Zoology Flashcards
Do not molt
Rotifera
Molt (ecdysozoans)
Nematoda
Common characteristics of pseudocoelomate
Pseudocoelom
Eutely
Complete digestive tract
No muscular tissue
No membrane
Is a spacious, fluid-filled that contains visceral organs that forms hydrostatic skeleton
Pseudocoelom
Evolutionary advantage
Greater freedom of movement
Body composed of constant number of somatic cells
Eutely
Pseudocoelomate organ system present
Digestive system
Excretory system
Nervous system
Reproductive system
Pseudocoelomates organ system absent
Circulatory system
Respiratory system
Human parasite
Ascaris lumbricoides
Most common parasite in US that cause itchiness in the butt
Pinworms
How pinworms spread
Fecal oral route
Filarial worms
Wuchereria bancrofti
Effect of filarial worms
Elephantiatis
3 mosquitoes that transmit elephantiatis
Aedes
Anopheles
Culex
Hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
Dog heartworm is pass by
Aedes mosquito
Causes trichinosis
Trichinella
C. elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans
Segment in the body
Metamere
Small hair-like structure absent in leeches
Setae
Divided by septa or also known as separating tissue
Coelom
Internal walls
Septa
Giant earthworms
Michrochaetus rappi
Smallest annelid
Chaetogaster annandalai
Are the major phlyla showing segmentation
Annelids
Terrestrial annelids secretes a thin protective coat called
Cuticle
Is an organ user to detect gravty
Statocysts
Help in movement
Setae
Annelids reproductions
Budding
Secretes a mucous that hold the worms in place and acts like cocoon
Clitellum
Muscle runs from front to the rear
Longitudinal
Many hair
Class polychaeta
Few hair
Class oligochaeta
Leeches
Class Hirudinae
Paired feet
Parapodia
Earthworm common name
Lumbricus terrestris