Invertebrates, redux Flashcards
Porifera
Sponges. basal, most distant sister of animals. no true tissues
Ctenophora
Eumetozoan. Radial symmetry, diploblastic, fused cilia
Cnidarian
Eumetozoan. radial symetry, diploblastic, cnidocysts (stinging cells via injection)
Acoela
eumetazoan, bilaterian (basal), triploblastic, acoelomates
Platyhelminthes
bilatarians, basal protosome, lophotrocozoan, gastrovascular cavity
Rotifera
bilaterian, protosome, lophotrocozoan, pseudocoelumate, alimentary canal
Ectoprocta
lophotrocozoan, coelomate, feeds via lophophores
Brachiopoda
bilaterian, protostome, coelomate, lophotrocozoan, feeds via lophophores
Mollusca
bilaterian, protstome, lophotrocozoan, coelomate, trocophore larvae
annelida
lophotrocozoan, coelomate, trocophore larvae
coelomate
central body cavity, often used for digestion
Nematoda
ecdyzoans, pseudocoelomate, unsegmented, Ecdysis (sheds skin)
Arthropoda
ecdyzoans, segmented body, jointed appendages
Echinodermata
deuterostomes, pentaradial, vascular
Hemichordata
bilateral, deuterostomes, dorsal nerve cord