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3 Classes down, 2 more to go Myxini (hagfishes) Petromyzontida (lampreys) Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays and chimaeras) – How many?
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What do you think? Is the lancelet a fish? Fish-like characters of lancelets -myomeres-nerve cord -post-anal tail-notochord -pharyngeal slits (gills?) *Compare to lamprey ammocoete
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Where are we? Phylum Chordata Lancelets- Subphylum Cephalochordata Everything else- Subphylum Craniata
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What are we? What makes a craniate? -cranium -red blood cells -bone (or cartilage) What makes a vertebrate? -vertebrae -dermal bones -neural crest
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Hagfish vs. Lamprey Compare and contrast the specimens Shark inner ear has 3 semicircular canals
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How are they related? For now, lampreys considered basal to vertebrates But.. Compelling evidence exists that supports the cyclostome hypothesis Relationships are uncertain! Cyclostome Hypothesis Vertebrate Hypothesis
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We covered the jawless fishes What next?... Jawed fishes Superclass Gnathostomata
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Class Chondrichthyes Subclass Holocephali (etymology?) – Chimaeras Subclass Elasmobranchii – Sharks – Skates and Rays
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Chondrichthyan characters Cartilaginous skeleton Fin “rays” called ______________ No gas bladder Oily liver Spiral valve intestine Claspers Ampullae of Lorenzini
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Differences Holocephali Elasmobranchii Jaw fused Jaw protrusible Ever-growing toothplateSerially replaced teeth ScalelessPlacoid Scales No cloaca (?)Cloaca
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Sharks vs. Rays Division Neoselachii – Subdivision Selachii – Sharks Pectorals not fused to head Some with anal fin Gill slits lateral – Subdivision Batoidea – Rays and skates Pectorals fused to head No anal fin Gill slits ventral
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Videos http://animal.discovery.com/videos/mutual- of-omahas-wild-kingdom-manta-ray- fingerprints.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFVDmFvRbg
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Shark Lab 1.What does Gnathostomata mean? And what taxonomic level is it? 2.How do you tell gender of shark, ray or chimaera? 3.How do you tell a shark apart from a ray (harder than you may think)? 4.Terms (what they are and what they look like): palatoquadrate, ceratotrichia, Ampullae of lorenzini, placoid scales 5.Know how to identify all orders (families for Myliobatiformes). Know names of representative families. 6.2 differences between Holocephali and Elasmobranchii
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