Important terms - Lecture 6

Invertebrates

 

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Glycogen

Parthenogenetic

Heterogametic

Nematoda

Zygote

Mollusca

Blastula

Foot, visceral mass, mantle

Differentiation

Radula

Metamorphosis

Trochophore larva

Larva

Annelida

Adult

Segmentation

Porifera

Parapodia

Sessile

Nephridia

Spongocoel

Arthropoda

Osculum

Closed vs. open circulation

Amoebocytes

Protostome vs. Deuterostome

Spicules

Endo- vs. Exoskeleton

Regeneration

Tracheoles

Cnidaria

Malphigian tubules

Gastrovascular cavity

Cephalothorax (head + thorax)

Polyp, medusa

Abdomen

Nematocysts

Compound eye, antenna

Platyhelminthes

Chelicerae, mandibles

Coelom

Biramous vs. uniramous

A-, Pseudo-, Eucoelomate

Egg, larva, pupa, adult

Flame cells

Echinodermata

Hermaphroditic

Lophophore

Scolex, proglottid

Water vascular system

Longitudinal, circular muscles

Choanoflagellates

How do the major developments in invertebrate animals help them to be better adapted to their environment?

 

What might be some of the reasons insects have been so successful?

 

 

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