A blastopore is an opening into the archenteron during the embryonic stages of an organism. The distinction between protostomes and deuterostomes is based on the direction in which the mouth (stoma) develops in relation to the blastopore. The archenteron is an indentation that forms early on in a developing blastula. ... Groups Ecdysozoa Lophotrochozoa Platyzoa Protostomes (from the Greek: first the mouth) are a taxon of animals. ... Phyla Echinodermata Hemichordata Chordata Xenoturbellida Chaetognatha (uncertain) Vetulicolia †Deuterostomes (taxonomic term: Deuterostomia; from the Greek: second mouth) are a superphylum of animals. ...
The major distinctions between deuterostomes and protostomes are found in embryonic development. In protostome development, the first opening in development, the blastopore, becomes the animal's mouth. In deuterostome development, the blastopore becomes the animal's anus. Protostomes have what is known as spiral cleavage which is determinate, this meaning that the fate of the cells is determined as they are formed. This is in contrast to deuterostomes which have radial cleavage that is indeterminate.
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