The Ecdyzozoans Flashcards
All of the ecdyzozoans do what? They all have one main trait
They all molt
Ecdysis
What type of phyletic group are the ecdyzoans?[
Monophyletic
What are the traits of the ecdyzozoans
Protostome Triploblast Bilateral No cilia Exoskeleton w collagen or chitin - makes cuticle
The exoskeleton pf the ecdyzozoans is made of what? What feature does it make and whats it’s purpose?
Collagen or chitin
Makes cuticle
Protects + inflexible
What is ecdysis? Why does it happen?
Moulting of old cuticle to grow new one
Happens so animal can grow in size
Hookworms, intestinal roundworms (acaris)… why phylum do these guys belong to under the ecdyzozoans
Phylum nemtoidea
How do worms in phylum nemtoidea defende theselves against host?
Impenetrable cuticle
Infections from nemtoidea worms happen when they burrow into your skin or you consume the fertilized eggs. Give examples of each type
Intestinal roundworms (acaris) - hatch in intestine -> blood -> lungs > tracea -> re-swallowed -> mature once back in intestine
Hookworms
- burrow into skin, blood suckers
- hook into intestinal wall
Horse hair worms (because they’re long and slender) are under what phylum
Nematomorpha
What phylum does the semi-parasitic worm that penetrates insects in water as juvenile, grows inside their hemocoel, exites the insect and lives in the water as a free living adult?
(Parasitic in arhtropods/insects as juveniles but free living adults)
Phylum nematomorpha
What are the 5 key body transitions lf nematoda/nematomorpha
Organ Bilateral Pseudocoelomate Triploblast protostomes ecdysozoa No
Panathropods is not a phylum but is a grouping of three phylums under the protostomes ecdyzozoans. What are these 3 phylum under the panathropods?
(Arthur’s on tar)
Arthropod
Onychophora
Tardigrada
Panarthropoda have a key feature - their coelomic cavity and the blastocoel make…
HEMOCOEL = coelomic cavity + blastocoel
What is the hemocoel in panarthropoda? Do they have real blood?
Blood cavity
Blood pools over organs - open circulatory system
Not real blood
They have hemolymph
Blood mixed with coelomic cavity
What is hemolymph?
Blood + coelomic cavity fluid
In panarthropods
Hemocoel
What phylum do the velvet worms that live in tropical and subtropical leafy habitats belong to?
Onychophora
Phylum onychophora have a soft cuticle… what does this do?
Hyrdophobic - repels water
Gives velvety look
What trait connects the onychophora with the tardigrada?
Unjointed legs
What phylum to the water bears belong to?
Tartidgrada
What are some key features of tardigrada? Are the legs jointed or unjointed? How many? What’s the pharync like? Do they do anything special if conditions become unfavourable?
8 unjointed legs
Sucking pharynx
- eat plant juice
Cytobiosis
- go dormant when conditions not good
Why are animals in phylum tardigrada thought to be aliens?
Cytobiosis
Go dormant when conditions aren’t good
Survive vacuum of space, high radiation levels, dessication, heat, extreme cold
Why are arthropods so diverse ? 5 reasons
- Exoskeleton - made of chitin, protection + movement, flexible + lightweight
- segmentation + appendages
- Respiration —> metabolism
- Sense organs
- Metamorphosis
Arthropods have tagmata… what is tagmata
Group of appendages
Work together for common function
Head, thorax, abdomen
What are the 3 main parts that diffrentiate the arthropods into their different groups
Exoskeleton, segments and appendages
Horshoe crabs, spiders, ticks, scorpions, sea spiders… what subphylum under phylum arthropoda do these guys belong to?
Chelicerata
Arthropods - subphylum chelicerata have 2 tagmata… what are these 2 tagmata
Cephalothorax + abdomen
What kind of appendages do subphylum chelicerata have of phylum arthropoda?
Chelicerae + pedipalps
4 pairs of walking legs
No mandibles, no antennae
Do chelicerata animals have antennae? Give examples of these animals
No antennae
Spiders, sea spiders, horseshoe crab, ticks, scorpions
What subphylum of arthropods have 1 antennae and mandibles, and its where the centipedes and millipedes belong?
Myriapoda
What is the tagmata of the myriapoda?
Head and trunk
What are mandibles?
Appendages on head
Used for chewing
How many legs per segment to centipedes have? How about millipedes?
Centipedes - 1 pair of legs per segment
Millipedes - 2 pairs of legs on abdominal segment
What kind of appendages do myriapoda have? (Subphylum under phylum arthropoda)
Uniramous Appendages / one sided appendages