Ch.14 - Acoelomate Animals Flashcards
what is an acoelomate?
no body cavity surrounding gut
what phylum do not have a gut?
protista, porifera, cnidaria
what is a pseudocoelomate?
body cavity not entirely lined with mesoderm
what is an example of a pseudocoelomate?
roundworms
what’s a eucoelomate?
body cavity entirely lined with mesoderm
what are 2 examples of eucoelomates?
earthworms and arthropoda
what are the 3 germ layers?
ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
what is it called when something has all 3 germ layers?
triploblastic
what phyla are diploblastic?
cnidaria and ctenophora
In a ladder-like nervous system, paired anterior ganglia = _______
primitive brain -> aka CNS
In a ladder-like nervous system, paired lateral nerve cords = _______
peripheral nervous system
how is the acoelomate body plan flattened?
dorsoventrally
what does monoecious mean?
one individual with both sexes
how do flatworms move?
ventral cilia on slime track and muscle waves
what is in the common name of class turbellaria?
planaria
what classes are in the phylum platyhelminthes?
turbellaria, trematoda, cestoda