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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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(Superclass) Gnathostoma

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Jawed fishes and all other vertebrates

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(Class) Condrichthyes

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Cartilaginous fishes

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(Class/Superclass) Osteichthyes

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Bony fishes

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(Class) Actinoptergii

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Ray-finned fishes

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(Class) Sarcoptergii

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Lobe-fined fishes

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(Family) Salmonidae

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Salmon, trout, chars, etc. Fish in Order Salmoniformes.

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(Family) Cyprinidae

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Carps, minnows, etc. Stomachless, toothless fish.

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(Family) Percidae

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40% of living fish species. Fish in order Perciformes.

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(Subphylum) Cephalochordata

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Lanclets (Amphioxus); having a persistent head-tail notochord.

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(Subphylum) Craniata

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Animals with a braincase + Chordata characteristics

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(Superclass) Agnatha

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Jawless fishes

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12
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5 features of Phylum Chordata

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Notochord

Dorsal NC

Pharyngeal slits

Endostyle

Post-anal tail

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13
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3 Subphyla of Phylum Chordata

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Urochordata, Cephalochordata, Craniata

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14
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4 Subclasses of Phylum Cnidaria

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Scyphozoa

Anthozoa

Hydrozoa

Cubozoa

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15
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What do Symbodinium zooxanthellae do?

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They are symbionts of coral. They are in 5 clades and they have different temperature tolerations and wavelength ranges

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(Subphylum) Urochordata

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Sea Squirts, part of Chordata

17
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Salp

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barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate

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Somites

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The segmental buds of a chordate embryo that become skin, muscles, vertebrae and brain

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Nephrotomes

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The segmental buds of a chordate that become the kidneys and gonads, and link somites to lateral plate tissue

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Lateral plate tissue

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The tissue of a chordate embryo that forms unsegmented components; connective tissue, reproductive system, heart, gut

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Myotomes

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V-shaped muscle blocks shaped to overlap; more efficient swimming and burrowing, very easy to spot in Amphioxus

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Pikaia

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A lanclet-like fossil with straight myomeres and no gills

23
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Hyperoartia

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Lampreys

24
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Ostracoderms

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The first armoured fishes

25
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Dunkleosteus

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The first jawed fishes (no teeth)

26
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Ampullae of Lorenzei

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How fish sense electric field changes

27
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Acanthostega

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Exctinct fish with very tetrapod-like skeleton

28
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Three major Proteostome lineages

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Lophotrochozoa

Ecdysozoa

Platyzoa

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