Phylum Acoela and Clade Lophotrochozoa

Question 1

What are 4 characteristics of phylum Aceola?

Answer 1

1. mostly marine “worms”
2. Aceolomates
3. Flat, minimal cephalization and have no brains
4. They have no anus, gut cavity and have endocellular digestion instead

Question 2

What are some species in the clade lophotrochozoa?

Answer 2

species include morphologically simple… like flatworms to morphologically complex like octopuses

Question 3

What is the relationship in the animals within the lophotrochozoa clade?

Answer 3

their relationship within the phyla is unclear however, the name is derived from a similar larval stage that most of them go through called trochophore and the production of a lophophore in their larval stage

Question 4

What are the 3 phylum that are studied in the lophotorochoza clade?

Answer 4

1. phylum Platyhelminthes (most simple kind)
2. Phylum Annelida
3. Phylum Molluscs