11 Phylum Annelida Flashcards
Mostly a free living group of an estimated 15,000 species, found all around the world, in our soil, in rivers and even in the deepest part of the ocean.
Phylum Annelida
(annelus) means
’’ little rings”
Level of complexity of phylum annelida.
Organ-system grade
- Segmented worms: displays a metameric body plan
- 15,000 species
- Worldwide distribution. 1 class is chiefly marine, the rest are freshwater
and terrestrial. - Most free-living, some symbiotic, some ectoparasitic
- Bilaterally symmetrical, often with distinct head
- Triploblastic
Phylum Annelida
External Body Plan:
2 head portion
segmented body portion
epidermis
Head Portion (2 parts)
prostomium
peristomium
Part of 1st segment. It is in front of (but does not include) the mouth, usually a small lip-like extension over the mouth. Sometimes bear sensory palps or tentacles.
Prostomium
1st TRUE body segment. Directly behind prostomium and contains the mouth.
Predatory/parasitic forms may contain jaws or teeth
peristomium
Body is divided into similar segments
metameres
externally marked by circular rings in between each metamere.
annuli
The terminal/last portion; also bears the anus
Pygidium
Epithelium secretes thin outer layer of cuticle made of collagen.
Epidermis
Tiny bristles made of chitin found in epidermis.
Setae
Short and needle-like in earthworms
(Class Oligochaeta)
Long and hair-like in polychaetes
( class polychaetes)
Absent in leeches
(Class Hirudinida)
(allowing lengthening/shortening of body)
inner longitudinal
(allowing increase/decrease in
diameter)
outer circular
– has a true body cavity
Eucoelomate
hence, eu- means
“true”
-coelom means
“cavity”
holds organs in place
peritoneum
acts like an expanding storage compartment. Absent in some earthworms.
crop