NEMATODA Flashcards
Characteristics of Ecdysozoans?
- Trilayered cuticle
- Cuticle molted for growth
Are nematodes aceolomates, true ceolomates, pseudoceolomates or none?
pseudoceolomates
Complete or incomplete digestive system?
Complete
How do they support their body?
- Cuticle
- Muscles
- Hydrostatic skeleton of the blastocoel
What type of muscles?
Only longitudinal
No circular
How do they move?
S-shaped undulations
What is the function of their pseudocoelom?
nutrient and gas exchange
Function of Renette cells?
they connect directly to an excretory pore for osmoregulation and water removal
How do they excrete nitrogenous waste?
Nitrogenous waste lost across intestine
Gonochoristic or hermaphroditic?
most Gonochoristic
Direct or indirect development?
Direct development
Internal or external fertilization?
Internal
What are some parasitic nematodes?
hookworms, whipworms
Which is larger: males or females?
females larger than males