lophotochozoa Flashcards
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veliger
larval stage unique to mollusks
Mantle
the part of the mollusk body that secretes the shell; houses organs.
Lophophore
a crown of ciliated tentacles used for feeding
Trochophore
a free swimming larval stage that is surrounded by a ring of cilia (troch)
possessed several organs
undergo metamorphasis
Brachipod
a lophophorate snimal that resembles a bivalve but possessed a lophphore inside its shell
metamerism
the repeated body segments of an animal
scolex
the structure that allows tapeworms to attach to their hosts
corona
the locomotion/feeding structure of a rotifer
parapodia
paddle-like appendages that aid in locomotion of some annelids
Cephalization
the tendency for the brain and sensory organs to centralize toward an animal’s head
Lophotrochozoa
- Display protosome devlopment: blastopore becomes mouth of juvenile
- do not perform ecdysis to grow
- soft bodies organisms that grow gradually
- possesses a lophophore: specialized feedin apparatus, ciliated tentables surround a mouth
Platyhelminthes
flatworms;
bilaterally symmetrically not true body cavity;
less than 1mm thick; gases are exchanged by diffusion; incomplete gastrovascular cavity; mostly parasitic; hermaphorditic.
Class Tubellaria
free-living group;
marine and freshwater enviornments;
Auricles - special chemoreceptive structures on the sides of the head;
ocelli allow the worm to differentiate between areas of light and dark; Sensory input is processed by the cerebral ganglia;
pharynx located midway down the body.
Class Trematoda
parasitic flukes.
Head is crowned by a sucker with hooks or barbs for host attachment.
Complex life cycle; produce large quantities of eggs to ensure that at least a few are successful.
Class Cestoda
parasitic tapeworms.
live intestines of hosts. lack a digestive tract . head regions known as scolex that had suckers and barbs or hooks for attachment to the lining of the intestine. proglottids;
ingested by herbivores;
cysts killed by high temps;
Rotifers
wheel-bearers; Corona - propels throught water, move particles to eat; mastax- phatynx, jaws, unique; digestive system; microscopic; inhibit freshwater;
Brachipods
Sessile;
Lophophores inside shells;
attach to substrate with Pedicle;
filter feed;
Mollusks
3 main parts: muscular foot(movement), Visceral mass(internal organs), Mantle(scretes the shell);
developed digestive, circulatory, excretory, respiratory and nervous systems.
Class Polyplacophora
Chitons; rocky shores; oval and flattened; shells held in place by muscles; "roll up" homing instinct;
Class Bivalva
largest and ecologically significant group;
marine and freshwater;
clams, mussels, and oysters;
laterally compressed;
enclosed by two hinged valves;
Siphons - one inccurent and one excurrent.;
Class Gastropoda
snails and slugs; largest and most diverse class; terrestrial forms; broad, flat creeping foot; gills or gas exchange; highly vascularized mantle
Class Cephalopoda
marine predators - octopus, squid, and chambered nautilus;
brain and enlarged head and tentacles;
sharp beak for crushing prey or injecting poison;
color changes and explosions of ink;
closed circulatory system
Phylum Annelida
earthworms, leeches, and marine polychaete worms;
segmentation faciliates locomotion;
muscles can contract independent of each other.
Repeated structures
nephridia
setae
neurons