Phylum Chordata Flashcards
What are the four things required to be a chordate?
Tubular Nerve Core
Notocord providing nerve core support
Pharyngeal gill pouches
Post anal tail
What does Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny during embryonic development mean?
Means through development, we look like the evolutionary development to how we got to be human
What are the 3 SubPhylums of Phylum Chordata?
Urochodata
Cephalochordata
Vertabrata
What makes up Subphylum Urochordata?
Sea Squirts
Why are Sea Squirts sometimes called Tunicates?
Because they have a cellose tunic or cover
Why are they called Sea Squirts?
Due to filter feeding and squirting water back out
Sea squirt larvae are unique because?
The Larvae has chordate characteristics, but they do not develop into adulthood, so they are considered chordate relative
What makes up Subphlyum Cephalochordata?
Lancets
Why are they called Lancets?
Because of the shape of the body
What are Lancets gill slits used for?
Filter feeding
How do lancets breathe?
O2 is absorbed through skin.
No lungs
What makes up Subphylum Vertabrae?
over 44,000 Species of Vertabrae
What is a characteristic of Vertabrates?
Endoskeleton w/skull that encases brain
What were Ostraderms?
Earliest fish
What is Ichthyology?
Study of fish
Class chondrichthyes are made up of?
The cartilaginous fishes
What are the cartilaginous fishes?
Sharks, Rays, Skates, Fishes
Sharks have a large upper __________ on __________ fin
Sharks have a large upper lobe on caudal fin.
What are dermal denticles?
Sharp scales on skin
How do sharks breathe?
Respire with gills and spiracles.
When hearing the world spiracles, what should you think of?
Breathing
How many off spring do sharks produce?
Few
Male sharks have?
Claspers used to grab onto female during maiting
Claspers are also found on
?
Insects
What is the World’s largest fish?
Whale Shark
What is the world’s largest fish predator?
Great White Shark
What is the largest ray?
Manta Ray
What is a ‘rat fish’?
A chimara
What kind of organism is a chimara?
Transition organism to the bony fish
What makes up class Actinopterygii?
Ray fin
What is the most numberous vertabrae group?
Class actinopterygii
What are operculum?
Coverings over gills that allow water to be pushed over gills
What are the 5 Types of fins?
Dorsal, Caudal, Anal, Pelvic, and Pectorial
Ray fin fish have a ______ ________ in swim bladder.
Ray fin fish have a gas gland in swim bladder
What releases the gas from the swim bladder?
Oval body
What do lung fish have?
Air sacs to hold air from the atmosphere
What do Mudskipper and walking catfish do?
What kind of organism are they considered?
Move out of the water to feed
Considered Transition organsim
What makes up Class Sarcoptergii?
Lobe fin
What is special about lobe fin fish?
Have fins that are precursors to legs
Lobe fin fish are?
Transition organisms to amphibians
What is Herpetology?
the Study of amphibians and reptiles
What did tetrapods evolve from?
Lobe fin fish
How to tetrapods respire?
through moist skin
What kind of organisms are tetrapods?
Ectoderms with 3 chambered hearts
What makes up class Amphibia?
Salamanders, Frogs, Toads, Caecilians
What were the first amphibians?
Salamanders
What is SC state amphibian?
Yellow spotted salamander
What are the most advanced amphibians?
Frogs and Toads
How do frogs and toads reproduce?
Male squeezes eggs out of female, fertilizes them, and leaves them in water to hatch to tadpoles
What are cacelians?
Legless amphibians