Kingdom Animalia 2 Flashcards
Body of platyhelminthes is
Dorso-ventrally flattened
Platyhelminthes are aka
Flatworm
Platyhelminthes are
Endoparasitic
Platyhelminthes symmetry
Bilateral
Platyhelminth organisation
Organ level
Platyhelminthes are
Triploblastic
Flatworm are
acoelomate
Hooks and suckers are characterised in
Parasitic platyhelminthes
Specialised cells which help platyhelminthes osmoregulation and excretion
Flame cells
Platyhelminthes are
Hermaphrodite
Sexes are not separate
Sexual dimorphism is absent
Fertilisation in platyhelminthes is
Internal
Development in platyhelminthes is
Through many larval stages
Which platyhelminth posses high regeneration capacity
Planaria
Examples of platyhelminthes
→taenia(tapeworm)
→fasciola(liver fluke)
Body of aschelminthes is _____ in cross section
Circular
Aschelminthes are aka
Roundworms
Aschelminthes organisation of body
Organ level
Symmetry of aschelminthes
Bilateral
Aschelminthes
→pseudocoelomate
→triploblastic
Alimentary canal is complete w\ a well developed muscular pharynx
Aschelminthes
Aschelminthes
Sexual dimorphism is present
Sexes are separate
They’re dioecious
Males and females are distinct
Fertilisation in aschelminthes is
Internal
Examples of Aschelminthes is
→Ascaris(Roundworm)
→Wuchereria(Filaria worm)
→Ancylostoma(Hookworm)
Females are longer than males in
Aschelminthes
Annelids exhibit which organisation
Organ level
Annelids are
→metamerically segmented
→triploblastic
→coelomate
→
Annelids possess ________ for locomotion
longitudinal and circular muscles
Aquatic Annelids lateral appendages which help in swimming k/a
Parapodia
Annelids have which type of circulatory system
Closed