Deuterstomia
Phylum Echinodermata Characteristics
Echi=
Derm=
Echinodermata Water Vascular System
Tube feet - network of canals branching into extensions
Connects to sea water via special porous ossicle called madreporite
Echinodermata Classes
1) Asteroidea
2) Crinoidea
- Oral side up
- Stalked and sessile
3) Holothuroidea
- Secondary bilaterally symmetrical
- Feeding tentacles
- Scattered ossicles
Phlyum Chordata 4 Synapomorphies
1) Notochord - supports body
2) Dorsal, hollow neve cord
- most animals have solid, ventral ones
- Anterier portion develops into brain
3) Pharyngeal Slits/Clefts
- Used for suspension feeding, gas exchange, hearing
4) Post anal tail
- Posterior to anus
- Propulsve force to swimmers
Character States of Chordates
- Segmented phylum
Urochordata
Uro=
Cephalochordata
cephalo =