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• Phyla
– Ectoprocta (Bryozoans – moss animals)
• Retractable lophophore; colonies of inter connected individuals
(zooids)
– Phoronida (Phoronids)
• Small, worm-like that build tubes made of sand grains
• Burrow in sand attaching tubes to rocks
– Brachiopoda (Lamp Shells or Brachiopods)
• Attached to rocks; shell with two valves, valves open = 2 or more
lophophore
Lophophorates
Sea Urchin,
Sand dollar Strongylocentrotus drobachien
Mellita sexiesperforata
Phylum Echinodermata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Phylum Echinodermata
• Hemichordates
– Evolutionarily linking chordates with echinoderms
– Larval stages similar to echinoderms, yet have hollow nerve cord
and openings along gut like chordates
– Acorn Worms – deposit feeders; worm like; hydrothermal vents
Phylum Chordata