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Acoelomate
Organism lacks body cavity between gut and outer body wall. Mesoderm fills where cavity might be.
Pseudocoelomate
Organism has body cavity in between tissues derived from mesoderm and endoderm.
Coelomate
Organism has body cavity completely lined by mesoderm.
Protostome
Spiral cleavage
Determinate cleavage
Blastopore develops mouth to anus
Deuterostome
Radial cleavage
Indeterminate cleavage
Blastopore develops anus to mouth
Lophophore
Crown of ciliated tentacles that function in feeding. Found in lophotrocozoans
Nekton
Free-floating, swimming organisms
Porifera (p)
Sponges

Asymmetrical
Choanocytes (collar cells) for feeding and reproduction
Spicules for structure and protection.

Morphology: Asconoid, Synconoid, Leuconoid.

Sexual or asexual reproduction. Hermaphrodites
Cnidaria (p)
Classes
Hydrazoa: Hydras
Scyphozoa: Jellyfish
Anthozoa: Sea Anemones, Corals

Radially symmetrical
Diploblastic
Have nematocysts on tentacles that capture prey
Have complex life cycles
Ctenaphores (p)
Comb Jellies (Sea walnuts, Gooseberries)

Biradially symmetrical
Have rows of radially arranged ciliary plates (CTENES)
Have tentacles not around mouth
Colloblasts (adhesive cells) to trap zooplankton that they eat
No nematocysts and larval forms differ from Cnidarian larvae
Acoelomate
Organism lacks body cavity between gut and outer body wall. Mesoderm fills where cavity might be.
Pseudocoelomate
Organism has body cavity in between tissues derived from mesoderm and endoderm.
Coelomate
Organism has body cavity completely lined by mesoderm.
Protostome
Spiral cleavage
Determinate cleavage
Blastopore develops mouth to anus
Deuterostome
Radial cleavage
Indeterminate cleavage
Blastopore develops anus to mouth
Platyhelminthes (p)
Class Tuberllaria (Planarians)
Class Trematoda (Flukes)
Class Cestoda (Tapeworms)
Complex Life Cycle
Larval form differs from adult form

Cnidarians
Parasites
Rotifers
Amphibians
Arthropods
Parasite Life Cycle
Definitive Host-Organsim where parasite reaches sexual maturity

Intermediate Host-Where the parasite undergoes some development and morphological change but does not reach sexual maturity

Vector-Transmit infections from one host to another
Tubellaria (c)
Free-living planarians. Phylum Platyhelminthes. Gave rise to parasitic trematods and cestods
Trematods (c)
Parasitic flukes. Phylum Platyhelminthes. Have complex life cycle. Get from raw fish. Frogs with multiple legs
Cestods (c)
Parasitic Tapeworms. Phylum Platyhelminthes.
Functions of Pseudocoeloms and coeloms
-Provides surface area for absorption of nutrients
-Provides flexibility
-Body cavity may circulate nutrients, oxygen, water, and ions and compliments the circulatory system.
-Body cavity may hold excess wastes and water.
-Body cavity may act as hydrostatic skeleton, providing a semi-rigid body structure against which muscles can construct
Pseudocoelomate characteristics
-Bilaterally symmetrical
-Unsegmented!
-Three germ layers
-Complete digestive system
-Protonephridia for excretion
-No respiratory or circulatory organs
-Nervous system: Cerebral ganglia, nerve ring, some have eye spots
-Sexes usually separate (sexual dimorphism)
-Development direct or complex
-Free-living or parasitic
Rotifer (p)
Pseudocoelomate
-Complex life cylce
-Hypodermic impregnation
-Platyzoa
Gastrotricha (p)
-Acoelomate
-Complete gut
-Hydrostatic locomotion
-covered in cilia
Kinorhyncha (p)
-Mud dragons
-pseudocoelomates
-Have zonites (segments)
Acanthocephala (p)
-Parasitic spiny-headed worms
-Have a cylindrical evaginable probiscus to attach to host
-sexually dimorphic
Nematoda (p)
-Pseudocoelomates that lack circulatory and respiratory systems.
-Advanced sensory "ganglionic brain"
-Depend on diffusion for gas exchange
-Advanced gastrovascular cavity (tubular, 2 openings)
-Most harmless; some parasitic: hookworm, trichnella and Dog heartworm
Cryptobiosis
Suspended Animation.
-Pseudocoelomates lower metabolism to appear dead and curl cup to prevent dessication. Withstand harsh conditions. Have hard outer cuticle.
Lophophorates
-Have true coelom and lophophore
3 phyla: Phoronida, Brachiopoda, Bryazoa
Phoronoid (p)
Horseshoe worms.
-coelomates
-lophophorates using lophophore as feeding mechanism.
Bryozoan (p)
Moss animals. Form colonies
-coelomates
-lophophorates using lophophore as feeding mechanism.
Use chemical signals-pheromones-kin association to identify related larvae
Brachiopoda (p)
Lampshells
-lophophorates using lophophore as feeding mechanism.
-look like clams
Nimertea (p)
Riobbon worms
-coelomates
-Have probiscus for capturing prey
-Regenerative
Entoprocta (p)
Goblet worms, kamptazoans
-coelomates
-attached to substrate with slender stalk for filter feeding-lophophore
Annelids (p)
Segmented worms; 3 classes: Polychaets, oligochaetes, hirudinea
-tripoblastic
-bilateral
-coelomates
-complete digestive tract
-segmentation allows coordinated movement
-closed circulatory system
Polychaeta (c)
Sandworms
-mostly marine
-many setae (hair-like projections for holding on)
-parapodia (for gas exchange and locomotion)
-no permanent gonads
-trochophore larvae
Oligochaeta (c)
Earthworms
-few setae (hair-like projections for holding on)
-clitellum
-monoecious
Hirudinea (c)
Leeches
-carnivorous bloodsuckers
-secrete anaesthetic and an anticoagulant
Acoelomorpha (p)
Small bilateral flatworms with no coelom but do not have gut.
Mollusca (p)
4 classes: Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
-Reduced coelomate (around heart)
-usually open circulatory system
-complete digestive tract
-dioecious
-marine forms have larval forms
body plan:mantle, visceral mass, foot, radula
Polyplacophora (c)
Chitons
Gastropoda (c)
-Snails, slugs, sea-hares
Bivalvia (c)
-shell with 2 halves
-no cephalization
-no radula
-sedentery filter feeders
Cephalopoda (c)
-Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, nautilus

-well developed sensory structures, nervous system
-fast moving
reduced or missing shell
-closed circulatory system

-intelligent
-predators with good vision
-foot is modified into tentacles with suckers
-swim by jet propulsion
Arthropoda (p)
Segmented coelomates with exoskeletons and jointed appendages

-most successful animal phylum
-body completely covered by cuticle (exoskeleton) from layers of protein and chitin

-well-developed sense organs

-open circulatory system which hemolymph fluid is propelled by heart through arteries into sinuses (hemocoel) surrounding tissues and organs
Arachnida (c)
Spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions

-8 legs
-carnivorous
-simple eyes with single lens

mites are small and unsegmented
ticks can give you lyme disease, dermatosis, envenomization, otacariasis
Crustacea (c)
Crabs, crayfish, lobster, shrimp, barnacles

-have 2 pairs of antennas
-have compound eyes
-gas exchange through gills
Insecta (c)
-Most diverse animals
-Live everywhere; rare marine

3 body regions; Head, abdomen, thorax

-single pair of antennae and 3 pairs of legs attached to thorax
Eusocial Insects
Order Hymenoptera: Ants, bees, wasps

Order Isoptera: Termites

Have a single reproductive female: queen

caste system: workers, soldiers

Termites are diploid
Ants, bees and wasps are haplodiploid: males are haploid and females are diploid-helps produce more sisters
Echinodermata (p)
deuterostomes, coelomates, dioecious
-larvae are bilaterally symmetric
-adults radial
-water vascular system-water flows in and out: ring canal, radial canals, ampullae and tube feet
-spiny skin: gills spine, pedicellariae
Asteroidea (c)
Sea stars
Ophiuroidea (c)
brittle stars
Echinoidea (c)
sea urchins
sand dollars
Crinoidea (c)
sea lilies
sessile
Holothuroidea (c)
sea cucumbers
Concentricycloidea (c)
sea daisies
Chordata (p)
Deuterostomes, bilateral, dioecious, coelomates, segmented

4 characteristics they have at some stage of life cycle: Notochord, Dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal gill slits, post-anal tail
Urochordata (sp)
tunicates, sea squirts
-adults are sesille

have gill slits but lose other 3 characteristics
Cephalochordata (sp)
-lancelets, Branchiostoma or Amphioxus
Vertebrates (sp)
-5% of all animals
-specializations lead to increased size and activity.
-cephalization
-greater physical support
-increased metabolic demand: closed circulation, hemoglobin
"Fish"
-Mainly aquatic
-2-chambered heart
-swim bladder for buoyancy

5 classes: Myxini, Cephalaspidomerphi, Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Actinopterygii
Myxini (c)
hagfish: jawless fishes
Cephalaspidomerphi (c)
lampreys: jawless fishes
Chondrichthyes (c)
sharks and rays: cartilaginous fish; jawed fishes

-keen senses
-carnivorous or filter feeder

Jaws evolved from anterior gill arches, allowed grasping and chewing prey. Became dominant
Sarcopterygii (c)
coelocanth, lungfish: lobe-finned fishes: bony fish
Actinopterygii (c)
salmon, perch, flounders: ray-finned fish-bony fish
Transition onto land
lungfish and lobe-finned fishes evolved jointed fins. Ability to extract oxygen from air. limbs helped create terrestrial locomotion. Led to tetrapods

movement on land to escape predators, new food sources and habitats
Tetrapods
Extract oxygen from air
Terrestrial locomotion

solid skull
interlocking vertebrae
enlarged, rotated girdles
foot/limbs
Amphibia (c)
-3 chambered heart; double circulation pattern
-means "double life"
-live on land but need water for reproduction.
-have complex life cycles
-carniovorous
Vertebrates (sp)
-5% of all animals
-specializations lead to increased size and activity.
-cephalization
-greater physical support
-increased metabolic demand: closed circulation, hemoglobin
"Fish"
-Mainly aquatic
-2-chambered heart
-swim bladder for buoyancy

5 classes: Myxini, Cephalaspidomerphi, Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Actinopterygii
Myxini (c)
hagfish: jawless fishes
Cephalaspidomerphi (c)
lampreys: jawless fishes
Chondrichthyes (c)
sharks and rays: cartilaginous fish; jawed fishes

-keen senses
-carnivorous or filter feeder

Jaws evolved from anterior gill arches, allowed grasping and chewing prey. Became dominant
Sarcopterygii (c)
coelocanth, lungfish: lobe-finned fishes: bony fish
Actinopterygii (c)
salmon, perch, flounders: ray-finned fish-bony fish
Transition onto land
lungfish and lobe-finned fishes evolved jointed fins. Ability to extract oxygen from air. limbs helped create terrestrial locomotion. Led to tetrapods

movement on land to escape predators, new food sources and habitats
Tetrapods
Extract oxygen from air
Terrestrial locomotion

solid skull
interlocking vertebrae
enlarged, rotated girdles
foot/limbs
Amphibia (c)
-3 chambered heart; double circulation pattern
-means "double life"
-live on land but need water for reproduction.
-have complex life cycles
-carniovorous

-external fertilization
-unshelled eggs (oviparous)
-inefficient lungs (skin breathing)
-ectothermic
Ectotherm
Body temperature determined by temperature of immediate environment
Endotherm
Body temperature determined by its own metabolic heat production
Poikilotherm
Variable body temperature
Homeotherm
Constant body temperature
Urodela (o)
salamandars, newts

-reduction of limbs
-elongation of trunk
-no tympanum/middle ear (no vocalization)
-larvae similar to adults but with external gills
-ribs
-teeth on both jaws
Apoda (o)
caecilians
Anura (o)
frogs and toads

sophistocated auditory system
Amniotes
"reptiles", birds and mammals

all share amniote egg
-amnion: surrounds embryo
-allantois: stores and sequesters nitrogenous wastes
-yolk sac
-chorion: gas exchange
"Reptiles"
-amniote egg-shelled
-scaly exterior (prevents -dehydration)
-efficient lungs
-3-chambered heart (except crocodilians)
-ectothermic
-Oviparous (egg laying) or viviparity (live birth)
Testudines (c)
turtles and tortoises

communicate visual, tactile, olfactory
Lepidosauromorpha (c)
lizards, snakes

communicate through visual, chemical/olfactory, some auditory
Crocodilia (c)
alligators, crocodiles

communicate through auditory, olfactory
Aves (c)
Birds: derived from dinosaurs
-endothermic, 4-chambered heart
-carinate birds (flying)
-ratite (flightless)
-feathers ONLY
-no teeth
-amniote egg
-scales on leg
Flight adaptations
-Escape predators
-Hunting
-Travel
-Efficient metabolism, lungs
-Acute senses, motor coordination, brains
-Lightweight, hollow bones
-nitrogenous wastes
-gizzard to help churn food b/c there are no teeth
Mammalia (c)
-have scent, sweat, sebaceous, and mammary glands
-have HAIR
-well-developed facial musculature
-placental mammals
-monotremes lay eggs
-Bats are only fliers
Biodiversity
Genetic: variation in species
Species: coral reef
Ecosystem: tropical rainforest
Biological agents
Bacteria
Virus
Toxins
Reasons for preserving biodiversity
-Aesthetic reasons
-Ecological, Ecosystem services
-Medical, health
-Ethical Reasons
-Religions reasons
Possible causes in biodiversity
-HABITAT DESTRUCTION
-global climate change
-ozone depletion
-acidification
-pollution
-introduction of exotic species
-pathogens
-over-harvesting
Lateral line
sense organ for detecting movement and vibration in surrounding waters
Spiralians
Grow by adding mass to an existing body: Lophotrochozoa and Platyzoa
Ecdysozoa
Increase in size by molting their external skeletons
The Red Queen Hypothesis
“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” --Lewis Carroll…

antibiotic resistance
evolution of virulence
social interactions
common behaviors
Zoonotic disease
Human disease that is an animal reservoir (transmission of disease from animal to human via vector)
Goal of any living organism
Survive
Reproduce-for parasite: transmission
Parasite behavior
Seek host
Host behavior
Get rid of parasite
Avoid parasite
Behave differently to get rid/avoid parasite
West Nile Virus
Mosquito are vectors and infect birds, who are intermediate host to mammals, definitive host
Dengue fever
Tropical fever in southeast asia
Yellow fever
South American fever, causes jaundice, "yellow eyes"