lab 9: Deutorostomes and chordates Flashcards
Potostomes
- Spiral clevage
- Blastopore becomes the mouth
- Schizocoelous coelom
Potostomes
Major phyla
- Mollusca, Annelida and Arthopoda
Deuterostomes
- Radial Cleavage
- Blastopore becomes the anus
- Enterocoelous coelom
Deuterostomes
Major Phyla
- Echinodermata and chordata
In this week’s lab, we will examine
- Phylum: Echinodermata
- Class: Asteroida, Echinoidea
- Representative: Sea star, Sea urchin
Deuterostome
- Coelom originates from gut outpouching
- Anus develops from the blastopore
Phylum Echinodermata
Ancetsral Characters
- Bilateral symmetry
- Triplobastic
- Coelomates
- Blastopore becomes the anus
Phylum Echinodermata
Derived characters
- Secondarily pentamerous radial symmetry
- Tube feet (water vascular system) no centralized nervous system
Phylum Echinodermata
Five classes
- Asteroida, Crinoidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, Holothuroidea
Asteroidea:
Startfish
Ophiuroidea:
Brittle stars
Crinoidea:
Feather stars
Echinoidea
sea urchins
Holothuria:
Sea cucumbers
Phylum Echinodermata
class Asteroidea(sea stars)
Usually 5 arms, tube feet w/suckers, madreporite on aboral surface
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Echinoidea
Sea urchins and sand dollars
Lack arms, tube feet attached directly to body, madreporite on aboral surface
Chordates
- Subphylum Urochordata (tunicates)
- Many species have all four chordate characteristics in mobile larval form
- Sessile as adult
Chordates
- Subphylum Cephalochordata
- All chordata characteristics are retained as adult
- paedomorphis
- Lancelet or Amphioxus
- Cephalochardate- similar to juvenile tunicate
Hox
Genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the cranio (head-tail) axis are conserved