lophophores

Question 1

What are the 3 phyla of lophophorates?

Answer 1

Phronidia, Bryozoa, Brachiopodia

Question 2

What is the lophophore?

Answer 2

circum-oral body region characterized by a circular or U-shaped ridge around the mouth. Ridge bears 1 or 2 rows of ciliated hollow tentacles

Question 3

What is the internal space within the lophophore and tentacles?

Answer 3

coelomic cavity

Question 4

Where is the anus

Answer 4

lies outside the ring

Question 5

What is the function of the lophophore?

Answer 5

Food collecting and gas exchange

Question 6

How do lophophores feed?

Answer 6

Sessile or sedentary suspension feeders

Question 7

How does water flow through the lophophore

Answer 7

Water currents are created by the lateral cilia. Particles carried to the base of the crown by the frontal cilia, then passed along groove by cilia to the mouth.

Question 8

What is the coelomic cavity of the lophophore

Answer 8

Mesocoel

Question 9

What is the larger primary coelomic cavity?

Answer 9

Metacoel