Deuterostomes - Echinoderms

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mouth, blastospore

In protostomes, the ______ develops from __________.

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anus, blastospore

In deuterostomes, the _______ develops from the _______

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Open

deuterostomes have a _____ circulatory system

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No

deuterostomes have ___ complex sense organs

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Marine

Phylum Echinodermata = spiny skinned animals - exclusively ______

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radial (grow to become this, they have a bilateral ancestor)

deuterostomes are usually _______ symmetry

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Madreporite, mouth

The aboral side of a starfish contains the _______, ______

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stomach

A starfish on its aboral side can extrude their ______ through the mouth

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Oral (bottom part)

The mouth/tubed feet is located on the _____ side of a starfish

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Aboral (top part)

The anus/madreporite is located on the _____ side of a starfish

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Echinodermata, gas-exchange

_______ have a unique water system that functions in ___-______

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Coelomic canals

This vascular system consists of _______ and tubed feed that serve multiple roles (locomotion, gas exchange, prey capture and excretion.)

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ammonia, diffusion, epidermis

In deuterostomes ______ (gas) waste is eliminated primarily by _____ across the _____ and through the tubed feet

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Echinodermata

________ move using their water vascular system

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Tube feet

___________ extend when fluid is forced into them from the ampullae. They attach to surfaces using adhesive secretions.

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Slow

Contractions of the tubed feet then pulls the body forward in a coordinated manner ( ______ )

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Calcareous ossicles

Echinodermata have an endoskeleton composed of ________ _______

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Support, protection

The endoskeleton provides ______ and ______ and allows continuous growth without molting.

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Ossicles

In seastars _____ may be embedded within the dermis and can project outaward as spines

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False (spines are NOT tubed feet, spines produce an endoskeleton that provides defense, Tubed feet are on the oral side.

T OR F: Starfish spines are the same thing as tubed feet.

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Indeterminate (continouous)

Many echinoderms exhibit _________ growth (unusual among animals)

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grow or shrink

Individuals in echinodermata may ______ or _______ depending on resource avalaibility

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negligible senescence

Many species in Echinodermata show ________ ________ continuing to grow and reproduce throughout life unless killed by predators or disease

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Defense

Spines in Echinoderms function for _______

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Toxins

In some sea urchins and sea stars, spines may be associated with _________

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Crown of thrones starfish

The spines on ____________ (starfish name) produces toxins for self defense

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Dermis

Gas exchange occurs primarily by diffusion throughout the ______

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Dermal Papulae (Skin gills)

_________ are fleshy projections of the body wall in Echinodermata that increase the surface area for gas exchange ( as well as ammonia waste)

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Dioecious (have distinct male or female individuals)

Echinoderms are mostly _______ (reproduction)

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Metamorphosis, radially

The larva in echinodermata settles and undergoes ________ into a ______ symmetrical adult

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Phylum Echinodermata

Includes (sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, brittle stars, basket stars, sea cucumbers, sea lillies, and feather stars)

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Oral Side

Sea Stars: Tubed feet and mouth are located on ______

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Externally digest prey

Sea stars can evert their stomach to _______________

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Anatomy of a seastar

The ambulacral ridge = bony ossicles (this is connected to the tubed feet/ water vascular system)

<p>The ambulacral ridge = bony ossicles (this is connected to the tubed feet/ water vascular system)</p>
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Regenaration

Sea stars can go through _________ to regain lost body parts

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Undifferentiated (stem-like) cells

Sea stars and most echinoderms use ________ cells to regenerate body parts

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Polyps of hard corals (coral poplyps)

The crown of thorns sea stars can prey on __________. Population outbreaks can decimate coral reef ecosystems

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Sea urchins and sand collars, disc

Echinodermata includes ____urchins and _____ collars. They are _____ shaped

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fused, test

Calcareous ossicles are _______ to form a rigid external skeleton called a ______.

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Sand dollars and sea urchins, algae

In echinodermata, ______ collars and ____ urchins feed on _______ and organic matter

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Chewing structure (Aristotle’s lantern)

Echinodermata posses a complex _______ _______ for grazing, composed of five calcareous teeth controlled by muscles.

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autotomized (shed)

In brittle stars and basket stars, arms can be _______ for defense and later regenarated.

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arm movements

In brittle stars and basket stars, locomotion is accomplished by ________ NOT tubed feed.

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oral-aboral body

Sea cucumbers have a ___________ body with no arms: they typically lie on one side.

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locomotion, also muscular contractions

Sea cucumbers use tubed feet for _______ and also _______ for body movements

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Tubed feet at oral ends

In sea cucumbers, the _____ feet, at _______ are modified into feeding tentancles used for feeding.

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Tentacles

In sea cucumbers, tubed feet at oral end = _______

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Toxic/Sticky Cuverian Tubules

Sea cucumbers can eject _____/toxic, ______ tubules. As well as portions of the gut and internal organs, through the cloaca to deter predators (video we watched) looks like sperm….