ANNELIDA Flashcards
*Bilateral symmetry
*Body metamerically segmented
Chitinous setae (bristles) often present on parapodia
* Digestive system complete
* Respiratory gas exchange through skin, gills or parapodia
*Closed circulatory system
* Excretory system typically a pair of nephridia for each segment
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exhibiting segmentation
allowed much greater complexity in structure and function
metamerism
*Coelom well developed and divided by septa
(except in leeches); coelomic fluid functions as
hydrostatic skeleton
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develops embryonically as a split in the mesoderm on each side of the gut (schizocoelomate)
Coelom
- Body wall with outer circular and inner longitudinal muscle layers
- Transparent moist cuticle secreted by epithelium
- Hermaphroditic or separate sexes
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Body segments marked by circular grooves called
annuli
Found in arthropods, probably homologous with annelids, and in vertebrates, where it evolved independently
Metamerism
Tiny chitinous bristles called
⚬ Absent in leeches
Setae
Prevent it from slipping backward
Short setae
help aquatic worms swim
Long setae
type of setae that anchor segments in earthworms
⚬ Short setae
Head is composed of
■ Prostomium
■ Perstonium
Terminal portion bearing the anus is the
pygidium
are not considered metameres
Head and pygidium
Coelom of annelida is composed of Gut and longitudinal blood vessels extending through the septa
lines body wall and forms dorsal and ventral mesenteries
Peritoneum (mesodermal epithelium)
Peritonea of adjacent segments meet to form
the
septa
coelom is filled with fluid and serves as a hydrostatic skeleton
Hydrostatic Skeleton
leeche dont have coelom is filled with fluid
true
Fluid volume needs to
remains constant
Causes body to shorten and expand
Contraction of longitudinal muscles
Causes body to narrow and lengthen
Contraction of circular muscles
Phylum Annelida3 classes
⚬ Class Polychaeta
⚬ Class Oligochaeta
⚬ Class Hirudinida
Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class
true
Oligochaeta and Hirudinidaform a monophyletic group called
Clitellata
Some now consider
to be an annelid class containing oligochaetes and leeches as orders
Clitellata
- Largest class of annelids *Important part of marine food chains
- Well-differentiated head with sense
organs
*parapodia
*No clitellum - Many setae arranged in bundles on parapodia
Class Polychaeta
- Paired appendages called ____
on most segments in Class Polychaeta
Many setae arranged in bundles on
parapodia