Annelida Flashcards
Name the 9 traits of Phylum Annelida
- Bilateral protosotmes - mesoblast, 4d. Gives rise to mesoderm
- Segmentation - teloblastic growth; new segment forms at the posterior end
- Complete, regionally specialized gut
- Metanephridia - coelomate
- Closed circulatory system
- 2-parted heart - pre-semental
- Post-segmental - pygidium
- Parapodia - chaeta
- Nervous system centralized and ventral - ladder nervous system merged into one
What are the 3 synapomorphies of Annelida?
- 2-parted head
- Post-segmental - pygidium
- Parapodia - “side feet”. Chaeta
Major subgroups of Annelida - Errantia
Polychaeta. Move around for food
Predators and scavengers
Major subgroups of Annelida - Sedentary
Polychaeta. Tube worms
Major subgroups of Annelida - Clitellata
Crassiclitellata - terrestrial. Earthworms. No parapodia and has direct deposit feeding
Hirudinoidea - terrestrial. Leeches. They secrete something to prevent coagulation and can slurp the animal whole. No parapodia and no chaetae. Has strong heteronomy
What does metamerism mean? And what are the 2 types of metamerism?
Metamerism means the animal is segmented
- Homonomous - the segments of the animal are similar
- Heteronomous - the segments of the animal are differentiated with different functions
Peristomial cirri
Sensory organ located on the persitomium
Antennae
Sensory appendage located on the prostomium
Palp
Located on the prostomium. Functions in feeding and sensing
Parapodia
Side foot that are paired. Used for locomotion and bears chaetae
It is a biramous appendage - has 2 branches
In marine annelids, they are also used for gas exchange
Chaetae
Chitinous bristle that allows for sinusoidal movement - locomotion
Pygidium
The hind segment of the Annelid. Bears the anus
Nuchal region
Highly ciliated chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Located on the prostomium
Notopodium
Dorsal subsection of parapodium
Neuropodium
Ventral side of the parapodium, because the nervous system is on the ventral side
Are there any intrinsic muscles in Annelida?
NO. They only have extrinsic muscles, which are used to control the parapodia
Aciculum
Skeletal elements for muscles to attach
Trunk
Consists of the many segments of the Annelid. The segments are between the prostomium and pygidium
Clitellum in Clitellata (Crassiclitellata and Hirudinoidea)
Thick and non-segmented. Found in the epidermis. Used in sexual reproduction - it forms a cocoon for its eggs