Phylum Platyhelminthes Flashcards
(21 cards)
class tuberellaria
Planaria
Class trematoda
Flukes
Class cestoda
Tapeworms
Having 2 well formed sides, which is what flatworms are
Bilateral symmetry
To feed off dead animals
Scavengers
Preying on aquatic animals
Carnivorous
Dormant larval stage of tapeworm
Cyst
Having both male and female reproductive organs, which most free living-worms are
Hermaphrodites
Flatworms
Platyhelminthes
Reproduction by splitting in two
Fission
Collection of nerve cells
Ganglia
Having a head
Cephalization
Muscular tube for drawing in food
Pharynx
Segment of a tapeworms body
Proglottids
Lacking a body cavity
Acoelomates
Head of a tapeworm
Scolex
Obtaining nutrients from a host
Parasite
Mechanism for respiration, excretion, circulation
Diffusion
What does the pharynx do
Muscular tube that Pumps food into the digestive cavity
How do they move
Movement via cilia on epidermal cells
How does a tapeworm survive without a digestive system
It’s able to survive because it’s absorbs the hosts partially digested food and diffuses it through their body