Phylum Echinodermata Flashcards
Phylum Echinodermata
What does “Echino-“ mean?
Rough
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What does “-derm-“ mean?
Skin
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What does “-ata” mean?
-ed
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Blastopore becomes the anus
Deuterostomes
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Germ layers
Triploblastic : Coelomate
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Digestive tract type?
Complete
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Feeding behaviors?
Filter feeders
Suspension feeders
Predators
Herbivores
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Structure for gas exchange?
Dermal branchiae
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How do dermal branchiae allow for gas exchange?
Extensions of the coelom that stick out into the water
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Structure for excretion?
Dermal branchiae
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Type of skeleton?
Endoskeleton
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Endoskeleton is covered in ___ ___.
Living cells
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Endoskeleton is made up of ___.
Ossicles
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Ossicles (bone-like structures) are composed of ___.
Calcium Carbonate
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Larvae symmetry?
Bilateral symmetry
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Adult symmetry?
Radial symmetry
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“Secondarily-derived traits”
Group had the trait, lost it, then got it back.
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Nervous system?
Nerve ring + radial nerves
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Circulatory system?
Hemal system- Circular muscles move coelomic fluids
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Synapomorphy?
Water vascular system
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Water vascular system function?
Locomotion
Feeding