Invertebrates - Lophotrochozoa Flashcards
Lophotrochozoa
mollusca, annelids, platyhelminthes
platyhelminthes
flatworms
flatworms
dorsally flattened acoelomate (no body cavity)
gastrovascular cavity throughout body
flat body increases surface area
flatworm types
planarians
trematodes
tapeworms
planarians
fresh water
small animals or dead organisms for food
eyespots
more centralized nervous system
hermaphrodites/fission
Trematodes
parasitic
diverse hosts
intermediate host
asexual and sexual stages (complicated life cycles)
Tapeworms
vertebrate parasites
absorb nutrient from intestine
scolex at anterior end w suckers
proglottids have sex organs and eggs, leave thru feces
Mollusc Types
gastropods
bivalves
cephalopods
Molluscs
coelem and hemocoel
separate sexes and some hermaphrodites
foot - movement
visceral mass - most organs
mantle - fold of tissue that secretes shell
radula - scrap up food
Gastropods
snail and slugs
3/4 of molluscs
most marine
most herbivores but some have modified radula for prey
lining of mantle cavity for gas exchange if terrestrial slug
Bivalves
oysters, clams, mussels, scallop
adductor muscles bring together two hinged halves of shell
suspension feeders (no radula)
incurrent and excurrent siphons
sedentary/little mobility
freshwater bivalves and terrestrial gastropods =
most threatened species
cephalopods
octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and nautiluses
active marine predators
beak like jaws surrounded by predators
immobilize prey w poison in saliva
foot to excurrent siphon
well-developed sense organs and brain
octopi and squid
both release ink
both have muscle controlled chromatophores
squid have 8 arms and 2 longer tentacles w teeth
giant and colossal squid largest invertebrates on earth
octopi = 8 arms
most octopi are likely venomous
octopi have well developed brains
Annelida
segmented worms
coelom (no hemocoel)
two clades: errantia and sedentarians
errantia
mostly marine
mobile swimmers, crawlers, burrowers
parapodia (feet)
chaetae/saetae - on each parapodium
sedentarians
less mobile
earthworms and leeches
earthworms
eat through soil
hermaphrodites
cross-fertilize, join in opposite directions to exchange sperm
leeches
fresh water
terrestrial species live in moist vegetation
predators of invertebrates
blood-sucking parasites of vertebrates
Glacier
generally this area = worm free
glacier went away, worms went up
most are introduced species