Topic 11 Flashcards
Choanoflagellates
Protists; unicellular and
flagellated
Collared Cells
food capture at base of flagella
Radial symmetry
No front, back, left
or right
Bilateral symmetry
Two axes of
orientation: front to
back and top to
bottom
Ectoderm
surface tissue; creates outer covering and central
nervous system
Endoderm
innermost tissue;
digestive tract and organ lining
Mesoderm
fills the space between ectoderm and
endoderm
Germ Layer
Number of tissues used to define clades
Gastrulation
one end of the embryo
folds inwards
Cleavage
Mitosis with no growth
Phyla
Early branching animal clades
Metazoa
Monophyletic clade of all animals and their shared ancestor.
Sponges
No tissues
Basal animals
Eumetazoa
Clade of animals with tissues
Bilateria
Clade with Bilaterally
symmetrical organisms
Most animals in this clade