Nemertea

Question 1

Nemertea

Answer 1

aka Rhynchocoela and the “nemertines”

Question 2

proboscis

Answer 2

can capture animal’s prey with neurotoxin, can be dendritic, retracts into rhynchocoel

Question 3

rhynchocoel

Answer 3

long structure connected to proboscis pore, holds proboscis, cavity running above midline

Question 4

stylet

Answer 4

structure at the end of the proboscis, calcareous barb that injects into prey to distribute neurotoxin

Question 5

Enopla

Answer 5

class in phylum nemertea

prescence of stylet and neurotoxins

Question 6

Anopla

Answer 6

class in phylum nemertea

absence of stylet and neurotoxin

Question 7

fragmentation

Answer 7

the asexual reproduction of nemertea, clonal

fragmentation plates develop on predetermined lines, then explode apart

stop eating to complete process

Question 8

pilidium

Answer 8

structure in the sexual development of the phylum Nemertea, type of larva that resembles/similar to trocophore larva