Exam 2 Flashcards
trPlatyhelminthes
- no known synapomorphies
- anterior brain connected to nerve cords (usually 2)
- no anus
- flat = high surface area to volume ratio
- waste exits by diffusion, helped by
flame cells - simultaneous hermaphrodites
special characteristics of Platyhelminthes
- 34,000 species
- respiratory & circulatory system
- 80% parasitic
- triploblastic
- acoelomate
- bilaterally symmetrical
Platyhelminthesis
flatworm
tripoblastic
3 embryonic cell layers
acoelomate
lacking coelom
classes of Phylum Platyhelminthes
- class turbellaria
- class castoda
- class monogenea
- class trematoda
class Castoda
- 6,000 species
- found in vertebrates
- syncytial tegnment, heavily folded
- no mouth or digestive tract: diffusion
- scolex
scolex
anterior structure with hooks/suckers to attach
life cycle of Castoda
- adult (in intestine of host)
- eggs leave with feces
- eggs enter intermediate host
- eggs hatch into oncosphere larvae
- oncosphere lyses (dissolve) intestine of
intermediate host, form cysts - intermediate host consumed by
definitive host, matures in intestine
class Monogenea
- 8,000 species of fish ectoparasites
- no intermediate host
life cycle of Monogenea
- adult on fish
- make eggs
- oncomiracidium larvae
- attach to fish
ectoparasites
attach to outside of fish
haptors of Monogenea
POSTERIOR attachment organ that has suckers and hooks for attachment
prohaptors of Monogenea
ANTERIOR attachment organ that has suckers and hooks
class Trematoda
- 8000 species
- all parasites, all vertebrate
definitive hosts - Ex chinese liner fluke
life cycle of Trematoda
- adult in definitive host —> eggs
- eggs released into environment, hatch
into free living, gutless miracidium
larvae - miracidium enters 1st intermediate host
- miracidium -> spirocyst -> redia larvae
-> cercaria - cercaria exits
- cercaria enters 2nd intermediate host
- becomes encysted metacercaria,
develops further - 2nd intermediate host eaten by
definitive host, migrate to appropriate
place and mature
Gnathiferans
clade of small spiralians characterized by jaws
Phylum’s within Gnathiferans
- phylum micrognathozoa
- phylum gnathostomulida
- phylum rotifera
- phylum acanthocephala
Phylum Micrognathozoa
- 1 freshwater species from cold spring
in greenland - make resting eggs to survive winter
- about 1/10 mm, 15 part jaws with
supporting muscles - forehead cilia move food to jaws
- reproduce by parthenogenesis
- protandrous? male first then female
later
Phylum Gnathostomulida
- 100 marine species
- tiny worms that live in interstitial spaces
(b/t sand) - can live in anoxic habitats
- no respiratory/circulatory system
- simultaneous hermaphroditic
- eggs fertilize internally, released, no
larvae
anoxic
without oxygen
Phylum Rotifera
- > 2000 species, freshwater
- corona: ciliated anterior bring in food
- muscular pharynx with jaws
- toes with adhesive glands
- lots of muscle
- lack resp. and circ. system
- free living omnivores
- move with corona also looping
- brain
- antennae as mechano and
chemoreceptors - simple photoreceptors
- short lived eutely
eutely
constant number of cells
Phylum Nemertea
-1300 marine
- up to 20 cm, rarely to 30 cm
- circulatory system: no heart, no valves
- pigmented photoreceptors: up to 80
Phylum Mollusca
- > 100,000
- extremely flexible body plan
- mantle cavity: exit for excretory,
reproductive system, holds ctenidia,
involved in feeding, gills: use
countercurrent exchange to maximize
oxygen uptake - blood circulatory system: close system
in cephalopods, open in others, most
have heart (s), hemoglobin or
hemocyanin - metanephridia
- complete digestive system
- reproduce sexually
defining characteristics for Phylum Mollusca
- dorsal mantle secretes calcareous shell
- radula in esophagus (helps to eat)
- ventral foot
classes of Mollusca
- class polyplacophora
- class gastropoda
- class bivalvia
- class cephalopoda