Nemertea Flashcards
1
Q
What is Nemertea?
A
Phylum - Ribbon worms
2
Q
Nemertea Body Plan
A
Same as flatworms
No coelom
Movement with cilia/longitudinal and circular muscles
3
Q
Nemertea Feeding
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Proboscis that is separate from the gut
Complete gut with anus
4
Q
Nemertea Sensory Equipment
A
Eyespots, chemosensory organs, but mainly bump into prey
Nervous system with lobed brain and pair of lateral nerve cords
5
Q
Nemertea Respiration
A
Diffusion, but has a real circulatory system
6
Q
Nemertea Waste
A
Like Flatworms - out of the mouth/flame bulbs
7
Q
Nemertea Reproduction
A
Sexual
- Dioecious
- Gonads in the parenchyma
- Free spawn
Asexual
- Good regeneration
- Fragment deliberately
8
Q
Stylet
A
Secreted solid “darts” of CaPO4
