Dugesia Flashcards

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Subkingdom
Phylum
Common name

A

Eumetazoa
Platyhelminthers
Flat worm

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Symmetry
Body plan
Digestive system

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Bilateral
Triploblastic acoelomate
Gastrovascular cavity

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Habitat

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Freshwater

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Food obtained

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Gastrovascular cavity

Pharynx extends out of body to search for food

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5
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Skeletal type

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Hydrostatic

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Sessile or motile

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Motile by cilia
Secretes mucus that helps movability

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Adaptations

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Highly branched gastro. Let’s nutrients disperse evenly

Eyespots - light sensitive
Auricles - chem sensitive

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Sexual reproduction
Hermaphroditic/separate

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Asex - fragmentation as a worm do

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9
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Friends

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Tapeworm
Chinese lover fluke

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