Dichotomous Key (Exercise)
Dichotomous Key (Exercise)
Bio 12 WFR/WFVW
A.
1. Paramecium
2. Didinium
3. Euplectella
4. Grantia
5. Chiropsalmus
6. Acropora
7. Achatina
8. Crassostrea
9. Portunus
10. Balanus
1. Unicellular (2)
Multicellular (3)
2. Proboscis present Didinium
Otherwise Paramecium
3. Undergoes gastrulation (5)
Otherwise (4)
4. Hexactine, tetractine spicule Euplectella
Triaxon spicule Grantia
5. Diploblastic (6)
Triploblastic (7)
6. Medusa dominant Chiropsalmus
Polyp dominant Acropora
7. Growth by continuous addition of mass (8)
Growth by ecdysis (9)
8. Radula absent Crassostrea
Radula present Achatina
9. Fixed number of segments Portunus
Imperfectly segmented Balanus
1. Ascaris
2. Linckia
3. Limnotes
4. Rhipicephalus
5. Penaeus
6. Culcita
7. Necturus
8. Obelia
9. Dugesia
10. Tachypleus
1. Diploblastic Obelia
Triploblastic (2)
4. Acoelomate Dugesia
Coelomate Limnotes