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BRYOZOANS, PHORONOIDS, LAMP SHELLS
LOPHOPORATES BRYOZOANS, PHORONOIDS, LAMP SHELLS
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LOPHOPHORATE CHARACTERISTICS
3 groups Have a unique feeding structure called the lophophorate which is a set of ciliated tentacles arranged in a horseshoe shape Suspension feeders No segmentation Bilateral symmetry U-shaped gut
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BRYOZOANS- form colonies on seaweeds, rocks and other species
4500 species; almost all marine In phylum Ectoprocta Colonies of individuals called ZOOIDS that secrete skeletons of various shapes Lopophore is retractable U-shaped gut ends in an anus outside the edge of the lophophore
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PHORONOIDS-worm-like and build tubes
Horseshoe-shaped or circular lophopore 20 species Burrow in sand or attach tubes to hard surfaces Very small
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LAMP SHELLS OR BRACHIOPODS
350 SPECIES Shell w/2 valves that are dorsal and ventral to the body Have a lophophore- w/2 ciliated and coiled arms Attached to rocks or burrowed in soft sediment
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ARROW WORMS CHAETOGNATHS
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Characteristics of Arrow worms
About 100 species Transparent; streamlined; fish-like fins and tail Head has eyes, grasping spines and teeth Up to 4” carnivores
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Arrow worm
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