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Reduced stress factors in marine environments

-easy gas exchange


-no problem with osmotic regulation


-salinity, oxygen levels, temperature, and pH are relatively stable


-Buoyancy


-Obtaining food and sex easy

Types of motility

-Planktonic


-Sessile


-Sedentary


-Mobile

Systematics

the study of the kinds and diversity of life on Earth, and of any and all relationships


between them

Blastula

hollow, fluid-filled ball of cells that develops


by mitotic divisions of the zygote

Homology

similarity due to descent from a common


ancestor

Synapomorphy

a homologous trait that identifies a group

Analogy

unrelated species have a similar trait

Monophyletic group

one that includes all the descendents of a single ancestor

Paraphyletic group

a group that does not contain all the


descendents of a single ancestor

Sister taxa

derived from the same ancestor

Endoderm

innermost layer of cells

Ectoderm

outermost layer of cells

Mesoderm

layer in between endoderm and ectoderm

Coelom

internal body cavity

Acoelomate

no coelom

Pseudocoelomate

body cavity present, lined with endoderm


on the inside and mesoderm on


the outside

Coelomate

body cavity present, and is lined with


mesoderm on both the inside


and the outside

Protostomes

the mesodermal tissue splits internally to form a cavity

Deuterostomes

the coelom forms through a series of


infoldings

Blastopores form mouths in...

protostomes

Blastopores form anuses in...

deuterostomes

Cleavage pattern of protosomes

spiral

Cleavage pattern of deuterostomes

radial

Fission

mitotic replication of chromosomes, followed by division of parent into two similar cells

Budding

a small chunk of the parent breaks off, then grows into a new individual

Function of Archaeocytes in Porifera

-Waste elimination


-Food digestion


-Reproduction

Categories of biological diversity

-species richness


-morphological diversity


-behavioral and physiological diversity


-ecological diversity

How marine environment minimizes physical and chemical stresses

-wetness


-little variation in pH, salinity, temperature, oxygen levels


-buoyant

Causes of instability in freshwater environments

-osmotic stresses


-varying seasons


-ephemeral



Adaptations to ephemeral bodies of water

-movement/dispersal


-dormancy

Adaptations to seasonal fluctuations

-dormancy

Problems with classification

-overlapping categories


-differences in juvenile and adult forms

Metazoan characteristics

-multicellular


-no cell walls


-mobile

Evidence for seperate origins of multicellularity

-embryological differences


-cell to cell communication differences


-regulatory and transcriptional gene differences

Ostia

small pores water enters in sponges

3 types of sponge construction (simple to complex)

-asconoid


-syconoid


-leuconoid

Class Calcarea

spicules made of calcium carbonate

Class Demospongiae

spicules made of silica and/or spongin

Class Hexactinellida

spicules made of silica, with 6 rays

Class Homoscleromorpha

silicaceaous spicules (if any); basal membrane underlying tissues; cilia

Characteristics of Cnidarians

-radial symmetry


-tissues no true organs


-simple nervous system and cells that function like muscles

Gastrovascular cavity

used for digestion and circulation

Mesoglea

jellylike substance that fills the body between the GV cavity and the external surface

Cnidoblast

a cell that secretes a stinging thread

Spongocoel

the space inside a sponge

Choanoderm

innermost layer in sponges

Pinacoderm

outermost layer of the sponge

Spongin

a fibrous protein that serves as a skeletal element in some sponges

Spicules

pieces of calcium carbonate or silica that serve as skeletal elements in some sponges

Osculum

the large opening through which water exits the sponge

Adaptations for regulating water and solutes

-Reduced surface permeability


-Excretory mechanisms


Parabasala


Euglenozoa


Choanozoa

Flagellates

-Ciliophora


-Dinozoa


-Apicomplexa


-Amoebozoa

Alveolate protozoans

The syncytial theory

Metazoans started as a multinucleate protozoan something like paramecium

Arguments for syncytial theory

Similarities between ciliophora and aceleomates such as (body shape, size, feeding habits)

Arguments against syncytial theory

-Acelomates undergo complex embryonic development



-Flatworms may not be the most primitive metazoans

Colonial theory

metazoans started as a flagellated protozoan that forms aggregations

Arguments for colonial theory

-Many flagellated protozoans form loosely organized aggregations



-The body walls of the most primitive metazoan animals bear flagellated cells



-DNA data link the choanoflagellate protozoans to Porifera

Arguments against colonial theory

aggregating protozoans are known
mainly from freshwater, but the ancestor of the metazoans was almost certainly marine

Growth factors in sponges

-Wave action
- Currents
-Space available on substrate
-Contours of substrate
-Neighboring sponges, corals, rocks, etc.

Three types of symmetry

-assymetry


-bilateral


-radial

Cephalization

the concentration of nervous and sensory tissues and organs at the anterior end

Germ layers

groups of cells that act together during the
early stages of the embryo
, and give rise to distinct tissue or organ systems in the adult

Diploblastic

two germ layers

Triploblastic

three germ layers

Significance of coeloms

-Gut is less affected by locomotor activity



- Internal space can accommodate changes in size of organs (full gut, developing eggs, etc.)



- Fluid can carry nutrients, wastes, hormones, etc.



- Hydrostatic skeleton as a means of locomotion

Infraciliature

network of fibers connecting cilia

Ciliophora characteristics

-cilia


-infraciliature


-two nuclei


-cytostome
-trichocysts
-contractile vacuoles that are fixed in position
-stalks or pedestals for attachment

Characteristics of Dinozoa

-Cellulose plates
-Two distinct flagella, set in grooves

Zooxanthellae

photosynthetic species that provide nutrients to other animals (many corals, sponges, mollusks, worms, jellyfish, etc.

Characteristics of Amoebozoa

-Lack cilia
-Single type of nucleus
-Contractile vacuoles not fixed in position
Pseudopodia used for movement, feeding, or both

Plasmodium

aggregative phase of slime mold

Cladogram

shows the homologous traits used to classify certain groups

Porifera

sponges

Cnidaria

-jellyfish


-corals


-sea anemones

Ctenophora

-sea combs


-comb jellies

Platyhelminthes

-flatworms


-tapeworms

Nematoda

roundworms

Annelida

-earthworms


-leeches

Rotifera

rotifers

Hemichordata

Acorn worms

Chordata

-tunicates


-sea squirts


-lancelets

Time of Cambrian explosion (in mya)

540 mya

Oldest known metazoan fossils

543 to 635 mya

Number of subdivisions of coelomic cavity in protosomes

highly variable

Number of subdivisions of coelomic cavity in deuterostomes

three pairs of cavities

Fate of earliest cells in protosomes

determinate

Fate of earliest cells in deuterostomes

indeterminate

Extrusomes

organelles that can discharge content out of cells.

Alveolate phylums

-Ciliophora


-Dinozoa


-Apicomplexa

Rhizaria phylums

-Foraminifera


-Radiozoa

Flagellated phylums

-Parabasala


-Euglenozoa


-Choanozoa

Characteristics of Heliozoa

-Pseudopodia thin, fixed in place


-Have inner and outer body regions, but


no membrane