Chordate Zoology - Textbook - Y. V. Tsaryk - 2013

Chapter 2. SUBPHYLUM TUNICATES, or UROCHORDATES, UNICATA, seu RQCHQRDATA

Review Questions

1. What are the main Organizational features of the subphylum Tunicates?

2. What organizational features do urochordates share with plants?

3. Which organizational features among Chordates are unique to tunicates?

4. Why do adult tunicates lack a notochord?

5. What are the Functions of the tunic?

6. What do the atrial siphon of an ascidian and the atriopore of a lancelet have in common?

7. How can the dorsal and ventral sides of an ascidian be identified?

8. What are the key Features of the Digestive System of ascidians?

9. What are the Structural Features of the Circulatory system OF ascidians?

10. What are the reproductive characteristics of ascidians?

11. How do salps differ from ascidians?

12. What structural features do appendicularians share with ascidian larvae?



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