zoology

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Chapter 9: Architectural Pattern of an Animal
Major body plans result from,
There are 34 major phyla that sur...,
What are the five grades of organ...
88  cards
Chapter 11: Unicellular Eukaryotes- Protozoan Groups
Protozoan characteristics,
Unicellular eukaryotes are the ma...,
Symbiotic
66  cards
Chapter 12: Sponges and Placozoans
Metazoans are,
Multicellularity avoids what issue,
Choanflagellates characteristics ...
56  cards
Chapter 13: Radiate Animals
Extant species,
Specimens date back,
What phylums eat hydroids to gain...
29  cards
Chapter 13: Class Hydrozoa
Hydrorhiza colonies,
Most live in a ______ environment...,
Hydrocauli colonies
28  cards
Chapter 13: Class Scyphozoa
Primary mode of mobility in ocean...,
Size wise what kind of jellyfish ...,
Shape of bell composition
12  cards
Chapter 13: Class Cubozoa
Characteristics dominant form pol...
1  cards
Chapter 13: Class Anthozoa
What are the three subclasses,
Main characteristics habitat orga...,
Sea anemones whats up with those ...
35  cards
Chapter 14: Phylum Platyhelminthes
Platyhelmithes are the ________ a...,
What are the two major evolutiona...,
Platyhelminthes are acoelomates m...
35  cards
Chapter 14: Class Turbellaria
They are mostly _______ size wise...
1  cards
Chapter 14: Class Trematoda
All trematodes are _____ flukes m...,
Some trematodes retain ancestral ...,
Subclass digenea indirect life cy...
11  cards
Chapter 14: Class Monogenea
Posterior hooks can develop into ...,
They are what kind of parasites h...,
Opisthaptors types withstands
3  cards
Chapter 14: Class Cestoda
Following the scolex there are a ...,
Body type scolex,
They lack a_____system
13  cards
Chapter 16: Phylum Mollusca
What are the four types of food a...,
Majority of those in phylum mollu...,
Are organisms belonging to phylum...
22  cards
Chapter 16: Phylum Mollusca, Class - Polyplacophora
Environment wise where do they te...,
What are the gender s like with them,
Colour wise how are they
4  cards
Chapter 16: Phylum Mollusca, Class - Gastropoda
This class is the ___ and ___ gro...,
Habitat wise where do they live,
They are typically sluggish ____ ...
16  cards
Chapter 16: Phylum Mollusca, Class- Bivalvia
This classes includes what four o...,
They are ___ compressed and two p...,
The valves are drawn together by ...
11  cards
Chapter 16: Phylum Mollusca, Class - Cephalopoda
What organisms are included in th...,
All organisms in this class live ...,
The shell is reduced in ___ pen a...
9  cards
Chapter 17: Annelids
Annelids exhibit segmentation or ...,
The evolution of metamerism allow...,
Evolution of metamerism pros it i...
25  cards
Chapter 17: Annelids, Class- Polychaeta
This is the ____ class in the phy...,
Mostly live in what habitat,
There is ____ in only some of the...
37  cards
Chapter 17: Annelids, Clade Clitellata
What two classes are in this clade,
They form a reproductive structur...,
The members of this clade lack what
5  cards
Chapter 17: Annelids, Clade: Clitellata, Class: Oligochaeta
They live in what habitats,
Nearly all of them bear what but ...,
They burrow in _____ and usually ...
35  cards
Chapter 17: Annelids, Clade: Clitellata, Class: Hirudinida - Leeches
Most live in what environments,
They are more common in what part...,
They vary in colour what four are...
33  cards
Chapter 18: Superphylum Ecdysozoans
Many protostomes posses a non liv...,
The cuticle restricts what soluti...,
Members of this phylum molt their...
4  cards
Chapter 18: Superphylum Ecdysozoans, Phylum: Nematoda - Roundworms
Many prefer what name for this ph...,
They are found in virtually all h...,
Free living nematodes feed on wha...
57  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda
Arthropodization soft __ of the a...,
Arthropodization what had to prov...,
Arthropodization what was necessa...
32  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Chelicerata
Chelicerates have __ pairs of ___...
1  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum : Chelicerata, Class: Arachnida
Most are __ living and more commo...,
They are divided into two tagmata...,
The cephalothorax bears a pair of...
15  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Chelicerata, Class: Arachnida, Order: Araneae
The body consists of an ___ cepha...,
Anterior appendages are a pair of...,
There is a pair of ___ that have ...
37  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Chelicerata, Class: Arachnida, Order: Scorpionida
0  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Chelicerata, Class: Arachnida, Order: Acari
This order is ___ and ___ the mos...,
Those that belong to this order a...,
There is ___ fusion of the cephal...
14  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacean
Probably the most abundant animal...,
What is a main distinguishing cha...,
Their head has a pair of ___ and ...
81  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacean, Class: Branchiopoda
Most in this class live in what k...,
They are an important component o...,
Many reproduce by _____ to rapidl...
3  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacean, Class: Ostracoda
Most species in this class follow...,
They are enclosed by what kind of...,
Most in this class are benthic or...
3  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacean, Class: Maxillopoda, Subclass: Copepoda
Copepods lack a ___ and retain a ...,
Parasitic forms are highly modifi...,
Free living copepods may be the d...
5  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Crustacean, Class: Malacostraca
This class contains the most ___ ...,
The orders covered in zoology lec...,
Order isopoda only true ___ also ...
6  cards
Chapter 19: Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Hexapoda
Members of this subphylum have ho...,
What are the three tagmata morpho...,
Where do appendages attach to on ...
4  cards
Chapter 19: phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum: Hexapoda, Class: Insecta
The members of this class have __...,
Pterogotes,
Apterogotes
139  cards
Chapter 23: Chordates
What are the five hallmark chorda...,
What is a notochord,
What six things do chordates have...
46  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes
Describe the very general charact...,
What are the five classes of fishes,
Do fishes form a monophyletic group
17  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Class: Myxini aka Hagfishes
What kind of habitat do they live in,
Do they have a jaw or lack one,
In terms of acquiring food what a...
11  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Class: Petromyzontida aka Lampreys
Do they have a jaw or lack one,
What is petromyzon marinus,
Half of the 20 species of lamprey...
6  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Class: Chondrichthyes-> Cartilaginous fishes
List some very general characteri...,
What is the subclass that contain...,
What type of body do sharks possess
32  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Osteichthyes: Bony fishes
Is this a valid taxon,
What were the two lineages that a...,
What does the operculum function as
5  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Osteichthyes, Class: Actinopterygii
What are these fishes called,
Teleosts constitute 96 of all liv...,
Fishes in this class have heavy d...
8  cards
Chapter 24: Fishes, Osteichthyes, Class: Sarcopterygii
Lung fishes australian lungfishes...,
South american and african lung f...,
When did rhipidistians flourish a...
24  cards
Chapter 25: Amphibians
What are some issues with moving ...,
What are some things that early l...,
Animals evolved what of things to...
17  cards
Chapter 25: Amphibians, Order: Urodela (Caudata)
What organisms are in this group,
What is special about salamanders,
Their eggs do not have a protecti...
7  cards
Chapter 25: Amphibians, Order: Anura (frogs and toads)
The organisms in this group are c...,
Their skin is composed of two lay...,
Whats the difference between frog...
18  cards
Chapter 26: Reptiles
By late carboniferous period the ...,
Describe anapsids,
Describe diapsid
12  cards
Chapter 26: Reptiles, Order Testudines (Chelonia)
What organisms belong to this order,
They are enclosed in what,
They have __ sound reception but ...
4  cards
Chapter 26: Reptiles, Order: Squamata
What organisms belong to this order,
This order consists of __ of all ...,
Most snakes have __ vision they h...
5  cards
Chapter 26: Reptiles, Order: Crocodilia
Their teeth are set in ___ called...,
They have a secondary palate that...,
They cause many deaths a year aro...
4  cards
Chapter 27: Aves
What is archaeopteryx,
Similarities between birds and re...,
What physical characteristic dist...
51  cards
Chapter 28: Mammals
Are they covered with hair,
What is the integument,
How many occipital condyles do th...
52  cards

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