Mollusca, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda Flashcards
Lophotrochozoa
widest range of animal body forms
has 2 structures
1. lophophore
2. Trochophore larva
- Bilaterian animals
- Coelom and digestive tract with
two openings - Flatworms, rotifers,
brachiopods, molluscs, annelids
clade Lophotrochozoa: phylum mollusca
common structure- soft-bodied, muscular foot (movement and prey, etc)
mantle and mantle cavity- water filled chamber with gills, a, etc
radula (function like tongue to scrape algae)
visceral mass: houses internal organs and is pushed in because of large foot
phylum annelid
annelid= little rings
segmented worms- live in damp soil and organs are compartmentalized
has trochophore larvae
annelid clade Errantia (scale worms)
very mobile, segmented worms, mostly marine. predetors and can be grazers
annelid clade sedentaria
seden= dont move
marine sediment, soil (earthworms extract nutrients from soil)
may have gills if living in tubes
leeches- can be predators and feed on other invertebrate
phylum brachiopoda
member of lophotrochozoa clade
no lophophore or trochophore
dorsal and ventral shell (unlike clam)
phylum platyhelminthes
mouth in middle of body
gastrovascular cavity instead of complete gut (waste and food through mouth)- cant get big (gas exchange through skin)
light sensitive eyes (radimetary cephalization)