arthropoda Flashcards
what are ecdysosoa
moulting clade.
- lack primary larva
how do panarthropods differ from other ecdysozoans?
have segmented bodies with several/many paris of limbs
tardigrada
small, terrestrial.
blunt head, no antennae.
4 body segments, move with slow stepping motion.
tardigrada lack?
circulatory and excretory systems, lack circular muscles.
coelom, cns, sensory of tardigrada
small eucoelom around gonads, main body cavity is haemocoel.
dorsal brain circumesophageal connectives.
- non-image forming eyes in brain
feeding in tardigrada
piercing or swallowing whole.
- pierce: suck out contents with pharynx
repro of tardigrada. 4 ways of sperm transfer
intromission
- traumatic insemination into cuticle
- when female shedding, put sperm between new and old cuticle.
- tickle female to oviposit, then smear sperm over top
eggs and development of tardigrada
eggs very resistant.
cleavge = radial.
development - direct
eutely growth
what is the state in which organism is alive but has no measurable metabolism?
cryptobioses
form when all water is lost from the animal
anhydrobioses
onychophora - features
blunt head, one pair of antennae, 13-43 segments.
soft cuticle, many paillae.
onycophora - differences from tardigrades
body wall includes circular, long and dv muscles
- multiple paire, segmental nephridia
oncyphora: similaties to tardigrades
eucoelom restricted to pockets around gonads, main body cavity is haemocoel.
dorsal brain, circumesophageal connectives.
sensory? gas exchange? feeding?
small light sensing eyes
- gas exchange thru thracheal system
predators. capture prey shooting glue out of glue glands
repro in oncyphorans
separate sexes, direct development, born with full number of segment,
neither spiral nor radial cleavage.
lay eggs ?
brood eggs?
brood young - not in eggs?
oviparous
ovoviviparous - yolk nutrients
viviparous - placental connection.
arthropoda - joint-legged
largest phylum. 4 subphyla: pancrustacea, myriapoda, chelicerata, trilobita
all arthropods ossess?
jointed, semi-ridig exoskeleton & jointed limbs
2 main functions of exoskeleton
protection & structural support including muscle-attachment
feature unique to arthropods?
no cilia on somatic cells
tagma of myriapods
haed + homonomous trunk
trilobites tagma
head, thorax, pygidium
tagma crustaceans
head, thorax, abdomen
chelicerate tagma
cephalothorax, abdomen
names of the rigid plates in exoskeleton
plates called sclerites.
dorsal = tergite.
ventral = sternite
lateral = pleurite
3 main layers of exosksleton
epicuticle - moulted
exocuticle - moutled
endocuticle - resorbed
moulting controlled by ?
ecdysone
process of moutling
epidermis separates from endocuticle. inactive moulting fluid secreted by epidermis to digest old cuticle. endocuticle resorbed. new cuticle deposited beneath protective later. starts out wrinkled. moulting fluid resorbed, epicuticle laid down, old cuticle moutled, ecdysis = animal swallows air to split old skin. new cuticle expands & gets sclerotized.
arthropod limbs
- each segment of limb called?
- project medially vs laterally
- article.
medially = endites
laterally = exited
biramous vs uniramous
limbs - phyllopodous vs stenopodous
phyllo - flattened, flap-like
steno - tubular, walking
infoldings of the cuticle that muscles attach to
apodemes
arthropod coelom
intra lecithal cleavage. panarthropoda coelom reduced and limited to gonads and excretory system.