Lab Test 4 Flashcards
What make up the deuterostomes?
Echinodermata and Chordata
Echinoderms occur exclusively in
marine habitats
What is the endoskeleton of echinoderms comprised of?
small calcareous plates called ossicles
Do sea cucumbers have few or many ossicles?
few
What does echinodermata mean?
spiny skin
What are echinoderms characterized by?
water vascular system
Water vascular system
composed of internal canals and forms tube feet
What are used for locomotion in echinoderms?
tube feet
Brittle stars class
Ophiuroidea
Sea cucumber class
Holothuroidea
Sea urchin class
Echinoidea
Heart urchin class
Echinoidea
Sand dollar class
Echinoidea
Starfish class
Asteroidea
Sea stars class
Asteroidea
What is the mode of action of the water vascular system in echinodermata?
1.) Water enters through the madreporite
Madreporite => Stone canal => Radial Canal (one on each ray) => Ampullae => Tube Feet => Locomotion
How do the ampullae and tube feet act to affect locomotion in echinodermata?
The ampullae contracts, sending water into the tube feet which stretch as water is brought into them. Thus, allowing for a slow form of locomotion.
How do the tube feet aid in food acquisition in echinodermata?
They use their tube feet to grab onto prey, such as the shells of bivalves, then pry them open. They then digest their food externally by expelling their stomachs out of their mouth.
How do the tube feet aid in food acquisition in adhering to solid objects?
same as suckers
chordates united by presence of
pharyngeal gill slits, notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, post anal tail
tunicates and sea squirts phylum and subphylum
chordata
urochordata
fish like Amphioxis (Branchiostoma) phylum and subphylum
chordata
Cephalochordata