2nd Year: Animal Biodiversity

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Decks in this class (16)

Practical Specimens
What facial components does the s...,
In cartilaginous fish what forms ...,
What are the 2 hypotheses for the...
39  cards
Amphibians
What is the batrachia hypothesis,
What 3 groups make up lissamphibia,
Where is the greatest diversity o...
19  cards
Reptiles
What is diapsida composed of,
Amniotes developed the cleidoic e...,
What is archosauria composed of
24  cards
Birds
What are the 2 major groups of birds,
How many species of bird are there,
What is the palaeognathae compose...
46  cards
Mammals
What is a cursorial mammal,
What is a fossorial mammal,
How many species of mammal are there
26  cards
Introduction to phylogenetics, the protostomes and the deuterostomes
Define a clade,
Define a paraphyletic group,
Define a metazoan
73  cards
Arthropods
What are arthropod exoskeletons m...,
How many species of arthropod are...,
What percentage of all extant org...
27  cards
Crustaceans
Crustaceans are the most diverse ...,
How many extant species are there,
Within the arthropods which group...
38  cards
Echinoderms
What kind of organisms does the e...,
What percentage of deep sea bioma...,
Why do we have a good fossil reco...
35  cards
Cnidarians
Give 3 synapomorphies of cnidarians,
Define a nematocyst,
Is the nervous system central or ...
41  cards
PLatyhelminthes
What are playhelminthes,
Where are they found,
Which group are they classified w...
36  cards
Insects
Insects co evolved with flowering...,
Approximately how many species ar...,
If we assume the mandibulata hypo...
64  cards
Molluscs
The molluscs are hugely diverse s...,
They have colonised a huge range ...,
Are molluscs bilaterian
44  cards
Molluscs: cephalopods
What does cephalopod translate as,
What animals does this group contain,
Cephalopods are the largest and m...
35  cards
Brief intro to vertebrates
What is the splanchnocranium,
What is the chondro neurocranium,
What is the dermatocranium
11  cards
Fish
List 5 physical properties of wat...,
The chondrichthyans are made up o...,
Approx how many species of a shar...
46  cards

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