Deuterostome

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For the cell biology protein structure, see Deuterosome.

Deuterostomes
Temporal range: Earliest Cambrian–Present (Possible Ediacaran record, 555 Ma[1])
Diversity of deuterostomes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908
Clades

Deuterostomes (from

embryonic development. Deuterostomia is further divided into 4 phyla: Chordata, Echinodermata, Hemichordata, and the extinct Vetulicolia known from Cambrian fossils. The extinct clade Cambroernida
is also thought to be a member of Deuterostomia.

In deuterostomy, the developing embryo's first opening (the

blastopore) becomes the anus and cloaca, while the mouth is formed at a different site later on. This was initially the group's distinguishing characteristic, but deuterostomy has since been discovered among protostomes as well.[5] This group is also known as enterocoelomates, because their coelom develops through enterocoely
.

Deuterostomia's sister clade is

bilateral symmetry and three germ layers
.

Systematics

History

Initially, Deuterostomia included the phyla

lophophorates which was later combined with other protostome animals to form the superphylum Lophotrochozoa.[9] The arrow worms may also be deuterostomes,[8] but molecular studies have placed them in the protostomes more often.[10][11] Genetic studies have also revealed that deuterostomes have more than 30 genes not found in any other animal groups, but are present in some marine algae and prokaryotes. This could mean they are very ancient genes that were lost in other organisms, or that a common ancestor acquired them through horizontal gene transfer.[12]

While protostomes as a monophyletic group has strong support, research has shown that deuterostomes may be paraphyletic, and what was once considered traits of deuterostomes could instead be traits of the last common bilaterian ancestor. This suggests the deuterostome branch is very short or non-existent. The Xenambulacraria's sister group could be both the chordates or the protostomes, or be equally distantly related to them both.[13]

Classification

See also:
List of bilateral animal orders

This is the generally agreed upon phylogeny of the deuterostomes:

There is a possibility that Ambulacraria is the sister clade to Xenacoelomorpha, and could form the Xenambulacraria group.[14][15][16]

Notable characteristics

Early development differences between deuterostomes versus protostomes. In deuterostomes, blastula divisions occur as radial cleavage because they occur parallel or perpendicular to the major polar axis. In protostomes the cleavage is spiral because division planes are oriented obliquely to the polar major axis. During gastrulation, deuterostome embryos' anus is given first by the blastopore while the mouth is formed secondarily, and vice versa for the protostomes

In both deuterostomes and protostomes, a

lophophorates
.

Most deuterostomes display

indeterminate cleavage
, in which the developmental fate of the cells in the developing embryo is not determined by the identity of the parent cell. Thus, if the first four cells are separated, each can develop into a complete small larva; and if a cell is removed from the blastula, the other cells will compensate.

In deuterostomes the

evaginations of the developed gut that pinch off to form the coelom. This process is called enterocoely
.

Another feature present in both the Hemichordata and Chordata is pharyngotremy; the presence of spiracles or gill slits into the pharynx, which is also found in some primitive fossil echinoderms (mitrates).[17][18] A hollow nerve cord is found in all chordates, including tunicates (in the larval stage). Some hemichordates also have a tubular nerve cord. In the early embryonic stage, it looks like the hollow nerve cord of chordates.

Except for the

echinoderms, both the hemichordates and the chordates have a thickening of the aorta, homologous to the chordate heart, which contracts to pump blood. This suggests a presence in the deuterostome ancestor of the three groups, with the echinoderms having secondarily lost it.[citation needed
]

The highly modified nervous system of echinoderms obscures much about their ancestry, but several facts suggest that all present deuterostomes evolved from a common ancestor that had pharyngeal gill slits, a hollow nerve cord, circular and longitudinal muscles and a segmented body.[19]

Formation of mouth and anus

Main article: Embryological origins of the mouth and anus

The defining characteristic of the deuterostome is the fact that the blastopore (the opening at the bottom of the forming gastrula) becomes the anus, whereas in protostomes the blastopore becomes the mouth. The deuterostome mouth develops at the opposite end of the embryo, from the blastopore, and a digestive tract develops in the middle, connecting the two.

In many animals, these early development stages later evolved in ways that no longer reflect these original patterns. For instance, humans have already formed a gut tube at the time of formation of the mouth and anus. Then the mouth forms first[citation needed], during the fourth week of development, and the anus forms four weeks later, temporarily forming a cloaca.

Origins and evolution

Bilateria, one of the five major lineages of animals, is split into two groups; the protostomes and deuterostomes. Deuterostomes consist of chordates (which include the vertebrates) and ambulacrarians.[20] It seems likely that the 555 million year old Kimberella was a member of the protostomes.[21][22] That implies that the protostome and deuterostome lineages split some time before Kimberella appeared — at least 558 million years ago, and hence well before the start of the Cambrian 538.8 million years ago,[20] i.e. during the later part of the Ediacaran Period (circa 635-539 Mya, around the end of global Marinoan glaciation in the late Neoproterozoic). It has been proposed that the ancestral deuterostome, before the chordate/ambulacrarian split, could have been a chordate-like animal with a terminal anus and pharyngeal openings but no gill slits, with active suspension feeding strategy.[23]

The last common ancestor of the deuterostomes had lost all innexin diversity.[24]

Fossils of one major deuterostome group, the

Haikouella lanceolata, is interpreted as a chordate and possibly a craniate, as it shows signs of a heart, arteries, gill filaments, a tail, a neural chord with a brain at the front end, and possibly eyes — although it also had short tentacles round its mouth.[28] Haikouichthys and Myllokunmingia, also from the Chengjiang fauna, are regarded as fish.[29][30] Pikaia, discovered much earlier but from the Mid Cambrian Burgess Shale, is also regarded as a primitive chordate.[31]

On the other hand, fossils of early chordates are very rare, as non-vertebrate chordates have no

bone tissue or teeth, and fossils of no Post-Cambrian non-vertebrate chordates are known aside from the Permian-aged Paleobranchiostoma, trace fossils of the Ordovician
colonial tunicate Catellocaula, and various Jurassic-aged and Tertiary-aged spicules tentatively attributed to ascidians.

Phylogeny

Below is a phylogenetic tree showing consensus relationships among deuterostome taxa. Phylogenomic evidence suggests the enteropneust family, Torquaratoridae, fall within the Ptychoderidae. The tree is based on 16S +18S rRNA sequence data and phylogenomic studies from multiple sources.[32][13] The approximate dates for each radiation into a new clade are given in millions of years ago (Mya). Not all dates are consistent, as of date ranges only the center is given.[33]


Bilateria
Nephrozoa
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Ambulacraria
Echinodermata

Crinoidea

Asterozoa

Asteroidea

Ophiuroidea

488 mya
Echinozoa

Echinoidea

Holothuroidea

Hemichordata
Pterobranchia

Cephalodiscidae

Rhabdopleuridae

Enteropneusta
509 mya
533 mya
Protostomia

Ecdysozoa

Spiralia

Kimberella († 555 mya)

Xenacoelomorpha

Support for the clade Deuterostomia is not unequivocal. In particular, the Ambulacraria are sometimes shown to be related to the Xenacoelomorpha. If true, this raises two possibilities: either the Ambulacraria are taken out of the deuterostome-protostome dichotomy (in which case the grouping Deuterostomia dissolves, with Chordata and Protostomia grouped together as Centroneuralia), or the Xenacoelomorpha are re-positioned next to Ambulacraria within the Deuterostomia as in the above diagram.[13][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

Fossil record

Deuterostomes have a rich fossil record with thousands of fossil species being found throughout the

cnidarians[41] or sponges,[42]
and as such their true affinity remains uncertain.

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