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The hemichordate "notochord" is


A) the feature proposed by Bateson to include this animal with the chordates.
B) a buccal diverticulum.
C) not homologous with the chordate notochord.
D) All of the choices are correct.
E) None of the choices is correct.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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The Class Enteropneusta are also known as __________________.

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acorn worms

The larva of enteropneust hemichordates is known as a ________________.

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If you examined a biology class chart from the first half of the last century,the echinoderm sheet would be found immediately following the cnidarian sheet,a very primitive location in the survey of the phyla.Today we discuss echinoderms as one of the last invertebrate groups before studying chordates.Describe why we have changed our perspective on the evolutionary placement of echinoderms.

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Water enters the water vascular system of a sea star through a porous plate on the aboral surface called the


A) aristotle's lantern.
B) pedicellariae.
C) madreporite or sieve plate.
D) ossicles.
E) ambulacrum.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The function of the papulae in the sea star is


A) respiration.
B) excretion.
C) reproduction.
D) digestion.
E) defense and protection.

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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Echinoderm evolution is controversial but most zoologists agree that ___________ are related and form one clade.


A) sea stars and brittle stars
B) sea stars and sea urchins
C) sea stars and sea cucumbers
D) sea urchins and sea cucumbers
E) crinoids and sea urchins

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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Hemichordates live


A) in the open ocean with a similar lifestyle to arrow-worms (which is why they are considered related) .
B) in kelp beds.
C) in deep oceans,especially the rich and oxygenated Arctic Ocean.
D) on the bottom of shallow oceans,sometimes colonially and in secreted tubes.
E) just around thermal vents.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Hemichordates show relationships to


A) arrow-worms.
B) arthropods and annelids.
C) molluscs and echinoderms.
D) annelids and echinoderms.
E) both the echinoderms and the chordates.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The larvae of echinoderms have ______________ symmetry.

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Hemichordates are marine animals that were formerly considered a subphylum of ____________.

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On the inner end of each tube foot is a muscular sac called an ______________.

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The early embryology of hemichordates is much like that of the ___________________.

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Which is NOT a correct association of structure and function in sea star anatomy?


A) Ampullae-end of the tube foot that bears the sucker
B) Polian vesicles-fluid storage
C) Tiedemann's bodies-production of coelomocytes
D) Lateral canals-connects the radial canal to the tube feet and has one-way valves
E) Stone canal-joins the madreporite and ring canal

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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Describe the human response to the impact of sea star predators in oyster beds and include how the remedy for eliminating sea stars does not also eliminate the oysters.

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If you went to the ocean and brought back a sea star to keep in a marine aquarium,what would you feed it?


A) Algae
B) Live clams
C) Live fish
D) Water in plankton since they are filter feeders
E) Living coral

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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On a laboratory practical exam,you are presented with an unknown specimen.You know it either belongs to the Phylum Xenoturbellida or to the Phylum Echonodermata.What characteristic would you look for that would tell you that the specimen is from the Phylum Xenoturbellida and not the Phylum Echinodermata?


A) Bilateral symmetry
B) Diffuse nervous system
C) Endoskeleton of ossicles
D) Lack of cephalization

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A complex chewing apparatus found in many urchins is the _________ _________.

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Hemichordates were not recognized until the 1800s because they


A) were considered roundworms.
B) are very rare.
C) are common but only around deep ocean vents.
D) have recently dramatically increased in numbers.
E) had secretive habits and fragile bodies.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The excretory system of an enteropneust hemichordate (or acorn worm) consists of


A) a glomerulus or network of blood vessels that surround the sinus and buccal diverticulum.
B) a rich supply of blood vessels in the gill slits.
C) a network of flame cells at the periphery.
D) a simple metanephridium that empties into the cloaca.
E) a network of vessels under the epidermis.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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