Vocabulary Flashcards
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(Superclass) Gnathostoma
Jawed fishes and all other vertebrates
(Class) Condrichthyes
Cartilaginous fishes
(Class/Superclass) Osteichthyes
Bony fishes
(Class) Actinoptergii
Ray-finned fishes
(Class) Sarcoptergii
Lobe-fined fishes
(Family) Salmonidae
Salmon, trout, chars, etc. Fish in Order Salmoniformes.
(Family) Cyprinidae
Carps, minnows, etc. Stomachless, toothless fish.
(Family) Percidae
40% of living fish species. Fish in order Perciformes.
(Subphylum) Cephalochordata
Lanclets (Amphioxus); having a persistent head-tail notochord.
(Subphylum) Craniata
Animals with a braincase + Chordata characteristics
(Superclass) Agnatha
Jawless fishes
5 features of Phylum Chordata
Notochord
Dorsal NC
Pharyngeal slits
Endostyle
Post-anal tail
3 Subphyla of Phylum Chordata
Urochordata, Cephalochordata, Craniata
4 Subclasses of Phylum Cnidaria
Scyphozoa
Anthozoa
Hydrozoa
Cubozoa
What do Symbodinium zooxanthellae do?
They are symbionts of coral. They are in 5 clades and they have different temperature tolerations and wavelength ranges
(Subphylum) Urochordata
Sea Squirts, part of Chordata
Salp
barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicate
Somites
The segmental buds of a chordate embryo that become skin, muscles, vertebrae and brain
Nephrotomes
The segmental buds of a chordate that become the kidneys and gonads, and link somites to lateral plate tissue
Lateral plate tissue
The tissue of a chordate embryo that forms unsegmented components; connective tissue, reproductive system, heart, gut
Myotomes
V-shaped muscle blocks shaped to overlap; more efficient swimming and burrowing, very easy to spot in Amphioxus
Pikaia
A lanclet-like fossil with straight myomeres and no gills
Hyperoartia
Lampreys
Ostracoderms
The first armoured fishes
