{"id":2471,"date":"2017-02-06T19:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T19:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2471"},"modified":"2024-04-26T00:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:44:14","slug":"introduction-to-superphylum-deuterostomia","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/chapter\/introduction-to-superphylum-deuterostomia\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Superphylum Deuterostomia","rendered":"Introduction to Superphylum Deuterostomia"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Identify the common characteristics of superphylum Deuterostomia<\/h2>\r\nDeuterostomia is a major subgroup of animals. It is comprised of two lineages, the <strong>Chordata<\/strong> and <strong>Ambulacraria<\/strong> (Edgecombe et al. 2011, Swalla &amp; Smith 2008). Chordata consists of two exclusively marine groups, the fish-like lancelets (Cephalocordata) and the sea squirts, salps and relatives (Tunicata) as well as the vertebrates which include fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Ambulacraria contains the exclusively marine <strong>echinoderms<\/strong> (sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and sea lilies) and <strong>hemichordates<\/strong> (soft-bodied benthic worm-like animals).\r\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify the common characteristics of superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the distinguishing characteristics of chordates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe the distinguishing characteristics of echinoderms<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify the different classes in phylum Echinodermata<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\r\nThe learning activities for this section include the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Characteristics of Superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Phylum Echinodermata<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self Check: Superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Identify the common characteristics of superphylum Deuterostomia<\/h2>\n<p>Deuterostomia is a major subgroup of animals. It is comprised of two lineages, the <strong>Chordata<\/strong> and <strong>Ambulacraria<\/strong> (Edgecombe et al. 2011, Swalla &amp; Smith 2008). Chordata consists of two exclusively marine groups, the fish-like lancelets (Cephalocordata) and the sea squirts, salps and relatives (Tunicata) as well as the vertebrates which include fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Ambulacraria contains the exclusively marine <strong>echinoderms<\/strong> (sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and sea lilies) and <strong>hemichordates<\/strong> (soft-bodied benthic worm-like animals).<\/p>\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the common characteristics of superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\n<li>Describe the distinguishing characteristics of chordates<\/li>\n<li>Describe the distinguishing characteristics of echinoderms<\/li>\n<li>Identify the different classes in phylum Echinodermata<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>The learning activities for this section include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Characteristics of Superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\n<li>Phylum Echinodermata<\/li>\n<li>Self Check: Superphylum Deuterostomia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2471\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Superphylum Deuterostomia. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Deuterostomia: Brief Summary. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Katja Schulz. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/8814528\/details\">http:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/8814528\/details<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":20,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Superphylum Deuterostomia\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Deuterostomia: Brief Summary\",\"author\":\"Katja Schulz\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/8814528\/details\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"8d41c274-86e0-4d9d-b40e-c00bbe48e238","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2471","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":143,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5373,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2471\/revisions\/5373"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/143"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2471\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}