lecture 17 cephalopod Flashcards
What is class scapholopoda
tusk shells
calss scapholopoda how many spp
500
what is scapholopoda shell like
tubular, tapering shell open at both ends
what does class scaphopoda lack
lack ctenidia and eyes and heart
habitat of scaphopoda
buried in soft sediment
what are captacula
very thin tentacles around scaphopod foot
how is water moved in and out of mantle in scaphopods
via vilia
what do captacula have?
sticky bulbous tips
what do captacula do?
put organic shit in mouth
how is food ground up scaphopoda?
internal radula
fertilization in scaphopoda
external
class cephalopoda
squids and shit
how many spp cephalopoda
750
characteristics of class cephalopoda
largest, fastest and most intellegent invertebrates
cephalopoda shell
absent or reduced
what is formed by the head and foot
arms, tentacles, cirri, and funnel
what is the difference from arms and tentacles
arms have suckers along all their length
tentacles lack suckers only at the tips
what are the appendages of nautiluses called?
cirri
what is different about cirri
they are retractible into sheaths and they are non elastic, lack pads and suckers
what is clade nautilida
excint mfs in cephalopoda