Annelids, Onychophora, Tardigrades Flashcards
Annelids are known as ______ and live in what habitats
Segmented worms
Marine, freshwater and terrestrial
Annelida general characteristics
- body
- body wall
- coelom
- worm-like body that is divided both externally and internally into a series of repeating segments
- anterior segments of the body commonly unite to form a “head”
- body wall typically consists of a thin cuticle, glandular epidermis and two layers of muscle
- may have bristle-like setae protruding from body wall
- large coelom which is divided by transverse septa
Class-Polychaeta
-type
Annelids
Class-Polychaeta characteristics
- body
- organs
- sex types
- body consists of numerous segments. Each segment have have a pair of fleshy outgrowths of the body wall. These appendages are known as parapodia and often carry many setae.
- usually have a distinct head with eyes. Sense organs such as antennae, palps, and tentacles
- gonochoristics (separate sexes)
Nereis virens
- type
- body segments
- what toes of sense organs are on head
- what are parapodia used for?
- feeding habits
- phylum Annelida
- class-Polychaeta
- as many as 200 segments
- antennae, palps and tentacles
- feeding, locomotion, breathing
- predators and scavengers, carnivorous but can be omnivorous. Use proboscis with jaws
How do parapodia help Nereis sp. lifestyle
Parapodia aid in swimming, can extend/retract to aid in burrowing
Aphrodita sp.
- type
- how are setae arranged
Phylum Annelidia
Class-Polychaeta
Soft, hairlike setae all over back and form a felt. Also have smaller, stiffer setae for defence
Sabella sp.
- type
- what structural adaptations do these animals have associated with sedentary lifestyle
- phylum annelida
- class-polychaeta
-tube selling so it has feeding radioles for feeding and respiration
Class Clitellata
- habitat
- reproduction
- lacks which features
- Annelid
- freshwater and terrestrial
- hermaphroditic and have reproductive structure called clitellum
- head appendages and parapodia are absent
Subclasses of clitellata
Oligochaeta
Hirudinea
Most famous member of subclass Oligochaeta
Earthworm
Subclass Oligochaeta characteristics
- body
- head
- setae
- body plan is uniform with distinct segmentation
- head is poorly developed and lacks conspicuous sense organs
- very few setae per body segment
Lumbricus terrestris
- type
- is segmentation visible
- can use determine mouth easily
- where are setae
- phylum annelida, class Clitellata, subclass Oligochaeta
- yes
- on anterior end
- 2 rows on each segment
Lumbricus terrestris longitudinal section
- cuticle
- muscle layers
- are septa visible
- what is advantage of segmental septa in locomotion
- thin cuticle, must keep moist with mucus
- circular muscle loop around each segment and longitudinal along length of body
- allow flexibility and anchoring on some parts, while other move
Subclass-Hirudinea characteristics
- commonly known as
- body
- setae
- suckers
- leeches (blood sucking ectoparasite)
- bodies are not separated into compartments by septae
- small body segments have been modified to form anterior and posterior suckers
- most don’t have setae