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Yen Sin LSM 1103 Cheat Sheet

The document describes the characteristics of various animal phyla and classes. It covers phyla such as porifera, cnidaria, ctenophora, platyhelminthes, nematoda, mollusca, annelida, arthropoda, echinodermata, chordata, and characteristics of classes within these phyla. Key details provided include radial/bilateral symmetry, presence of tissues, digestive systems, skeletal structures, and defining features of major animal groups.

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Yen Sin LSM 1103 Cheat Sheet

The document describes the characteristics of various animal phyla and classes. It covers phyla such as porifera, cnidaria, ctenophora, platyhelminthes, nematoda, mollusca, annelida, arthropoda, echinodermata, chordata, and characteristics of classes within these phyla. Key details provided include radial/bilateral symmetry, presence of tissues, digestive systems, skeletal structures, and defining features of major animal groups.

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Subphylum Myriapoda - One pair of antennae, typically uniramous - Head+elongated trunk (numerous segments) - mandible and maxillae - gas exchangesspiracles &tracheae (a) Class: Chilopoda (centipedes) - long, segmented, dorsoventrally flattened body - 1 segment one pair of legs - lst pair of thoracic appendages poison fangs (b) Class: Diplopoda (millipede) - long ,segmented, cylindrical body - each diplosegment 2 pairs of legs 4. Subphylum Hexapoda (insects) - 1 pair of antennae - uniramous appendages - Head+thorax+abdomen - 3 pairs of legs on thorax - 1 or 2 pairs of wings on thorax - mandibles &maxillae - gas exchange spiracles & tracheae - Order: Odennata (dragonflies, damselflies) - 2 pairs of membranous wings - long narrow abdomen - large eyes, chewing mouthparts - Order: Orthoptera ( grasshooper, crickets) - Hindlegs with enlarged femur - leathery forewings, membranous hindwings - chewing mouthparts - Order: Isoptera ( termites) - soft bodied, -chewing mouthparts -abdomen broadly joined to thorax - Order: Coleoptera (beetles, weevils) - Forewings hard covers, membranous hindwings - hard bodied, heavy, chewing mouthparts - Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths) - soft-bodied, wings, body with scales, proboscis - Order: Hemiptera( true bugs) - forewings with leathery basal &membranous distal , membranous hindwings - piercing and sucking mouthparts - Order: Diptera ( flies, mosquitoes) - membranous forewings - hindwings knob-like balancers (halteres) - Sucking or piercing mouthparts - Order: Hymenoptera ( ants, bees, wasps) - narrow waist ( last segment thorax &1st and/or 2nd segment of abdomen) - mouthparts cutting, chewing, sucking Phylum: Onychophora ( velvet worms) - soft bodied, each trunk segment with a pair of appendages with chitinous claws, chitin cuticle

Phylum: Echinoderms ( Starfish, sea urchin) - Pentaradial symmetry - larvaebilateral symmetry, ciliated, free swimming - endoskeleton or test of calcareous ossicles often bearing spines ( covered by a thin ciliated epidermis) - No head, brain, triploblastic, coelomate, - pedicellariae, water vascular system - separate sexes, all marine 1. Class Asteroidea ( sea stars) - star shaped, with arms not sharply dermacated from central disc - mouth on lower surface, anus on upper surface - pedicellariae present - carnivores, asexual reproduction via lost arms 2. Class Crinoidea ( feather stars, sea lilies) - Arms feather like/ pinnate - Mouth & anus on the same side ( upwards) - Ambulacaral grooves run all the way into pinnules - suspension feeder 3. Class Ophiuroidea ( brittle stars/ basket stars) - long arms sharply demarcated from central disc - Ambulacaral grooves absent, tube feet without suckers, pedicellariae absent 4. Class Echinoidea ( sea urchins, sand dollars) - Body globular or discoid, flattened along oralaboral axis. Lacking arms - Rigid test, pedicellariae present - mouth on lower surface, anus on upper surface 5. Class Holothuroidea ( sea cucumber) - cylindrical body shape - lack arms, 2nd bilateral symmetry - oral tentacles, ossicles, mouth & anus on opp. end Phylum: Chordata - 4 characteristics, Endostyle,, ventral heart, segmented muscles, cartilage or bony skeleton 1. Subphylum Urochordata( Tunicata) - Tunicates- tunic or test covering body - Adults sessile filter feeder, larvae- mobile, have chordate feature (a) Class: Ascidiacea ( sea squirts) - Tunic envelope body leathery (b) Class: Larvacea - adult retains larval feature paedomorphosis - planktonic 2. Subphylum Cephalochordata - small, fish-shaped animals, lack int. skeleton, filter feeder 3. Subphylum Vertebrata - cranium pronounced cephalisation, bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton - pairs of bony or cartilaginous gills arches may become jaws or other bones (a) Class: Myxini ( hagfishes) - round, sucker mouths, no paired fins, cartilagious - has notochord, no vertebral column (b) Class: Cephalospidomorphi ( lampreys) - notochord form neural arches

(c) Class: Chondrichthyes ( cartilaginous fishes) - cartilage skeleton, heterocecal tails, rough plecoid scales, no operculum, lack swim bladder - Subclass: Elasmobranchii ( Sharks, rays, dogfish): no operculum - Sub-class: Holocephali ( chimaera or rat fish): operculum & placoid scales on claspers only (d) Class: Actinistia & Dipnoi ( lungfish & coelacanth- fleshy fins) - bone skeleton, operculum present, dermal scales (e) Class: Actinopterygii - ray fins, lack central bony support (f) Class: Amphibia ( double life) - Thin, moist highly vascularized skin gas exchange - 2 pairs of pentadatyl limbs from limbs - Order: Anura ( frogs & toads): tails absent in adults, larva with gills covered by skin flap. Larva adult due to metamorphosis - Order: Urodela ( Newts & Salamanders): tails in adults, larva with visible gills, adult=larvae - Order: Apoda (caecilians): no legs, larvae with ext. gills, many have scales on skin (g) Class: Reptilia ( crawlers) - skin thickened by keratinepidermal scales - heart almost 4 chambered, lungs - Order: Testidines ( tortoise, terrapins, turtle) subclass: Diapsida - Order: Squamata sub-order: lactertilia (lizards), ophidian (snakes) superclass: lepidosauria - Order: Crocodilia ( Crocodiles, alligators) (h) Class: Aves ( birds): feathers, legs have scales, hollow, reduced, loss of bones, pentadactyl limbs, 4 chambered heart ( + crocodilia = Archosauria) (j) Class: Mammalia - (fossils): ear ossicles- 3 bones, lower jaws- 1 bone - Pentadactyl limbs, heterodont dentition, mammary galnds, 4 chambered heart Sub-Class: Protheria Order: monotremata (Monotremes) - spiny anteaters, duck-billed platypus - limbs in lateral position, Common clocera Sub-Class: Metatheria Order: marsupialia (Marsupials) - females have marsupium - Add. Bones in pelvic girdle t osupport marsupium - single set of teeth & more teeth Sub-Class: Eutheria - Marsupium &epipubic bones absent - young nourish by placenta, cloaca absent - Order : Chiroptera ( Bats) & Dermoptera ( Colugos) - Order: Monotremata, Dasyuromorphla, Pilosa, Cingulata, Pholidota, Tubulidentata ( ant eater anteater) : long ,slender snort, long sticky tongue, teeth reduced or absent

- Order: Primates: large brain, eyes & ears well developed, snort reduced, shortening of face & tooth row, Brain case larger & rounded -Sub-order: Strepsirrhini ( curly-nosed) - Sub-order: Haplorrhini ( dry-nosed) - Order: Carnivora ( Dogs, Cats, Bears, Weasels): carnassials, large brain, tendency for shortened tooth row, snort, olfactory sense& nose well developed, large and powerful jaws - Order: Perissodactyla ( odd-toed ungulates) - Odd digits, - Families Equidae ( horses, asses, zebras), Tapiridae ( tapirs), Rhinocerotidae ( rhino) - Order: Artiodactyla ( even- toed ungulates) - Even digits - Familiessuidae ( pigs),cervidae (deer), Hippopotamide, camelidae, Tragulidae ( mousedeer), Giraffidae, Antilocapridae (prongbucks), Bovidae ( antelope, cattle, sheep, goat) - Order: Cetacea ( dolphins, whales) - Suborder: Odontoceti ( Toothed whales) - Homodont dentition - single blowhole dorso-anteriorly ( 1 nostril dominant; baleen whales have 2) - asymmetric skulls - Suborder: Mysteceti ( Baleen whales) - thick layer of blubber - tails and dorsal fins without skeletal support. - Only the fore flippers have skeletal support - smooth body surface without hair

1) Worm - sea cucumber -worms - snakelarvae??? 1.1) If worm, - segmentation - parapodia,seta - clitellum -appendage 2) Shells - Bivalves - Gastopoda - Barnacles - hermit crabs 3) Slug-like -Flatworms - Gastropoda 4) Tentacles-like - Echinoderms - Cnidarians - sea cucumber - Cephalopoda 4.1) If star - dermacation - no of arms - ampu. groove 5) Bones -temporal fossa - ear ossicles - jaw - teeth 5) Fish -Cephalochordata - or just fish 5) Coral-Like - Porifera
- Cnidarians - Urodota

Phylum: Porifera ( Sponges) - asymmetrical, multicellular - choanocytes- create current, trap, phagocyte food By - Freshwater and marine - no true tissue: cells are loosely associated - 3 canal systems > simple ascoid > syncoid > leucoid - Skeletal system > calcerous > siliaceous spicules ( or combi of cal and sili) > sponging fibres - Filter feeding - Asexual (budding) and sexual (hermaphrodites) - Motile flagellate larvae and mostly sessile adults - Able to repair and regenerate Phylum: Cnidarian (jellyfish, corals, anaemones ) - Cnidocytes ( cells with nematocysts) - Radial symmetry - one opening for ingestion and excretion - rings of tentacles around mouth with cnidocytes - medusa and polyp stage - hydrostatic skeleton - Diploblastic (epi/gastrodermis) 1. Class Hydrozoa (Portuguese Man-of-war) - Polyp stage dominant and medusa present - small medusa lacking oral arms - Freshwater and marine - Stinging cells on epidermis only - Acellular mesoglea - able to bud and grow hydra - No pharnyx 2. Class Scyphozoa ( jellyfish) - Medusa stage present, polyp stage lost - Large medusa with oral arms - Freshwater and Marine - Mesoglea contains cells migrated from epidermis 3. Class Anthozoa ( Sea anemons and corals) - Polyp stage dominant and medusa stage lost - Mainly marine - Stinging cells on gastrodermis and epidermis - mesoglea with cells migrated from epidermis - Has pharynx and mesentries (a) Sub-class: Alcyonaria ( sea pens, sea fans, soft corals) - 8 pinnate tentacles + 8 mensentries ( x8) - octocorallia (b) Sub-class: Zoantheria ( sea anemones &stony corals) - < 8 pinnate tentacles + < 8 mensentries ( x6) - hexacorallia 4. Class Cubozoa ( box jellyfish) - Medusa prominent form - Square shape in dorsal view - Tropical subtropical water - Venomous

Phylum: Ctenophora (comb jellies) - has 8 rows of cilia on body outer surface - biradially symmetrical - similar to cnidarian ( difference below) - no stinging nematocysts ( have adhesive cells) - a mouth and 2 anal pores Phylum: Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) - Dorsoventrally flattened - Bilateral symmetry - Triploblastic, Acoelamate - Cephalisation, one opening, no anus - Protonephridial system 1. Class Tubellaria ( Free living flatworms) - ciliated epidermis - Marine, freshwater, terrestrial - carnivorous with pharynx, non-parasitic - Hermaphrodite, reproduces sexually and asexually 2. Class Trematoda +Monegenea (flukes) - Has suckers and hookers - Thick, non-cilliated outer layer (= teguments) - Endoparasites ( Trematoda) & ectoparasites ( Monogeneas) - Diseases like lung fluke diseases, Schistosomasis 3. Class Cestoda (tapeworm) - scolex ( head with hooks) and proglottid ( chains of segments) - lack of mouth and gut absorb nutrients across body wall - endoparasites in vertebrate guts Phylum: Annelida ( segmented worms) - Cylindrical, tubular, segmented body - Metamerism - Bilateral symmetry - Triploblastic, coelomate hydrostatic skeleton - 2 openings - ventral nerve cord 1. Class Polychaeta ( Marine worms) - Parapodia with several setae - lack clitellum - pronounced cephalization - Marine worms - separate sexes 2. Class Oligochaeta ( Earthworms) - Lack parapodia - clitellum - Few short setae per segment - Lack well-developed head - Hermaphrodites - Divide body into > 100 segments by septae 3. Class Hirudinea (leeches) - Lack parapodia, setae - Possess clitellum - Hirudin anti- coagulant - Have suckers on both ends - 34 segments

Phylum: Mollusca ( soft body) - soft bodied with dorsal visceral mass containing internal organs - Muscular ventral foot for locomotion - Mantle, Mantle cavity, Calcareous shell, Radula - Bilateral, triploblastic , open circulatory system - ciliated trochophore larvae, veliger larvae 1. Class polyplacophora ( chiton) - shell has 8 large, overlapping dorsal plates - broad flat foot, reduced cephalization - Herbivorous marine animals 2. Class Gastropoda (snails) - Increased cephalization - spiraling of shell - Torsion: twisting of mantle cavity & visceral mass (a) Opisthobranch - 1 or 2 gills, operculum present (b) Pulmonate - 1 gill, detorsion, loss or reduction of shell and mantle cavity, (c) Prosoobranch - lung, operculum absent, , loss or reduction of shell and mantle cavity 3. Class Bivalvia ( clams, mussels) - laterally compressed body with 2 lateral valves hinged dorsally - lack cephalization - large expanded mantle cavity and gills - no radula siphon - burrow in mud or attached to substratum by byssus thread - Mainly filter feeder mucus on the gills 4. Class Cephalopoda( octopus, cuttlefish, squids) - Head with tentacles with suckers - shell lost or reduced - large, well developed eyes - Elongation of body along dorsal ventral axis in squids/ cuttlefish - predator, closed circulatory system - siphon for jet propulsion; ink, camouflage for defense Phylum: Nematoda ( roundworms) - Cylindrical, unsegmented - Body with thick, flexible cuticle - tapered ends - All moist habitats - Bilateral symmetry - Triploblastic, pseudocoelomate - Body wall with longitudinal muscles only - 2 openings Phylum: Tardigrada ( water bears) - Unsegmented, elongate body - 4 pairs of legs - Non-chitinous cuticle, molt~4 times - mostly terrestrial, on water films - separate sexes. Gaseous exchange by diffusion

Phylum: Arthropoda - Paired, joined appendages - chitinous exoskeleton - segmentation- tagmatisation - Antennae, compound eyes - Metamorphosisholo- and hemi-metabolous - Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, coelmate - open circulatory system - Haemocoelhydrostatic skeleton - Tracheae, gills, book lungs - antennae, compound eyes 1. Subphylum Chelicerata - lack antennae & mandible - 4 to 5 pairs of walking legs - cephalothorax+ abdomen - Has cheliceraepincer-like form & pedipalps (a) Class: Merostoma ( horsecrabs) - exoskeleton covering cephalothorax - 5 pairs of walking legs, 1st pair=pedipalps - spine-like telsion - Gnathobases- chewing small invertebrates - Book gills (b) Class: Arachnida ( spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites) - 4 pairs of walking legs +chelicerae+pedipalps ( 6) - Trachae or book lungs - Malpighian tubules - Mostly terrestrial - Order: Aranae ( spider): chelicerae modified into fangs (injects venom)+ spinnerets - Order: Scorpiones ( scorpions): Greatly enlarged pedipalps to form pincers+ segmented abdomen with terminal sting - Order: Acari ( Mites & ticks): Fusion of abdomen with cephalothorax 2. Subphylum Crustacea - 2 pairs of antennae - Appendages biramous - head+thorax+abdomen (mostly) - Mandibles and maxillae (a) Class: Malacostrata ( crabs, prawn, lobsters, woodlice) - head (5 )+thorax (8)+abdomen (6) or cephalothorax - Order: Stomatopoda ( Mantis & smaller shrimps): large, broad abdomen +2nd pair of thoracic appendages for spearing prey - Order: Decapoda ( crabs, prawns, lobsters): 1st 3 pairs appendages: maxillipeds + 5 pairs: locomotion (b) Class:Cirripedia (barnacles) - sessile, carapace covered with calcareous plates - thoracic legs modified to suspension feeding cirri - filter feeder

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