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    PHYLUM BRACHIOPODA

    LAMP SHELLS
    Lophophorate coelomates:
    Brachiopoda
    • Commonly known as lamp shells. It has a two calcareous
    valves.
    • Existed since the Cambrian Period but some are already
    extinct.
    • All brachiopods are marine and are attached to a
    substratum by its pedicle.
    • Most species live attached to rocks; some live in sand
    and mud bottoms (Lingula).
    • Projects an anteriorly two arms called Brachia.
    • Possess a food-catching organ called a Lophophore.

     2 types of muscles:
    • Adductor muscles which close the halves of the shell
    • Diductor muscles which open the shell so that the animal
    can feed
    Brachiopoda
    GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
    LOCOMOTION No locomotion; sessile

    DIGESTIVE SYSTEM U-shaped digestive tract

    CIRCULATORY Open circulatory system


    SYSTEM

    SYMMETRY Bilateral

    COELOM Protostome and deuterostome characteristics are displayed.

    REPRODUCTION Usually Dioecious; without true gonads

    NERVOUS SYSTEM Ganglionated circum-oesophagal ring


    REPRODUCTION
    • Fertilization is external and are dioecious.
    • Only has a season for breeding.
    • Spring and Summer for Class Inarticulata.
    • Winter and Fall for Class Articulata.
    • Females pick up sperm from the breeding area then
    external fertilization occurs.
    DEVELOPMENT

    1. External Fertilization

    2. Cleavage

    3. Lobate Larvae

    4. On Articulata, Metamorphosis occurs.

    5. Attachment to substrate.
    LIFE CYCLE OF A BRACHIOPOD
    Free-Swimming Stage
    (Lobate larvae)

    Spawning Metamorphosis

    Adult Stage
    CLASSES
    Class Inarticulata
    -unhinged valves
    -lacking teeth
    -chitinophosphatic shell
    -does not undergo metamorphosis

    Lingula Crania Orbiculoidea


    Class Articulata
    -hinged valves
    -well-defined teeth
    -calcareous shell
    -undergoes metamorphosis
    Order
    • Order Orthida - Both valves are convex.
    (Enteletes, Rhipidomella, and Schizophoria)
    • Order Strophomenida - one valve is convex and the other is
    concave.
    (Derbyia, Juresania, Meekella)
    • Order Spiriferida -The valves are biconvex with the hinge
    line being the full width.
    (Neospirifer, Punctospirifer, Hustedia, and Composita)
    • Order Terebratulida - The valves are convex and teardrop-
    shaped.
    (Dielasma and Beecheria)

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