Annelida Flashcards

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Name the 9 traits of Phylum Annelida

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  1. Bilateral protosotmes - mesoblast, 4d. Gives rise to mesoderm
  2. Segmentation - teloblastic growth; new segment forms at the posterior end
  3. Complete, regionally specialized gut
  4. Metanephridia - coelomate
  5. Closed circulatory system
  6. 2-parted heart - pre-semental
  7. Post-segmental - pygidium
  8. Parapodia - chaeta
  9. Nervous system centralized and ventral - ladder nervous system merged into one
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What are the 3 synapomorphies of Annelida?

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  1. 2-parted head
  2. Post-segmental - pygidium
  3. Parapodia - “side feet”. Chaeta
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Major subgroups of Annelida - Errantia

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Polychaeta. Move around for food

Predators and scavengers

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Major subgroups of Annelida - Sedentary

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Polychaeta. Tube worms

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Major subgroups of Annelida - Clitellata

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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

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What does metamerism mean? And what are the 2 types of metamerism?

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Metamerism means the animal is segmented

  1. Homonomous - the segments of the animal are similar
  2. Heteronomous - the segments of the animal are differentiated with different functions
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7
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Peristomial cirri

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Sensory organ located on the persitomium

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Antennae

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Sensory appendage located on the prostomium

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Palp

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Located on the prostomium. Functions in feeding and sensing

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Parapodia

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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

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Chaetae

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Chitinous bristle that allows for sinusoidal movement - locomotion

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Pygidium

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The hind segment of the Annelid. Bears the anus

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Nuchal region

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Highly ciliated chemoreceptors for taste and smell. Located on the prostomium

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Notopodium

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Dorsal subsection of parapodium

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Neuropodium

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Ventral side of the parapodium, because the nervous system is on the ventral side

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Are there any intrinsic muscles in Annelida?

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NO. They only have extrinsic muscles, which are used to control the parapodia

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17
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Aciculum

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Skeletal elements for muscles to attach

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18
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Trunk

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Consists of the many segments of the Annelid. The segments are between the prostomium and pygidium

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19
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Clitellum in Clitellata (Crassiclitellata and Hirudinoidea)

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Thick and non-segmented. Found in the epidermis. Used in sexual reproduction - it forms a cocoon for its eggs

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20
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Qualities of Hirudinoidea

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It’s a predator leech and not parasitic

No parapodia
No chaetae
Strong heteronomy
Contains hirudin

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What does hirudin do?

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It is a compound that’s an anti-cogulent, preventing blood from coagulating so the animal can slurp its prey

22
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Anatomy of Hirudinoidea

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Oral sucker (segments 1 - 4)

Clitellum - sexual reproduction (segments 9 - 11)

Posterior sucker (segments 28 - 34)

Anus is on the dorsal side of its body near the posterior sucker

23
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Digestive system general parts

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Mouth, then pharynx, then esophagus, then crop (stores food), then gizzard (functions in mechanical digestion - grinds food), then intestine (nutrient absorption), then proctodeum, then anus

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Calciferous glands

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Removes excess calcium ions from the blood and will secrete them into the gut so it can be expelled through the anus

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Chloragogen tissue

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Has a liver-like function. Regulates sugar content in blood and breaks down fat. Expels urea

26
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Typhlosole

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Used for surface enlargement for more efficient absorption of digested nutrients

27
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General circulation and gas exchange

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Has tail-to-head blood flow
Blood vessels are mesodermal origin

Dorsal blood vessel to ventral blood vessel to segmental blood vessel

28
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How many hearts does an earthworm have? Do they have an open or closed circulatory system?

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5 hearts. Closed circulatory system

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Mesentary (also septum)

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Allows for circulatory vessels and nerves to connect the main body wall to the gut

30
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Are earthworms coelomic?

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Yes, they are coelomic, and it is enveloped by mesoderm, called a peritoneum

Its coelom allows them to be tough and robust

31
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Metanephridium

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A type of nephridium that functions as an excretory organ to excrete urine. This is also where gametes exit

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Cuticle

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Covers the outer body wall that helps the keep the worm moist. Secreted by the epidermis

33
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Longitudinal muscles

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When it contracts, the worm becomes shorter and fatter

34
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Circular muscles

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When it contracts, the worm becomes skinnier and longer

35
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General nervous system

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Has a brain and a double ventral nerve cord

36
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Nephrostome

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Entrance of the metanephridium orientated towards the coelom covered in cilia to push metabolic wastes inside the metanephridium

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Nephridiopore

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External opening of the nephridium where wastes are expelled

38
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What do their nervous system consist of?

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A ladder-like single, or double ventral nerve cord

Circumenteric nerve ring

Sensory receptors

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Name the 7 sensory receptors

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  1. Tactile - touch
  2. Chemoreceptors - taste and smell (in nuchal organ)
  3. Photoreceptors - eyes
  4. Georeceptors - balance receptors
  5. Phonoreceptors - sound
  6. Proprioceptors - stretch receptors. Are aware of the different parts of the body and know where they are without seeing them
  7. Thermoreceptors - temperature receptors
40
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3 types of asexual reproduction

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  1. Regeneration
  2. Bud-like outgrowths. Identical clones of the animal will grow and pop off when they are mature
  3. Isolated fragments - new individuals will form and will pop off when mature. The oldest individual is most posterior, and the youngest is nearest the parent posterior
41
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4 types of sexual reproduction

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  1. Errantia and Sedentaria: mostly dioecious. Gametes come from peritoneoum
  2. Clitellata: hermaphrodites. Complex and permanent reproductive systems
  3. Gamete formation
  4. Epitoke - portion will pop off depending on environment
42
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Brooding

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Mixed indirect reproductive process where the mother will take care of the eggs until they’re mature and pop off

43
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Stereoblastula

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When it undergoes gastrulation, a stereogastrulation results

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Epiboly

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Process of the ectodermal layer migrating to cover the ball of cells

45
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Prostomium and peristomium

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Prosotmium - the head portion of the annelid. Where the brain is located

Peristomium - the second segment behind the head portion (prostomium). Mouth is located here

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Apical sense organ

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Will become the brain and will develop into the prostomium

47
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Prototroch

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Develops into the peristomium

48
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Telotroch of the trochophore larva

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Very posterior end

49
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Polytroch larva

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Stage where teloblastic growth occurs and the hollowing out of the mesoderm