Last Exam Cards Flashcards
Phylum includes snails and slugs, oysters and clams, and octopuses and squids
Mollusca
are soft bodied animals, but most protected by hard shell
Molluscs
all molluscs have same body plan with 3 main parts
muscular foot, visceral mass, mantle
Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
4 major classes of molluscs
most distinctive characteristics of gastropods
torsion
the animal’s anus and mantle ends up above its head
torsion
includes clams, oysters and scallops
Bivalves
shell divided into 2 halves
bivalves
includes squids, octopi, nautilus
Cephalopod
have a closed circulatory system, well developed sense organs and complex brain
Cephalopods
bodies made up of series of fused rings
Annelids
Oligochaeta, Polychaeta, Hirudinea
3 classes of Phylum Annelida
named for relatively sparse chaeta, have bristles made of chitin
Oligochaetes
include earthworms and variety of aquatic species
Oligochaetes
includes leeches
Hirudinea
chemical secreted by leeches that prevents blood from coagulating
hirudin
the most species rich animal group
Ecdysozoans
Are covered by a cuticle coat
Ecdysozoans
the process of shedding or molting the cuticle in ecdysozoans
ecydis
two largest phyla of ecdysozoans
nematodes and arthropods
have an alimentary canal, but lack a circulatory system.
nematodes
Members of this phylum are found in nearly all habitats of biosphere
Arthropoda
body plan consists of segment body, hard exoskeleton, and jointed appendages
Arthropod
Arthropods have an open circulatory system with fluid called
hemolymph