Lecture 14 Flashcards
Pariapulid worms (3)
marine, known since Cambrian period, found in BC
What is Nematomorpha? (4)
parasitic larvae, can reach 2 m long, adults are free-living, horsehair worms
Loricifera (3)
very small, live in marine sediments, found in 1980s
Tradigrades
“water bear”, survive in extreme temperature
Onychophora
“velvet worm”, paralyze the prey
Arthropods are the most diverse eukaryotic group (4)
- Beetles
- Crustaceans
- Spiders
- insects
Diversity Examples - Arthropods (5)
- Myriapodes
- Scorpian
- Sea spider
- Amphipode
- Scolopendra
Insects - Dysticus
predaceous diving beetle, adult collect air under wings and use this to breathe underwater
Honey bees
highly complex social life - worker bees dance to communicate
Characteristics - Arthropods (4)
- largest eukaryotic group
- very abundant
- Grouped segments
- Jointed appendages for specialized function (rigid exoskeleton)
Tagmata
grouped segments, specialized body region
ex. Cephalothorax and abdomen (crayfish)
Rigid exoskeleton (6) (made of? secreted by? covers? alive? process?)
- grow by moulting
- non-living
- secreted by epidermis
- covers all external surfaces, digestive tract & trachea
- composed of layers
- Chitin, protein + CaCO3
Discontinous growth
mass grows continuously but size grows in stepwise
Types of Skeleton (3) Examples within each one
- Hydrostatic skeleton (ex. cnidarian, worms, shell-less mollusks)
- Exoskeleton (Ex. shelled mollusks, arthropods)
- Endoskeleton (Ex. Echinoderms, vertebrates)
Skeleton muscles - Arthropods (3)
muscles within appendage
- need a resistor to act against (like a skeleton)
- are often found in antagonist pair, act in opposite direction, muscle can only pull not push