Topic 11a-11c Phylums and Groupings Flashcards
Chaetognatha
Arrow worms, ~70 species
Translucent predators in marine plankton
Interesting exception to the rule of taxonomic grouping
Ectoprocta Platyhelminthes Rotifera Annelida Nemertea Phoronida Brachiopoda Mollusca
These are Lophotrochozoans
Priapulida Loricifera Kinoryncha Nematomorpha Nematoda Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda
These are Ecdysozoans
What are the 3 larger groupings within Ecdysozoa?
Scalidiophora, Nematoda, Panarthropoda
Scalidiophora
All Scalidiophores are pseudocoelomate or acoelomate
Spiny, eversible proboscis used for feeding
Priapulida, (Loricifera + Kinorhyncha)
Nematoda
(Nematomorpha + Nematoda)
Panarthropoda
Onychophora, Tardigrada, Arthropoda
Priapulida
penis worms
Loricifera
telescopic bodies
Kinorhyncha
11-segmented body
Nematomorpha
~1 mm, similar to Nematoda but bigger
Nematoda
Onychophora
Predators with hollow legs and chitinous cuticles
Tardigrada
Water bears, hardy animals that like to live in lichens
Arthropoda
Jointed appendages, chitinous exoskeleton
What classes are in Myriapoda?
Chilopoda, Diplopoda
Chelicerata
Spiders, horseshoe crabs, sea spiders
Lack jaws, instead have chelicerae
2nd pair of appendages are pedipalps (pinchers or feelers)
Other appendages are 4 pairs of legs
Merostomata
Horseshoe crabs
Pedipalps look like legs
5 pairs of book gills, a carapace, and a telson (long “tail” spine)
Arachnida
Scorpions, spiders, mites, and ticks
Carnivorous
Chelicerae are fangs, often with poison gland
4 pairs of walking legs
4 orders of SP Chelicerata?
Opiliones, Scorpiones, Aranea, Acari
Opiliones
harvestmen, or daddy
longlegs
oval, compact body with extremely long, slender legs
most prey on insects and arachnids
females have an
ovipositor for laying eggs
Scorpiones
Scorpions
Most ancient group of terrestrial arthropods
Pedipalps are pinchers
Aranea
Spiders
2 body segments: prosoma and opisthosoma
Pedipalps involved in copulation to transfer sperm
Silk made from protein fluid forced from spinnerets (modified appendages at rear of opisthosoma)
Acari
Mites and ticks
Chelicerae fused into a capitulum for piercing
fused cephalothorax and abdomen
ticks are blood-feeding ectoparasites that transmit many
diseases in vertebrates
C. Chiapoda
centipedes, one pair of legs per body segment
carnivorous, mainly eating insects
body with head and multisegmented trunk
poison claws on first body segment
C. Diplopoda
millipedes, 2 pairs of legs per segment
inconspicuous head and multisegmented trunk
Have tagma (segments are a fusion of 2 ancestral segments)
SP. Crustacea
shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, crabs, isopods, barnacles
two pairs of sensory antennae as first appendages
biramous mandibulates
Larva is called a nauplius
decapods
shrimp, lobsters, crayfish, crabs
10 walking legs, exoskeleton usually reinforced with calcium carbonate
cephalothorax covered in carapace (a dorsal shield)
Some have swimmerets, uropods, and/or telson
SP. Hexapoda
uniramous mandibulates
paired jaws (mandibles) as mouthpart appendages after the antennae
all appendages are uniramous (“singlebranched”)
tracheal respiratory system
Malpighian tubules for excretion
C. Insecta
terrestrial and freshwater, few marine
3 body segments (head, thorax, abdomen), 3 pairs of legs on thorax only, 1 pair of antennae
specialized mouthparts, wings attach to middle and posterior segment of thorax (2 pair) or on middle segment only (1 pair)
Reduced second pairs of wings are halteres
Fat body serves as food reservoir
stages between molts called instars
process of molting (ecdysis) controlled
by molting hormone, or ecdysone
8 important C. Insecta orders
Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Odonata, Isoptera
Chaetognatha
Arrow worms, ~70 species
Translucent predators in marine plankton
Interesting exception to the rule of taxonomic grouping