Flatworms 2 Flashcards
corona
ciliated crown important for both feeding and locomotion
phylum rotifrea body form
free-living
digestive system of phylum rotifera
complete: mouth to anus
protonephridial tubules
excretory system that empties into common bladder
cloaca
bladder drains into it which serves as intestines and oviduct
sensory organs of the rotifer (5)
eyespots, bristles, papillae, and ciliated pits and dorsal antennae
mastax
muscular pharynx equipped with hard jaws
trophi
hard jaws
hunters
project trophy to seize prey
trappers
have a funnel-shaped area around the mouth; fold inward to entrap prey
parthenogenesis
form of asexual reproduction
winter resistant eggs lead to what?
thick resistant shell that will hatch as amitotic females
moss animals
bryozoans
bryozoa moss-like colonies form where?
stems of plants or on rocks
what are members of a colony called?
zooids
zooids secrete exoskeletons which they live in called what?
zoecium
what is a zooid’s chamber, in which they withdraw to, called?
operculum
digestion in bryozoa
- beings extracellularly in stomach
- ends intracellularly in intestine
- complete gut system
difference between coral and bryozoa?
coral- incomplete gut
bryozoa- complete gut
heterozooids
non-feeding members of a ectoproct colony
aviculariums
modified zooids that resemble bird beaks
-snap small invading organisms
vibraculum
long bristles that sweep away foreign particles
ectoprocta reproduction
- some hermaphroditic
- most brood their eggs
where does brooding occur in ectoprocta?
in the coelom or external chamber