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Lophophorates
Taxonomy & Anatomy
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
12/02/2013

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Phylum Phoronida
Definition
Tube-dwelling lophophorates; tubes made of chitin; can be solitary or colonial; have hemoglobin; repro sexual or asexual; anus inside ring of tentacles
Term
Phylum Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)
Definition
Moss animals; almost always colonial; no respiratory pigments; FW or marine; resemble small corals; lophophore on retractable introvert w/ operculum
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Polypide
Definition
Zooid
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Avicularia
Definition
Zooid in which the lophophore is replaced by an extension that defends the colony by biting or snapping predators
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Vibracula
Definition
Type of avicularia with a long bristle with a wide range of motion that can be defensive or clean the colony
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Ovicells
Definition
Bryozoan brood chambers
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Phylum Brachiopoda
Definition
Articulate or inarticulate; marine only; have 2 shells/valves with an anterior hinge; pedicle; hemerythrin; always dioecious w/ 4 gonads
Term
Ancestrula
Definition
Primary zooid from which other zooids bud off
Term
Bryozoan swimming larva
Definition
Cyphonautes
Term
Gymnolaemate
Definition
Embryos produced asexuallly by budding off a fertilized embryo
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Vesiculariform
Definition
Nonfeeding bryozoan larva
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Articulate brachiopod
Definition
Brachiopod with toothed hinges and simple opening/closing muscles
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Inarticulate Brachiopod
Definition
Brachiopods with untoothed hinges and complex muscle system to keep hinges closed; also rely on hydrostatic pressure
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Statoblast
Definition
Asexual FW bryozoan reproduction; located in funiculus
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Marine Bryozoan
Definition
Bugula
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FW Bryozoan
Definition
Pectinella
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Erratic Bryozoan
Definition
Schizoporella errata
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