Week 5: The Molluscs and Annelids Flashcards
Shell
Part of mollusca body plan that is a hard outer covering that protects the organism. It is reduced in some species
What are the components of the body plane of animals in clade mollusca?
Shell, foot, visceral mass, mantle
Foot
Part of body plan in clade mollusca that is used for locomotion or attachment to substrate
Visceral mass
Part of mollusca body plan that houses major internal organs
Mantle
Part of mollusca body plan, secretes the shell
Are animals in clade mollusca pseudocoelomates, acoelomates, or coelomates?
They are coelomates, they have a true coelom
Is the circulatory system of mollusca open or closed?
Open, except for cephalopods which have a closed circulatory system
What is hemolymph?
Blood that surrounds organs
Torsion
Due to uneven growth of the right and left muscles that attach the shell to head foot. After torsion, occurs, the anus is on top of the head.
Adaptive radiation
Evolution of numerous species from a common ancestor following migration into a new environment
Name the clades of clade mollusca
Gastropoda, bivalvia, Cephalopoda, polyplacophora, Scaphopoda
What clade is the clam in?
Clade bivalvia
Clam: kidney (nephridium)
Excretory organ that filters nitrogenous waste from the hemolymph and eliminates them from the body
Clam: adductor muscles
Allows the clam to close its shell and hold it closed with tremendous force
Clam: mantle
Thin membrane that secretes the shell
Clam: visceral mass
Pouch that houses several major internal organs
Clam: foot
Muscular region adjacent to the visceral mass, used for burrowing and locomotion
Clam: gills
Respiration and filter feeding, female freshwater mussels brood eggs in special gill pouches
Clam: heart
Muscular portion of circulatory system that receives blood from the gills and pumps it through short arteries to neighboring tissue
Clam: stomach
Small chamber located within visceral mass for food storage
Clam: digestive glands
Greenish, granular tissue that secretes digestive enzymes into stomach and intestine to assist in the chemical breakdown of food
Clam: intestine
Coiled digestive tract, absorption of nutrients
Clam: gonad
Produces gametes for reproduction
Clam: labial palps
Fleshy folds of skin located near mouth that collect food particles from the gills and transports them to the mouth
Squid: tentacles
Long, extensible, prehensile appendages for capturing prey
Squid: arms
Shorter appendages used to manipulate captured prey and act as a rudder for navigating while swimming