Sea squirts or tunicates. Larvae show the characteristics of chordates ... Tunicate Larva. Adult tunicates. Subphylum Cephalochordata. Lancelets (Amphioxus) ...
Keystone Species Echinodermata Echinoidea (Sea urchins, Sand dollars) Approximately 1000 species Includes heart urchins, sea biscuits Round, rigid test with movable ...
Classification General Features. Basic Unit of Classification = Species. Biological Species Concept = a group of similar-looking individuals capable of ...
Cambrian to Early Carboniferous. Dominant planktonic animal in Paleozoic ... Cambrian to Early Carboniferous, but never a major part of fauna. Planktonic larvae ...
Round, rigid test with movable spines and pedicellariae. Spines and tube feet used for locomotion ... Tube feet in shallow ambulacral grooves along outside of ...
muscular locomotory postanal tail at some point in life history ... tadpole stage in life history of all taxa. dioecious or hermaphroditic. Phylum Chordata ...