea?

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Suspension and deposit feeders

Secrete mucus covered tentacles into the water

64
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What is evisceration?

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expulsion of the digestive tract

65
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What are some major characteristics of Hemichordates?

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Half Chordates
Open Circulatory System
Complete digestive tract
pharyngeal slits

66
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What do Hemichordates use pharyngeal gill slits for?

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feeding

67
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What are some major characteristics of the Class Enteropneusta?

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Proboscis
collar
trunk
Acorn and tongue worms

68
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What are some major characteristics of the Class Pterobranchia?

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Proboscis
collar-tentacles and arms
trunk - U shaped

69
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What phylum does the Class Asteroidea belong to?

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Echinodermata

70
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What phylum does the Class Ophiuroidea belong to?

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Echinodermata

71
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What phylum does the Class Echinoidea belong to?

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Echinodermata

72
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What phylum does the Class Holothuroidea belong to?

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Echinodermata

73
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What phylum does the Class Crinoidea belong to?

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Echinodermata

74
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What phylum does the class Enteropneusta belong to?

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Hemichordata

75
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What phylum does the Class Pterobranchia belong to?

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Hemichordata

76
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What are the 5 characteristics all Chordates have?

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Notochord
Dorsal hollow nerve chord
Pharyngeal slits or pouches
Endostyle or thyroid gland
Postanal tail
77
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What is the function of the Notochord?

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“Backbone”
Support, muscle attachment

replaced by cartilage or bone in adults

78
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What is the function of the Dorsal Hollow Nerve Chord?

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“Spinal Chord”
single, dorsal
connection to the brain

centralization of nervous system

79
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What is the function of the Pharyngeal Slits?

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Perforated, slit like openings, or pouches
mainly embryonic

used for filter feeding and gas exchange

80
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What is the function of the Endostyle and Thyroid Gland?

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Endostyle: secretes mucus; used in filter feeding

Thyroid Gland: hormone secretion/regulation

81
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What is the function of the Postanal Tail?

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Probably evolved for propulsion in water

82
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What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Urochordata?

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Marine

Turnicates and Sea Squirts

83
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Do Urochordates maintain all 5 Chordate characteristics throughout their life cycle?

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All characteristics are present as larve

Only the Endostyle and Pharyngeal Slits as adults

84
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What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Cephalochordata?

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All 5 characteristics persist
epidermis
poor swimmers
burrowers
suspension feeders
85
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Do Cephalochordata exhibit all 5 Chordate characteristics throughout their entire life cycle?

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Yes

86
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What is a craniata?

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Skull

Surrounds the brain, olfactory organs, eyes, and inner ear

87
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What Phylum does the Subphylum Urochordata belong to?

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Chordata

88
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What Phylum does the Subphylum Cephalochordata belong to?

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Chordata

89
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What Phylum does the Subphylum Vertebrata belong to?

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Chordata

90
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What are some general characteristics of the Subphylum Vertebrata?

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Vertebrae

Jawless or Jawed

91
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What is the function of a Vertebrae?

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surrounds the nerve chord

primary axial support

92
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What is classified as a Jawless fish?

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Ostracoderms (extinct)
Hagfish
Lampreys

93
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What is classified as a Jawed fish?

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cartilaginious and bony fish
Classes:
Chondrichthyes
Osteichthyes

94
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Myxini?

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Primitive craniate
skull
marine
scavengers
produce slime

Hagfish

95
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Petromyzontida?

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Marine and Freshwater
Sucking mouth and teeth
Filter feeders as larvae
Predators as adults

Lampreys

96
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What Subphylum does the Class Chondrichthyes belong to?

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Vertebrata

97
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What Subphylum does the Class Osteichthyes belong to?

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Vertebrata

98
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What are some general characteristics of cartilaginous and bony fish?

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hinged jaw
paired appendages
efficient predators
more efficient respiration systems
Classes:
Chondrichthyes
Osteichthyes
99
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What are some general characteristics of the Class Chondrichthyes?

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Marine
Carnivores or Scavengers
Cartilaginous endoskeleton
No bones
No swim bladder
heterocercal tail

sharks, rays

100
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What tail shape is good for speed?

A

Heterocercal

101
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What tail shape is good for movement?

A

Homocercal

102
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What tail shape is usually associated with poor swimmers?

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Diphycercal

103
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Why are Chonodrichthyes such successful predators?

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Movement
Efficient respiration
Placoid scale modified into teeth, spines, and stings
Efficient sensory systems
Long lived

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