Phylum Annelida Flashcards
Phylum Annelida common name
Segmented worms, earthworms
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Feeding mechanisms
Deposit feeder
suspension feeder
fluid feeders
What is deposit feeding
eat dirt, sand, mud
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How do they breathe?
Cutaneous respiration
Diffuse gas through moist skin
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Protonephridium characteristics
Diffusion Closed Flagellum Energy saving Water using
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Metanephridium characteristics
Open Active transport Cilliated Energy using Water saving
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Water pressure inside coelom to keep body shape
Hydrostatic skeleton
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Body level of organization
Organ system
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Digestive tract
Complete digestive system
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Type of symmetry
Bilateral
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Only phylum so far with a Ganglia + ___
Ventral nerve cord
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What is metamerism?
Serial repetition of body parts
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What are the advantages of a metameric body?
Injury is often less fatal
Compartmentalization allows for more precise body control
Allows for evolutionary tinkering
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What is tagmatization?
Specialization of repeated parts
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Synapomorphy with exception
Setae
lost in leeches
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What species lost setae?
Leeches
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Proposed super phylum
Lophotrochozoa