Annelida Flashcards
Bloodworm
Tubifex
Lug worm
Arenicola
Smooth bloodworm
Glycera
Paddle worm
Chaetopterus
Sea mouse
Aphrodite
Clam worm, Rag worm, Sand worm
Nereis
English Earthworm
Lumbricus
Freshwater worm
Aelosoma
Southindian earthworm
Megascolex
Common earthworm
Pheretima
Medicinal leech
Hirudo
Cattle leach
Hirudinaria
Skate sucker
Pontobdella
Fixed number of segments
Hirudinea (33)
Coelom in annelida
Generally schizocoelomate/eucoelomate.
# In leech, haemocoelomate.
Digestion in annelida
Completely intracellular with complete alimentary canal
Circulatory system in annelida
Closed
# Amoebocytic blood corpuscles
# Neurogenic heart
Haemoglobin in annelida
Dissolved in plasma (Sometimes as erythrocruorin)
Function of parapodia in polychaeta
Gaseous exchange
Excretory organ in annelida
Nephridia
Temporary clitellum in
Leech
Fertilization in aquatic annelids
External without cocoon (Clitellum is absent)
Larva of annelida
Trochophore (Only in polychaeta)
Bristle worms
Polychaeta
Locomotion in annelids
- Polychaeta: parapodia
- Oligochaeta: setae
- Hirudinea: suckers
- Archinnelida: absent
Sexes in annelida
Polychaeta: Separate
Oligochaeta and Hirudinea: Hermaphrodite
Scale worm
Polynoe