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The Lophophorates. Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Bryozoa. Lophophorates. All are sessile or sedentary adults that feed by means of delicate ciliated tentacles The system used in feeding is referred to a lophophore
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The Lophophorates Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Bryozoa The Lophophorates
Lophophorates • All are sessile or sedentary adults that feed by means of delicate ciliated tentacles • The system used in feeding is referred to a lophophore • A circular or U shaped region around the mouth that bears 1-2 rows of hollow ciliated tentacles • All species have a very simple gonad and a U-shaped digestive tract with some form of protective covering The Lophophorates
Phylum Brachiopoda • Defining characteristics • Body enclosed within a 2 valved shell, with the valves orientated dorsally and ventrally • Why are lamp shells not members of the phylum Mollusca? The Lophophorates
Brachia The Lophophorates
Where Have All the Good Times Gone? • Pedicle • Brachiopods are a waning phylum, from fossilized 12,000 spp. - 335 living spp. The Lophophorates
Local Representatives • Lamp Shell(Glottidia pyramidata) The Lophophorates
Phylum Bryozoa • Large and conspicuous colonies, usually not recognized as animals by “lay people” • Incorrectly called seaweed. • Primarily marine but some species are freshwater • Bryozoans are the largest phylum of Lophophores and the most ecologically important The Lophophorates
Bryozoan Forms • Some may be soft and bushy, (Bugula) leafy and crisp, (Thalamoporella) or hard and crust like (Membranipora or Schizoporella) The Lophophorates
Reproduction and Lifecycle • Individual zooids will frequently undergo degeneration into a brown body • Can reproduce sexually, all colonies are hermaphroditic with individuals usually being dioecious • Colonies grow from a single founder larva (ancestrula) The Lophophorates