protostomes Flashcards
What are the two major groups of protostomes?
Lophotrochozoa and Ecdysozoa
What cleavage do protostomes have?
spiral cleavage
During Gastrulation what forms first in protostomes?
mouth
What is the biggest phyla in protostomes?
Insects
What are some defining characteristics of protostomes?
bilaterally symmetric, triploblastic, and coelomate
What are Lophotrochozoa defined by?
having a lophophore (rings the mouth and functions in suspension feeding)
What are characteristics of Ecdysozoan?
They grow by molting.
What are some phyla of Lophotrochozoan?
Molluscs, Annelids, and Flatworms
What are some phyla of Ecdysozoan?
roundworms (Nemaoda), Onychophora, Tardigrada and arthropods (arthropoda)
What is the basic body plan of most protostome phyle?
wormlike bodies with basic tube-within-a-tube design
What two phyla developed pseudocoeloms independently?
rotifers and ecdysozoans.
What two phyla have reduced coeloms?
Arthropoda and Mollusca
What roles does a coelom have?
space for fluids to circulate organs
hydrostatic skeleton for movement
What defines an Arthropod?
jointed limbs and exoskeleton made of chitin.
segmented bodies
locomotion based on muscles that press on exoskeleton
hemocoel provides space for organs and fluid movement
What defines a Molluscan?
A foot (large muscle) visceral mass (organs and gill) mantle (tissue layer that covers`
Echiurans have?
a proboscis forms a gutter
Priapulids have?
toothed throat that turns inside out
Nemerteans have?
barb-tipped probosics that spears prey