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Synapomorphies of Hemichordata

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Stomochord - flexible, hollow tube (possible homologue to nerve chord)
No brain or prospects (nerve net and longitudinal nerves)
3 distinct segments - anterior prosome (proboscis)
intermediate collar (dorsal neural tube, nerve network)
posterior trunk (digestive tract, gonads, stalk, gill slits)

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What is the Enteropneust larval form called? (Hemichordata)

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Tornaria larva

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What is the function of the Hemichordata proboscis?

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it’s muscular and ciliated, making it the primary contributor of movement, but also helps in collection and transportation of food particles and burrowing

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What makes nematodes pseudocoelomates?

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they have a false coelom, and their endoderm is disconnected from their mesoderm

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What is a stylet and how is it used in nematodes?

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a hollow feeding structure inserted into prey (plant or animal) to suck nutrients out or inject digestive enzymes. used by parasitic organisms

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How do nematodes acquire and digest their food?

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food enters through the mouth and goes through Peristalsis, where the mesoderm (muscular layer) contracts and squeezes the endoderm, pushing food through the digestive tract

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How do xenacoelomorphs move?

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They have fully ciliated bodies that aid in locomotion

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How do xenacoelomorphs reproduce?

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They are hermaphrodites that are capable of sexual or asexual reproduction. They can brood or encapsulate their eggs. Direct development, regeneration.

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How do acoels from xenacoelomorpha feed?

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can use eversible pharynx, those without a pharynx form a sphincter around the mouth using muscle fibers. they have a syncitial gut. larger prey are coated in mucus and slowly moved towards the mouth via epidermal cilia

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how do nemertodermatids from xenacoelomorpha feed?

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they use a cone of gut tissues to function as a tongue and grab food, some even have an eversible proboscis called the “broom organ”, and they have a well-defined lumen rather than a syncitial gut

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how do xenoturbellids from xenacoelomorpha feed?

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they open their mouth and protrude their unciliated foregut

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synapomorphies of xenacoelomorpha

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bilateral symmetry, acoelomate body plan, xenacoelomorphan ciliated epidermis, midventral mouth, incomplete digestive system without an anus, direct development

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What xenacoelomorphan species can fully regenerate and what class are they from?

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symsagittifera roscoffensis (mint-sauce worm), acoela

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What genus is parasitic in holothuroid guts?

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Meara stichopi

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synapomorphies of sipuncula

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unsegmented coelomates, soft-bodied (separated by sac-like trunk and retractable introvert, introvert bears a mouth with an array of tentacles at distal end), pair of nephridia (maintain osmoregulation and have reproductive uses), unpaired nerve cord

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16
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how do sipuncula feed?

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mostly deposit feeders, use tentacles to eat food particles from sediment, those on hard surfaces use introvert hooks to scrape off sediment

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how do sipuncula reproduce?

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most are dioecious (separate male and female reproductive organs), gonads release gametes into the coelom where they mature before being released into the water column by nephridium

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18
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What is the purpose of the nephridium in sipuncula?

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maintains osmoregulation and releases fully developed gametes into the water column

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What are the larval forms of peanut worms?

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pelagosphera and trochophore

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What is the nuchal organ in sipuncula and what is it used for?

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a ciliated pit structure used for light and food detection as well as finding mates (found in class phascolosomatidea)

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21
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what genus of peanut worms are suspension feeders?

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themiste

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what are the 2 classes of sipuncula and what are the main differences?

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sipunculoidea and phascolosomatidea, sipunculoidea doesn’t have a nuchal organ

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synapomorphies of phoronida

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3 body parts each with coelomic cavity (epistome - overhang on mouth, mesosome - lophophore and regenerative mass of specialized tentacles used for feeding and respiration, metasome - trunk), lophophore, no valves, ampulla (bulbous mass at end of trunk), nerve ring, bilateral symmetry, closed circulatory system

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how do phoronids feed?

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ciliated tentacles move water towards the oral ring with food particles trapped in mucus. once it reaches the mouth food is drawn in and moved to the digestive tract

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how do phoronids reproduce?

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sexual reproduction, mostly hermaphroditic, eggs or larva brooded in body cavity until secreted,

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What are the 2 different types of reproduction in horseshoe worms?

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phoronis ovalis lay only a few eggs with lots of yolk that are brooded until secreted, the larva do not feed, the larva sink to the ocean floor and then permanently attach to a substrate where they develop into an adult
phoronis australis lay a large number of small eggs that are released directly after fertilization and hatch into actinotrocha larva, they sink to the ocean floor, develop into a benthic adult, and attach to a substrate

27
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What do horseshoe worms use the lophophore for?

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the lophophore is a u-shaped organ used for feeding

28
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What differentiates phoronopsis from phoronis?

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phoronopsis has a collar fold under the lophophore

29
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mucous house in appendicularia

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series of filters, chambers, channels, funnels, and valves that protects the animal and keeps it afloat

30
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how do appendicularians reproduce?

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sexual reproduction, mostly hermaphrodites (minus oikopleuradioica), release sperm, eggs burst out of body wall

31
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how do appendicularians move?

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the tail generates undulations to pump water through the tail chamber

32
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what is the most well-known family in class appendicularia?

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oikopleuridae

33
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what is the house used for in appendicularia?

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protects the animal and keeps it afloat

34
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what are the synapomorphies in appendiculara?

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gill slits, tubular nerve cord, rod-like notochord, and a post-anal tail

35
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What is an easy way to tell the difference between a branchiopod and a bivalve?

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branchiopods have bilateral symmetry

36
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What is the primary structure used for feeding?

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lophophore, feeding filter with cilia in the filaments that draw in water currents to provide food

37
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What is the most common subphylum of branchiopoda?

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linguliformea

38
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what are the larval forms of branchiopods?

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rhynchonelliformea, craniiform, linguliform

39
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What are the synapomorphies of chaetognatha?

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bilateral symmetry, retractable chitinous jaws, multilayered epithelium on body, cephalic hoods, retrocerebral organ (organ above and behind the brain), ciliary loop, no lungs

40
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How do arrow worms feed?

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ambush feeders that sense water movement to detect prey before grabbing pray using grapsing hooks

41
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How does chaetognatha reproduce?

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hermaphroditic, direct development, internal fertilization

42
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What technological advances are being used to re-define classification of chaetognatha?

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genetic testing and examination is being done

43
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Synapomorphies of nemerteans

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proboscis, rynchocoel (tubular cavity that holds the proboscis), ganglion

44
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What makes malacobdella grossa different from other nemerteans?

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they have a commensal relationship with mollusks

45
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How does class anopla differ from class enopla in nemerteans?

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anopla has separate mouth and proboscis openings and enopla has a single opening for both

46
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what are the larval forms in nemertea?

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planuliform and pilidium

47
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5 synapomorphies of thaliacea

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notochord (flexible supporting rod with muscle attachment), dorsal hollow nerve cord (nerve chord that runs along dorsal surface), endostyle or thyroid (mucus-covered structure in the pharynx used for filter feeding), pharyngeal slits (openings into pharynx for filter feeding), post-anal tail (tail that extends beyond the atrail/anal opening)

48
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how does thaliacea feed?

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non selective and filter feeding (pump water through body, in through mouth and out through atrium opening)

49
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how does thaliacea reproduce?

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asexual reproduction, budding occurs from the endostyle stolon

50
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what phylum does Pyrostremma Spinosum belong?

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thaliacea

51
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What is the difference between the notochord and the dorsal hollow nerve chord in thaliacea?

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notochord is lost in adults while the dorsal hollow nerve chord can be seen in adults

52
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what does non-selective feeding mean?

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eat anything they can find

53
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what are the feeding differences between the two classes of priapulids?

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secticoronaria uses anterior scalids to form 2 tentacles and create a feeding trap
priapulida has no tentacles but a fully retractable proboscis

54
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what are the synapomorphies of priapulida?

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3 part body (introvert proboscis, trunk, caudal appendage), chitinous cuticle, bilateral symmetry

55
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what is the dominant larval stage in priapulids?

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loricate

56
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what are the two parts of bryozoa structure?

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cystid - outer casing
polypide - comprised of the lophophore and viscera

57
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name 2 different means of reproduction in bryozoa

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budding and fragmentation

58
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how does the lophophore in Phylactolaemata differ from the other 2 classes in bryozoans?

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they have a u-shaped lophophore

59
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what is the function of the communication pore in bryozoans?

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allows zooids to share nutrients and transmit chemical signals

60
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synapomorphies of entoprocta

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stalks, calyx, anus

61
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how do entoprocta feed?

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filter feeders, crown of ciliated tentacles creates a water current to draw food particles towards lophophore

62
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platyhelminthes synapomorphies

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acoelomates, bilateral symmetry, unsegmented and triploblastic, blind gut

63
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how do platyhelminthes feed?

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have intracellular and extracellular digestion, non parasitic organisms have an oral sucker around the mouth for feeding, those without a mouth absorb nutrients, herbivores can have a simple ciliated pore as a mouth while carnivores may have a pharynx

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how do platyhelminthes reproduce?

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hermaphroditic internal fertilization

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