Final Chapters Flashcards
Cryptobiosis
Tardigrades
Suspended animation
Onychorphora
Phyla mixed Arthropoda and annelids
Walking worms
Nematomorpha
Horsehair worms Adults lack digestive system Freshwater Parasitic on insect Larva infects partenic host Partenic host eaten
Priapulida
Marine
Chitin cuticle
Abundant fossils in Burgess Shale
Nematoda (general traits)
Classification closer to arthropods **amphids: chemosensory organ Diffusion gas exchange Hard cuticle "head" Ganglia "brain" -Anterior nerve cluster Ocelli for light detection
Nematoda (reproduction)
Sexual Sperm is amoeboid not flagellated Chromosome dimunation -only gonads retain all genetic material Eutely growth: -keep a certain number of cells Growth as cells get larger 4 juvenile molts Immature resemble adults
Ascaris lumbridiodes
Parasitic nematode
Intestine -> blood -> lungs -> pharynx -> stomach -> egg in feces
Lung damage
Intestinal blockage
Wucheria bancrofti
Parasitic nematode
Filarial (threadlike)
Matures in lymph nodes -> microfilariae in blood stream -> mosquito vector -> hatch in mosquito -> juveniles infect host
Elaphantitus
Dirifilaria immitis
Parasitic nematode
Dog heartworm
Do not survive in humans well
Mosquito vector
Dracunculus medinesis
Parasitic nematode
Female sticks end out of skin -> freshwater larvae -> intermediate host on copepods -> ingested untreated water
C. Elegans
Beneficial nematode
Used for protein studies
Steinernema
Beneficial Parasitic nematode
Infects insect pests
Gastrotricha
Phyla uncertain affiliation
Marine/freshwater
Herbivore/detrivore
Parthogenic reproduction
Swamp/marsh
Cycliphoria
Phyla uncertain affiliation
Only found on lobster mouth
Chaetognatha
Phyla uncertain affiliation
Arrow worms Marine Planktonic Fins spines for prey feeding Developed nervous system Hermaphrodites