Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection.
Brachiopods are marine animals with hard shells called valves arranged on their upper and lower surfaces, hinged at the back end so they can open at the front to feed or close for protection. They differ from similar-looking bivalve molluscs, which have shells arranged on the left and right sides instead.
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腕足动物门(學名:Brachiopoda)是动物界的一个门,屬於底栖、有一對硬壳的触手冠海产动物。但與雙殼類動物不同的是:其殼是上、下開合,而不是左、右開合。鉸位在後背部,而前方可開合作捕食或防御。牠們自寒武紀開始演化,现存的种类多分布在高纬度的冷水区。 目录 1 語源 2 特征 3 分類 3.1 目 4 註釋 5 參考資料 6 延伸閱讀 7 外部連結 語源 腕足動物的學名brachiopod源於古希臘語,由「手臂」(βραχίων)與「足」(πούς)兩部份組成[3]。 特征 介壳两枚,大小相等或不等,掩盖背腹两面;介壳的形状和饰纹以及内部器官的构造,是鉴定腕足纲属、种的依据;身体柔软、左右对称;头顶有突出部;上生许多触手,称为“腕足”;消化道呈U字形弯曲,常缺少肛门;具有体腔和后肾。 分類 参见:腕足動物的分類 在西班牙穆爾西亞塞埃欣的早白堊世豪特里維期地層出土的Pygites diphyoides (d'Orbigny, 1849)化石。這件穿孔贝目化石的特色是其殼上位於中央的孔洞。 腕足动物的分類有其獨特的不同之處:現時腕足動物的現存物種與化石物種有着不同的特色。其化石物種的外形變化很大,但其外殼只有少量特徵;而現存物種的外殼變化不大,反而其軟體及外殼均各有特徵。若我們只專注於其中一類特徵,均不能把另一類好好的分類。本門動物也經歷了顯著的趨同進化和逆轉演化(這使較新的組別損失了原來在中間組別出現的特色,又或回復了原來只在較舊的組別出現的特點)。因此,有些分類學的學者認為現時我們仍然未成熟到可以具體把目以上的分類確定,建議只適宜透過自底向上的方法,先確定物種的種屬,然後再把他們分成組[4]。不過,亦有學者不同意這個觀點,認為現時的 然而,其他分類學家相信,物種中某些模式的特點已足夠穩定,值得作更高級別的分類,儘管大家可能對更高級別的分類有不同的看法[4]。以下為現時較多人同意的分類法。 目 以下為腕足動物門以下的目: 舌形貝型亞門(Linguliformea) 舌形貝綱(Lingulata) †頂孔貝目(Acrotretida,又名乳房贝目) 舌形貝目(Linguilida) †管洞貝目(Siphonotretida) †神父貝綱(Paterinata) †神父贝目(Paterinida) 髑髅贝型亚门(Craniiformea) 頭殻綱(Craniata,又名髑髏貝綱、顱形貝綱) 頭殻目(Craniida,又名髑髏貝目、顱形貝目) †擬髑髏貝目(Craniopsida,又名擬顱形貝目) †三分貝目(Trimerellida) 小嘴貝型亞門(Rhynchonelliformea) 小嘴貝綱(Rhynchonellata) †前正形貝目(Protorthida) †正形贝目(Orthida) †五房贝目(Pentamerida) †无洞贝目(Atrypi
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Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection.
Two major categories are traditionally recognized, articulate and inarticulate brachiopods. The word "articulate" is used to describe the tooth-and-groove structures of the valve-hinge which is present in the articulate group, and absent from the inarticulate group. This is the leading diagnostic skeletal feature, by which the two main groups can be readily distinguished as fossils. Articulate brachiopods have toothed hinges and simple, vertically oriented opening and closing muscles. Conversely, inarticulate brachiopods have weak, untoothed hinges and a more complex system of vertical and oblique (diagonal) muscles used to keep the two valves aligned. In many brachiopods, a stalk-like pedicle projects from an opening near the hinge of one of the valves, known as the pedicle or ventral valve. The pedicle, when present, keeps the animal anchored to the seabed but clear of sediment which would obstruct the opening.
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