Rotifera (Rotifers) Flashcards
1
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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)
2
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Reproduction in Rotifera
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Gonochoric (opposite of hermaphroditic), Parathenogenetic
3
Q
Hypodermic Impregnation
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Sperm injected into coelom (body cavity)
4
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Heterogony
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Alteration of sexual and asexual