Class Hirudinea (Phylum Annelida) Flashcards

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Where are they found?

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found in freshwater, marine, terrestrial

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Type of feeding?

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  • fluid feeders on vertebrate animals
    • not a parasite, but a predator that doesn’t eat whole thing
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How do they do locomotion?

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  • alternation of contraction of circular & longitudinal
  • don’t have setae
  • use anterior & posterior suckers
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