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BIOL1407-Animal Phyla
Characteristics of Animal Phylum
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Undergraduate 2
07/06/2012

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Mollusca
Definition
Mostly marine, Bilaterial, Open circulatory system, dorsal heart & hemolymph, Varied locomotion, NO segmentation, Primitive Kidney’s – nephridia, reproduction: trochophore larvae
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Annelida
Definition
Bilaterial symmetry, Coelomates, Tubular w/ segments, complete digestive tract, 1st closed circulatory system
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Rotifera
Definition
“wheel animals” Aquatic, microscopic, multicellular, fresh water
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Nematoda
Definition
Cuticle (non-cellular body covering), Bilateral, ONLY Pseudocoelom, Decomposers & parasites, Complete Digestive Tract
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Porifera
Definition
“to have pores”, aquatic, asymmetrical, mostly sessile
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Cnidarians
Definition
diploblastic (2 germ layers), radial & biradial symmetry, most marine, stinging cells, nerve net
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Platyhelminthes
Definition
Diffusion, Nervous system, Sense organs, Bilateral, Acoelomate
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Nemertea
Definition
Free living, most marine, carnivorous
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Anthropoda
Definition
“jointed feet”, internal/external segmentation, Chitin skeleton (shed for growth), Open circulation w/dorsal heart, dorsal brain, ventral nerve cord, respiration: terrestrial-tracheae, aquatic-gills, some-book lungs
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Echinodermata
Definition
– Radial, pharyngeal slits, water vascular system, tube feet, endoskeleton, larvae are bilateral, pentaradial, marine
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Chordata
Definition
Bilateral, Coelomates, pharyngeal slits at some point, Notochord, Dorsal tubular nerve cord, postanal tail, endostyle or thyroid gland
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