Chp 33 Part 2 Flashcards
What are chitons?
- Oval shaped marine animals encased in an armor of eight dorsal plates
What are some characteristics of gastropods? (4)
- most are marine, but many are terrestrial and freshwater species
- Move slowly by a rippling motion of the foot or by cilia
- ## Most have a single, spiraled shell that functions in protection from injury, dehydration, and predationMost gastropods are herbivores, but some species use modified radula to feed on prey
What are bivalves?
- aquatic and include many species of clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops
- They have a shell divided into two halves drawn together by adductor muscles
What are cephalopods?
Cephalopods are carnivores with beak-like jaws surrounded by tentacles of their modified foot
What do cephalopods have? (3)
A closed circulatory system, well-developed sense organs, and a complex brain.
What are shelled cephalopods called?
Ammonites
What animal group has the largest number of recent extinctions?
Molluscs
What are the most threatened molluscs groups?
Freshwater bivalves (pearl mussels)
- Terrestrial gastropods (Pacific Island land snail )
What are molluscs threatened by?
- habitat loss
- pollution
- non-native species
What are annelids?
coelomates with bodies composed of a series of fused rings
What are the 3 traditional clades of the phylum Annelida? (3)
- Polychaeta (polychaetes)
-Oligochaeta (oligochaetes)
- Hirundinea (leeches)
What are the more recent 2 major clades of Annelids?
- Errantia
- Sedentaria
What are errantians?
Members of the clade Errantia that are mobile, marine organisms that have paddle-like or ridge-like structures called parapodia on each body segment.
What are sedentarians?
Organisms that are less mobile than errantians.
- Contains leeches and earthworms
What do leeches include?
Predators of invertebrates and parasites that suck blood
- live in fresh water, some are marine or terrestrial
What are earthworms?
Organisms that eat thru soil, extracting nutrients as the soil moves thru the alimentary canal
- asexually reproduce via fragmentation