Rotifera (Rotifers) Flashcards

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Apomorphies

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Ciliary corona on head (wheel organ), Unpaired retrocerebral gland (secretes mucus to lubricate wheel), Female has vitellarium (produces eggs)

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Reproduction in Rotifera

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Gonochoric (opposite of hermaphroditic), Parathenogenetic

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Hypodermic Impregnation

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Sperm injected into coelom (body cavity)

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Heterogony

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Alteration of sexual and asexual

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