Lab 4 - Platyhelminthes Flashcards
What phyla, classes, subclasses, etc, do you need to know for Platyhelminthes?
Phylum Platyhelminthes, Classes Tricladida, Trematoda, and Cestoda
What level is the basic body plan of Platyhelminthes organized?
both tissue and organ levels
What characteristics are found during the formation of the blastula? (3)
Phylum Platyhelmenthies
triploblastic, protostome, and acoelomate
What type of symmetry is found in Platyhelminthes?
bilateral
What kind of skeleton/support does Platyhelminthes have?
hydrostatic skeleton
What structures are used to help move Platyhelminthes? (4)
cilia, glides with muscles, longitudinal and circular muscles, a hydrostatic skeleton
Describe the nervous system for Platyhelminthes. (5)
- ocelli
- cerebral ganglia
- ventral nerve cord
- cephalization
- auricles
Describe the circulatory system for Platyhelminthes
diffusion
Describe the digestive process for Platyhelminthes. (4)
- incomplete gut
- predators
- endoparasites
- ectoparasites
How does Platyhelminthes eliminate waste from their systems? (2)
diffusion and protonephridia
Describe the types of reproduction in Platyhelminthes (4)
- sexual and asexual
- both monoecious and dioecious
- penis fencing
- external and internal fertilization
How does Platyhelminthes respire?
diffusion
Class Polycladida (4)
- polyclad flatworms
- almost call marine
- some are brightly colored and toxic
- all free living
Platyhelminthes
Class Tricladida (5)
free living flatworms (Planaria)
- digestive tract has three branches
- both marine and fresh water
- free living carnivores
- ocelli
Platyhelminthese
Class Monogenea (2)
- ectoparasites of fish
- single host
Platyhelminthese
auricle
chemosensory organ that detects dissolved chemicals
pharynx
tubular, muscular extension of the GVC used for ingesting food
acoelomate
animals whose central space is filled with tissue, lacking a body cavity
Which feature of Dugesia suggest adaptation to a free-living lifestyle?
cephalization and lack of hooks, suckers, or other structures for attaching to a host
What is a reason for the pharynx of Dugesia being centrally located on the body?
The central location on the body permits uniform delivery of nutrients to all portions of the body since they don’t have a circulatory system
Why is the GVC in flatworms for extensively branched?
Extensive branching increases digestive surface area of the GVC and increases the efficiency of the process, and the delivery of nutrients
Class Trematoda (5)
- flukes
- endoparasites
- lack locomotion and sensory adaptations
- oral sucker for feeding
- ventral sucker for attachment
Class Cestoda
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- tapeworms
- endoparasites
- scolex (head)
- rostellum (w/ suckers)
- strobila (body) with proglottids
Platyhelminthese