Finals Study Questions Flashcards
Choanocytes are a feature of the _____________.
Porifera
The term for the formation of a coelom from the outpocketing of the cell wall.
Enterocoely
This group is characterized by differentiated cell types, but a lack of true tissues or organs.
Porifera (sponges)
The term for animals without a coelom.
Acoelomates
What two purposes does the movement of the flagellum serve in choanoflagellates?
1) Locomotion
2) Feeding: as the choanoflagellate moves, it catches bacteria on a “collar” where they flagellum connects to the cell body.
In spiral cleavage, how do cells divide relative to the animal-vegetal axis?
Cells divide at an oblique angle.
Ecdysis is a synapomorphy of what group?
The ecdysozoans.
A(n) ______________ or 2-way gut is present in the MRCA of _____________, _______________ and ______________
The incomplete gut is present in the MRCA of cnidaria, protostomes and deuterostomes.
Metazoans have a general trend going from (internal/external) fertilization in more ancestral groups to (internal/external) fertilization in more derived groups.
Tend to go from internal fertilization to external fertilization.
What kind of symmetry does porifera have?
Porifera is asymmetrical.
Where is radial symmetry thought to have appeared? Where is it thought to have been lost?
In the MRCA of cnidarians, protostomes and deuterostomes. It is thought to have been lost in the MRCA of protostomes and deutertostomes.
Among metazoans, there is a general trend towards (extracellular/intracellular) digestion in more derived groups.
General trend towards extracellular digestion in more derived groups.
In animals, the zygote undergoes cleavage to form the ________, the second stage in the early development of animals.
Blastula
Monocots have __________ cotyledon(s), while dicots have __________ cotyledon(s).
Monocots have one cotyledon, dicots have two cotyledons.
Spicules are a synapomorphy of the __________.
Porifera (Poriferata, sponges)
Why is the hedgehog gene important in linking the animals to their sister group?
The hedgehog gene is only present in the choanoflagellates and the metazoa, but not in other non-metazoan taxa.
In ___________ cleavage, cells accumulate in even, symmetrical layers.
Radial
What three groups comprise the diploblastic metazoans?
Cnidarians, ctenophores, and placazoans.
The multiple cells resulting from the cleavage of the zygote early in development are called __________.
Blastomeres
Development where the blastopore becomes the anus.
Deuterostomes
Marine metazoans tend to undergo (internal/external) fertilization while terrestrial metazoans tend to undergo (internal/external) fertilization.
Marine animals tend to undergo external, terretrial animals tend to undergo internal.
What are three additional features seen in the body plans of bilaterally symmetrical animals?
1) Distinct anterior and posterior ends
2) Cephalization
3) Segmentation
A dependant gametophyte is a feature of the ______________.
Angiosperms
Where do the placazoans fall on the phylogeny of metazoans?
Placazoans are sister to all eumetazoans.