Phylogeny (USABO) FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2024.

Phylogeny (USABO) FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS 2024. Chytridiomycota (chytrids) - ANSWER flagellated spores; fungi Zygomycota (zygomycetes) - ANSWER resistant zygosporangium as sexual stage; fungi Glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) - ANSWER arbuscular mycorrhizae formed with plants Ascomycota (ascomycetes) - ANSWER sexual spores (ascospores) borne internally in sacs called asci; vast numbers of asexual spores (conidia) produced; fungi Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) - ANSWER elaborate fruiting body (basidiocarp) containing many basidia that produce sexual spores (basidiospores) Metazoa - ANSWER clade of all monophyletic animals Eumetazoa - ANSWER clade of animals with tissues; all animals except for porifera Bilateria - ANSWER clade of animals with bilaterial symmetry and the presence of three prominent germ layers Deuterostomia - ANSWER hemichordata; echinodermata; chordata Ecdysozoa - ANSWER nematoda and arthropoda -- secrete exoskelets and molts (ecdysis) Lophotrochozoa - ANSWER platyhelminthes; syndermata; ectoprocta; brachiopoda; mollusca; annelids -- crown of ciliated tentacles that function in feeding; trochophore larva stage Acoela - ANSWER Neither Protostomy or Deuterostomy fate