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1

What is the major anatomical feature that is shared by the phyla Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, and Phoronida?
2

What is a lophophore? Describe its structure and function.
3

What are 3 other features shared by lophophorates?
4

Are lophophorates protostomes or deuterostomes? Why are they confusing?
5

Based on molecular data, which organisms are included in the term “Lophotrochozoa”?
6

Where do members of the phylum Phoronida live?
7

What is the defining characteristic of the phylum Brachiopoda? Why aren’t brachiopods considered molluscs?
8

What is the function of the pedicle in brachiopods?
9

Compare the shell and the digestive tract of the 2 major brachiopod classes.
10

What is the common name of the phylum Bryozoa? Why?
11

What is a zooecium? a zooid? a funiculus?
12

Are bryozoans solitary or colonial? freshwater or marine?
13

What are bryozoan statoblasts?
14

What are bryozoan autozooids? the heterozooids?
15

What are bryozoan avivularia? vibracula?
16

How do bryozoans reproduce?
17

Where do members of the phylum Entoprocta (Kamptozoa) live? How do they feed?
18

Molecular data indicate that entoprocts are affiliated with which groups?





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