Topic 22: Lophotrochozoa Flashcards
what clade do most animals with bilateral symmertry belong to?
clade bilateria
are bilateral animals tripoblastic or dipoblastic
tripoblastic, because they have a mesoderm layer
what embryotic layer leads to the formation of mucsles and internal organs
the mesoderm
what are the two major groups in clade bilateria
prostosomes and deuterostomes
what do most bilaterians possess
coelom (body cavity) and a digestive tract with a mouth and an anus
how are bilaterians strongly differentiated?
they are differentiaed along their anterior-prosterior axis
what does this differentiation along the anterior posteriro axis facilitate in?
directional motility
term to describe the anterior region as a head regionand or the concentration of neuro ganglia (the brain)
cephalization
what does cephalization involve the concentration of?
involves the concentration of nueral ganglia, which form the brain
do sessile bilaterians have increased or reduced cephalization?
reduced bestie
what is basal to bilaterians
phylum acoela
what is acoela
marine worms
characteristics of acoela
- small flattened body with minimal cephalization and no brain
- no body cavity (coelem or hemocoel) and complex organ systems
- simple digestive system with a mouth but no anus
what is the type of digestion that acoela undergo
endocellular digestion
how is clade lophotropchoza defined? and why?
defined by molecukar phylogeny since they have no unifying characteristic
clade with the widest range of different body plans
lophotropchoza
what are the characteristics of fphylum platyhelminthes
- simple body plan
- lack of fluid filled cavities
- incomplete digestive tract
- no anus
- no circulatory or gas exchange systems
two lineages of flatworms
cetenulida (chain worms) and Phabditophora ( parasitic flatworms)
free-living rhabditophora (parasitic flatworms) that inhabit freshwater
planarians
characteristics of planerians
- anteriror cephalization,
- paired ganglia (dense cluster of nerve cells) that extend to a pair of ventral nerve chords (from a cephalized nerve net)
- no anus
- hermaphodites (asexually or sexually)
- ## -gastrovascular cavity with one opening
where do parasitic rhabditophorans live?
inside or on other animals
characteristics of parasitic rhibditophora
- live in or on other animals
- use suckers and hooks to attatch to prey
- have a complex life cycle
difference between intermediate host and definitive host
intermediate: asexual reproduction occurs
definitive: parasite undergoes sexual reproduction
two important groups in parasitic rhabditophora
tapeworms and trematodes
characteristics of trematodes
- parasite
- complex life cycle with alternating sexual and asexual stages