5th practical in zoology…

5th practical in zoology…
lineage Deuterostomia
phyla:
Echionodermata
Chordata
Deuterostomia
Phylum Echinodermata
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Ambulacral system filled
by seawater (use
madreporite to clean the
water as it enters)
5-fold body symetry
Internal calcareous
skelet
Aristotles lantern
(„teeth“)
Sessile forms – sea lilies
Herbivores, carnivores,
fliterfeeders
Mobile forms – sea stars,
brittle stars, urchins, sea
cucumbers
Phylum Chordata
• Notochord
- chorda dorsalis
• Dorsal neural tube
• Pharyngeal slits
• Endostyle (thoracic gland)
Subphyla:
Tunicata – sea squirts
Cephalochordata - lancelets
Vertebrata - vertebrates
Typical features of Chordates:
• notochord (chorda dorsalis)
• Dorsal nerve tube
• Pharynx – pharyngeal slitts
• Endostyle - thoracic gland
• ventral heart (where heart is present) • complete digestive tract: mouth ­ ­ ­ anus
Subphylum: Tunicata
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Filtrators, marine,
primitive chordates,
functional notochord
only in larval stage
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Ascidiacea (sea
squirts) sesile
• Thaliacea – planctonic
chain of zooids,
metagenesis, complex
reproduction.
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Appendicularia planctonic
Ascidians
adult
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Subphylum: Vertebrata
Head
Vertebrae
Gillslits (perforated
pharynx)
• Bone skeleton
• Paired sensory organs…
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Cyclostomata ?
Class: Myxinoidea – hagfishes
Class: Petromyzontida –
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
lampreys
Class: Chondrichthyes –
– j awed vertebrates
cartilagious fishes
„Anamnia“
Class: Actinopterygii –
rayfinned fis hes
Class: Sarcopterygii – fleshy
finned fish
Class: Amphibia – amphibians
Class: „Reptilia – reptiles“
Class: Aves – birds
Class: Mammalia – mammals
Amniota
„Cyclostomata“?
Class: Petromyzontida lampreys
• Predators,
„ectoparasites“,
ceratinous „teeth“ in the
circular mouth, no jaws
• 7 gillslits
• Migrations
• Petromyzon marinus –
problem with
introduction in North
America
Class: Chondrichthyes
– sharks, rays and chimeras
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
• Sharks, rays
• Teeth, placoid scales
• Spiraculum, 6 gillslits
• Spiral valve in gut
• Internal fertilisation,
slow reproduction
Lorenzini ampulae
Subclass: Holocephali
Chimaeras (ratfish)
Fused head cartilage
At sea bottom, eating hard food
Class Actinopterygii
ray finned fish
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Shown species of ray finned
fish:
Subclass Chondrostei )
Acipenseriformes – sterlet,
sturgeon(caviar)
Subclass Teleostei
• Perciformes – zander,
perch,
Cichlids (angelfish)
• Pleuronectiformes –
flatfishes
• Syngnathiformes – sea
horse, pipefish
• Esociformes - pike
• Siluriformes - catfish
• Anguilliformes - eel
• Beloniformes - garfish
More fish orders…
Fish often availalbe in shops to
keep in aquariums, and their
relatives:
• Cypriniformes – carp, Danio
rerio
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Cyprinodontiformes – molly
(Poecilia sp.), swordtail
(Xiphophorus sp.)
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Characiformes – piranha,
neonfish
Class: Amphibia
Old lieage (390mya),
3 subclasses:
• Anura, +6000 spp
Toads(Bufonidae), frogs (Ranidae),
treefrogs(Hylidae), clawed frogs(Xenopus
spp.) …
• Caudata 588 spp),
Northern hemisphere. Newts (Triturus spp.),
salamander (Salamandra spp.)
• Gymnophiona, 185 spp, tropical
Biology of amphians
• Frogs
• External fertilisation
• Larva – tadpole very
different from adult
Biology of amphibians
• Caudates
• Internal fertilisation
• Larva similar to
adult
• Specific features of amphibians
Eggs
­ Only gel-like protective layer
Metamorphosis
­ Change of food, habitat, physiology…
Skin
­ Permeable, thin, most of imunity on the surface
­ Skin breathing
Breathing
Adults use lungs (some exceptions exist – neoteny)
Larval stages breathe through gills
Class: „Reptilia“
Keratinised skin – scales
Amniotic egg 3 embryonic membranes:
Amnion
Allantois
Chorion
Adaptations to live on dry land
(breathing, excretion…)
3 traditional Orders:
Testudines – turtles
Plastron and carapace, toothless
Squamata – scaled reptiles
suborders: Lizards – agama, gecko, iguana, chameleon, monitor, gilila monster, slow­worm…
Snakes – boa, python, rats snakes, cobras, vipers and rattlesnakes (venomous) Crocodylia Crocodyles, alligatos