Species Profile
Necturus maculosus
Mudpuppy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Necturus lives in freshwater lakes and streams.
Carnivorous and nocturnal.
Example of neoteny.
Size & Structure
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Elongated body
02
External red gills
03
Short limbs
04
Spotted skin
Necturus maculosus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, incomplete double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- External gills and skin
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Aquatic predator
Freshwater ecosystem role
Indicator of water quality
Economic Importance
Developmental biology studies
Educational specimen
Ecological research