lecture 13 Flashcards
clade ecdysozoa
What are Ecdysozoa
moulting animals
moult
shed entire cuticle atleast once in life cycle
cuticle
non living covering of epidermis
what phylums are contained in Ecdysozoa
nematoda
namatomorpha
priapula
what animals are considered nematoda
nematodes
roundworms
threadworms
how many species of nematodes
27000 named species
where do nematodes reside
freshwater, marine, terrestrial
what type of digestive system do nematodes have
complete digestive system
what type of respiratory or gas exchange systems do nematodes have
no circulatory or gas exchange systems
what muscles do namatodes have
body wall muscles, exclusively longitudinal
are nematodes diverse>
no, they have veru little morphological diversity
do nematodes have coelom?
pseudocoelomates
do nematodes have brain
no, but they have circumesophogeal connectives
do nematodes have nerves?
they have 2 nerve chords
dorsal and ventral
how are signals sent in muscle cells
muscle cells send projections to the locomotory nerves
what sexes are nematoda
can have seperate sexes, or be hermaphroditic, or have a combonation of the two
how is sperm transfered in nematoda
copulation
what type of development do nematoda have
direct development
what type of cleavage do nematodes have
determinate cleavage and eutely
caenorhabditis elegens what are they known for
model nematode where every cell is known
what do free living nematodes feed on?
small organic particles
what is different about free living nematodes? why?
they have a strong pharynx
for sucking in liquides containing suspended particles
what do nematodes eat
-free living mfs feed on organic particles
-some are predators
-and many are parasitic to plants and animals, and HUMAN
what do entomopathogenic nematodes have
symbiotic bacteria