Platyhelmenthes Flashcards
Phylum- Platyhelminthes
Classes- (3)
Turbellaria (planarians)
Trematoda (flukes)
Cestoda (tapeworm)
Class Turbellaria
genus-
dugesia (planarians)
Class Trematoda
Genus-
fasicola (flukes)
Class Cestoda
genus-
taenia (tapeworm)
What kind of germ layers?
triploblastic
ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
do they have a coelom?
No, acelomate no body cavity just parenchyma
symmetry? cephalization?
bilateral
yes, obvious head end
Turbellaria -dugesia (planarians)
Feeding strategies
Evert ventral pharynx to feed,
GV cavity branches into diverticula
free living predators and scavengers
Turbellaria -dugesia (planarians)
Characteristics:
cilliated ventral side to move, only one opening,
simple life cycle, can regenerate
Trematoda- fasicola (flukes) and
Cestoda- taenia (tapeworm)
endoparasite, tough syncytial tegument, no cilia
Cestoda- taenia (tapeworm)
Characteristics:
no mouth or gut, have a scolex for hooking, made of proglottids
Trematoda- fasicola (flukes)
Characteristics:
Life cycle needs intermediate host (snail in larval stages, asexual) and definitive host (sheep liver in adult, sexual). Can be mono or dioecious
Trematoda- fasicola (flukes) life cycle
Egg> miracidium >sporocyst> rediae>(out of snaill) cercariae> metacercarial cyst >(into sheep) metacercaria
Cestoda- taenia (tapeworm) life cycle
definitive host Ingestion of worm> attaches to intestines and matures > detach proglottids into feces >pig eats the larva> (intermediate host) larva encysts in pig muscle> definitive host eats pig meat
Turbellaria -dugesia (planarians) cilia and Rhabdite cells
cillia work with Rhabdite cells to produce mucus so they have a “slime” trail