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Enterocoely
Definition
Pattern of coelomic formation that "goes into" (entero). Mesoderm layer is formed in a developing embryo when coelom forms from pouches pinched off of the digestive tract. Found in deuterostomes ("mouth second")
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Counter current flow
Definition
Blood are water flow are opposite. More effective in transport. Found in molluscs.
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Coelom
Definition
A fluid filled cavity lined with mesoderm found in triploblasts and is always involved in reproduction. It is located between the intestinal canal and the body wall. Aids in movement and circulation in Annelids; reduced to channels in leeches to play a role in circulation.
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Hermaphroditic
Definition
Organism has both female and male reproductive organs. Can be simultaneous or sequential. (Earth worms, leeches, etc)
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Teloblastic growth
Definition
Forward growth. In annelids, worms grow by adding segments ahead of the pygidium. (end growth)
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Protostomous development
Definition
Mouth develops first during gastrulation. (Annelids, molluscs and arthropods)
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Metanephridium
Definition
Found in most annelids. Open ended with a ciliated funnel and a nephridium pore. It is free flowing in the coelomic fluid and filters the fluid. There are nephridium in each segment but vents out into segment posterior to it and diffuses through body wall.
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Hydrostatic skeleton
Definition
Comprised of the coelom surrounded by muscle. Pressure of the fluid and muscles results in movement.
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Mesoderm
Definition
Middle tissue between endo and ectoderm. Primarily during embryo development
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Mollusca
Definition
"Molis"= soft. The largest group next to arthropods. They have a muscular foot, shell (CaCO3), visceral mass, and a radula. There are 7 classes.
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mantle cavity
Definition
Central feature of molluscan biology formed by the mantle skirt. The mantle contains the gills, nephridium, gonopores, anus, and osphradium (tests for food particles). The mantle is the dorsal body wall and covers the visceral mass.
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Filament
Definition
Projections from the axis (chitin rod used for structural support) of the ctenidium in molluscs.
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Veliger
Definition
Larval stage after trochophore in gastropods. During this stage, muscle will rotate the body. Can last a few weeks. More derived gastropods skip the trochophore stage and hatch as veligers.
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Girdle
Definition
Found in chiton. It is a fleshy girdle that surrounds the plates and allows for suction. Holds the plates together.
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ventricle
Definition
2 ventricles in the heart. Used to collect and expel blood.
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Torsion
Definition
180 degree rotation of the visceral mass relative to the foot and head of some gastropods. Causes the mantle cavity to be anterior.
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Efferent vessel
Definition
In molluscs, it takes oxygenated blood away from the ctenidium and to the heart then the rest of the body.
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Pulmonates
Definition
Group of snails and slugs that can breathe air using a pallial lung. All fresh water and terrestrial. Have lost ctenidium but maintain the mantle cavity; use numestome to open and close mantle cavity. All are monoecious with direct development
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Bipectinate gill
Definition
Found in ancient lineages of gastropod. Gill has axis with filaments on either side.
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Hemocyanin
Definition
Respiratory pigment that binds oxygen to copper. Found in molluscs.
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Bivalvia
Definition
2 valves. Also known as Pelecypoda (hatchet foot). The foot tends to be laterally compressed to push through the ground. Lateral compression of the body/foot and dorsal hinging of the shell. Decephalization and filter feeders.
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palps
Definition
Gills in HAM used to deposit feed
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exhalent siphon
Definition
Tube like structures in molluscs that are part of the mantle. Used to eliminate waste (backflushing).
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ligament
Definition
In bivalves, the ligament holds the shells together at the dorsal edge.
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Cephalopoda
Definition
"head foot" All are marine and carnivorous (raptorial predators). They have bilateral symmetry and tentacles modified from the primitive molluscan foot. Dorsal ventral elongation and most have lost a shell. Siphon is used as jet propulsion for locomotion and pedal retractors have become siphon retractor muscles. Chitinise beak and a modified radula used to pull in food.
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Scaphopoda
Definition
"Shovel foot" Burrowing and deposit feeder with palps inside mouth. No ctenidia or circulatory system and have a concurrent system.
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Annelida
Definition
"rings" Segmented worms that are mostly marine and have metamerism (highly repetitive body plan). Teloblastic growth and hydrostatic skeleton. Segments are separated by septum (mesodermal lining). Zygote forms from annelidian cross and they have a trochophore larvae.
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prostomium
Definition
First body segment of annelid (acron).
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cuticle
Definition
Outer layer of tissue on annelid body.
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cerci
Definition
Tactile/sensory appendages at the posterior end of annelids and some arthropods.
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cirri
Definition
Small tentacle- like projections on the peristomium.
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dorsal pore
Definition
Found in annelids (oligochaetes). Pore that goes into coelomic fluid to help keep the cuticle moist for respiration. Some are modified for defense and can spray noxious fluid.
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notopod
Definition
In annelids (nereis). The primary site of respiratory exchange.
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Clitellata
Definition
Class of annelids. Possess a clitellum which is a glandular epidermal structure used in reproduction. It mostly secretes mucus and all species are monoecious. They have direct development. This includes oligochaeta and hirudenia.
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dorsal-ventral muscles
Definition
Found in Hirudenia. Allow for wave-like movements by contracting and shortening-swimming.
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pelagosphera larva
Definition
Forms after the trochophore in Sipuncula. Looks like a trochophore turned on its side. Has an appendage that can taste substrate
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anal sac
Definition
Found in Echiura "spoon worms". Used as a seawater enema to cleanse the body of toxins. This helps with circulation and getting rid of metabolic waste.
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Crustacea
Definition
largest and most diverse of aquatic arthropods. Most are marine but some are fresh water. The head tagma has 2 pairs of antenna and 1 pair of mandibles. Also has 2 pair of maxilla (head appendages). The trunk (thorax + abdomen) has biramous appendage.
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Uniramia
Definition
Split into Hexapoda and myriapoda. Subphylum of arthropods. One pair of legs per body segment.
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Arthropoda
Definition
"joint foot". Most of them are insects. They have a chitinous exoskeleton that does not grow and a segmented body plan that often fuses to form regions (tagma). Also have serial homology which is the regional differentiation of segmental appendages, reduction of the coelom, a large, open hemocil, compound eye, and a separated digestive system.
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maxillas
Definition
head appendages in the head tagma. Most arthropods have 2 pairs.
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ecdysis
Definition
The process of an arthropod molting its exoskeleton. A new exoskeleton is created under the old one, but is very soft. Old exoskeleton molts off and the new one hardens.
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exopod
Definition
The external branch of an arthropod appendage. Exopods are completely missing in insects.
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deuterostomous development
Definition
During gastrulation, the anus forms first and then the mouth forms second.
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Concurrent flow
Definition
water moves over gills in the same direction as blood flow. This is found in molluscs
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dioecious
Definition
separate sexes "gonochoristic"
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monoecious
Definition
both sexes in the same individual.
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hemocoel
Definition
"blood cavity" Found in arthropods. Functions as part of the circulatory system.
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chitin
Definition
Forms the exoskeletons of arthropods.
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radial cleavage
Definition
A pattern of cell division in early embryology where the cells divide equally.
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protonephridium
Definition
A closed-ended tapered tube used to collect and excrete nitrogenous waste from the coelom of annelids.
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schizocoely
Definition
A pattern of coelom formation in some protostomes when cells split to form the coelom. Found in annelids
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ocellus
Definition
"little eye" Found in some molluscs. It is a minute simple eye or eyespot.
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Spiral cleavage
Definition
A pattern of cell division in early embryology where the cells do not divide equally. Found in many protostomes (annelids). It is highly determined which means that the cell fates are set early.
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gastrulation
Definition
The phase in early embryologic development in most animals when the single layered bastula is reorganized to form the tri-layered gastrula. Forms germ layers known as mesoderm, endoderm, and ectoderm
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visceral mass
Definition
The soft, nonmuscular metabolic region of a mollusc. It contains the body organs
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ctenidium
Definition
A respiratory organ or gill found in molluscs. Has an axis with feather-like filaments along both sides. The structure is supported by a chitinous rod and the efferent and afferent blood vessels run through the axis. Provides to mollusc with countercurrent exchange.
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odontophore
Definition
"tooth bearer". Part of the feeding mechanism of molluscs. It is the cartilage that supports the radula
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pericardium
Definition
Membrane enclosing the heart. In molluscs it is a mesodermal cavity.
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Polyplacophora
Definition
"many plate barer". Chitins and chain mail mollusc. The body is dorsal ventrally compressed and provides less cross sectional power from waves. Shell has 8 articulated plates and they lack tentacles, eyes, etc.
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pallial groove
Definition
palliel=mantle.
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cephalization
Definition
The concentration of sense organs in the anterior region of the body which forms a head and brain. It is accompanied by the move to bilateral symmetry in flatworms where the eyespots moved to the head.
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Gastropoda
Definition
"stomach foot". Includes snails and slugs. Marine, fresh water and terrestrial. They have dorsal ventral elongation of the body, coiling of the viscera and shell to make it more compact and portable, torsion of the visceral mass 180 degrees relative to the foot and head, and an oblique shift in the shell.
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prosobranch
Definition
"front gills". Class of gastropods that are torted with the mantle cavity in the front. They are typically shelled and gonochoric
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planospiral
Definition
Shell of a gastropod that is coiled in one plane
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opisthobranchs
Definition
"rear gills." All monoecious and have reduction of the shell, secondary gills, and detortion where they tort as larvae then lose the shell. Many have toxic defense which usually come from the food they eat and often times have aposematic coloration. (sea slugs, sea hairs, sea butterflies, etc)
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monopectinate gill
Definition
In some mollucsc (mesogastropods) lamellae is found on one side of the ctenidial axis
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hemolymph
Definition
mix of blood and interstitial fluid. Found in the open circulatory system of molluscs
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open circulatory system
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asymmetrical helical coiling
Definition
Found in some gastropods. Balance issue of shell so there is an oblique shift. The shell has been transformed from a cap-like shield into a portable, protective retreat. Have a monopectinate gill on the left side and reduction in the kidneys.
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pulmonates
Definition
lung like sac part of class Gastropoda. All are fresh water ad terrestrial. They have lost their ctenidium but still maintain the mantle cavity and are monoecious. They have numestome that opens and closes the mantle cavity.
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hemocyanin
Definition
copper based respiratory pigment. Found in molluscs.
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pallial line
Definition
on the shell of a bivalve, shows where all the muscles were attached in life.
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incurrent siphon
Definition
in molluscs. Bivalves use the inhalant or incurrent siphon to draw water into the body
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adductor muscle
Definition
found in bivalves. It is connected from anterior to posterior by the pallial line and the posterior adductor is generally much larger than the anterior. When adductor muscles relax, the shell opens, and they close when the muscles contract.
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palps
Definition
found in HAM, used for deposit feeding. Apart of the ctenidia.
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crystalline style
Definition
In molluscs, it is used as a grinding tool during extracellular digestion.
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esthetes
Definition
found in Chitions. Photosensitive structures that pierce the plates.
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Molluscan cross
Definition
the arrangement of cells during development. Due to radial spiral cleavage. Forms a T shape
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exhalent siphon
Definition
in molluscs. Bivalves use the exhalant or excurrent, siphon to get rid of waste (backflushing), apart of mantle cavity. Cephalopods use siphons as jet propulsion. Scallops use for swimming.
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Tetra-neury
Definition
Four nerve chords. Found in molluscs (cephalopods)a pair of nerve cords that extend from the pedal ganglia into the foot (pedal nerve cord) and two visceral nerve cords that run from the nerve ring to the visceral ganglion
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systemic heart
Definition
one of three hearts in Cephalopods, pumps oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.
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ligament
Definition
a bivalve shell is held together by a ligament at the dorsal end of the shell.
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siphon
Definition
Anatomical structure part of the mantle found in Gastropods, Bivalves, and Cephalopods. Water flows in and is used for locomotion, feeding, respiration, and reproduction.
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camera eye
Definition
type of eye found in Cephalopods. Analogous to human eye due to convergant evolution. Consists of an iris, a lens, photoreceptor cells, a retina, and optic nerve. Better than human eye because there is no blind spot (due to optic nerve in the middle)
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branchial heart
Definition
two of the three hearts in Cephalopods. One branchial heart per ctenidium. Pumps blood into the ctenidia to be oxygenated.
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monoplacophora
Definition
“bearing one plate.” Class of molluscs with a cap-like shell living at the bottom of the deep sea. Thought to be extinct until recently.
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annelidan cross
Definition
interradial projection of cells at the animal pole of a developing embryo.
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Polychaeta
Definition
many bristles made of chitin. Mostly marine, some fresh water, some terrestrial. Most are burrowers and have parapods “side foot” which are fleshy extensions of the body wall that have bristles. (ex. Nereis)
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pygidium
Definition
: Tail in Annelids. New growth segments are added by the pygidium.
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metamerism
Definition
Highly repetitive body plan. An identifying key of annelids.
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chaetae
Definition
Bristles found at the ends of parapods. Made of chitin
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peristomium
Definition
Second body segment of annelids. Contains the mouth, cirri, and sometimes feeding palps. If an eversible pharynx is present, it located in the peristomium.
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peritoneum
Definition
“around strain” thin membrane lining the body cavity, covering the supporting organs. Found in annelids
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ganglion
Definition
bundle of nerve cells
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lamellibranch
Definition
“sheet gill” in bivalves, now serves as a filtering system for food. Transports the particles to the mouth.
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parapod
Definition
“side foot” found in annelids.
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aciculum
Definition
stiff rod. Attachment site for muscles.
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oblique muscles
Definition
muscles that attached to aciculum to move parapod
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epitoke
Definition
Specialized reproduction where the tail end of a certain polychaete worms break off and swims to the surface where it releases eggs and sperm.
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bristles
Definition
same thing as chaetae. In oligochaetes, they keep animal from being pulled out.
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calciferous gland
Definition
Found in oligochaetes. CO2 partial pressure is very high in soil so the calciferous gland, located in the esophagus, dumps calcium carbonate into the gut which then gets excreted out. (earthworms)
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neuropod
Definition
primary site of respiratory exchange. Below notopod.
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clitellum
Definition
Glandular organ in oligochaetes that secretes mucus which binds two worms in order to trade sperm during copulation.
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Oligochaeta
Definition
“few bristles”. All are monoecious which is a modification to cope with living on land. Modified nephridia that contain gametes. They have direct development and mate using the clitellum.
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Hirudinia
Definition
Greek for Leech, Leeches. Mostly marine, some fresh water, and some are terrestrial but they are restricted to tropical environments. They possess a clitellum, although it is not always apparent and they have abandoned the coelom as the main form of locomotion. Instead, the body is filled with longitudinal muscles. The body is dorsal- ventrally flattened and the anterior-posterior body wall is modified to form suckers. Reduction in segmentation, lack bristles, and nephridia are modified to directly filter blood to make urine.
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Clitellata
Definition
Class of Annelids. All monoecious. Have clitellum: glandular epidermal structure used in reproduction (secretes mucus used to make reproductive structure).
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Sipuncula
Definition
“little pipe” peanut worms. 320spp can withdraw their introvert. Deposit feed, lack hemal system, simple diffusion across body wall. Anal shield, and a compensation sack
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introvert
Definition
most anterior part of a Sipuncula, gets pulled into the body for protection, capped with an anal shield.
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dorsal-ventral muscles
Definition
in Hirudinea, they contract and shorten causing movement. (undgulation)
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compensation sac
Definition
projections of the coelomic cavity that contains the coelomic fluid when the introvert is retracted. Squeezes coelomic fluid creating hydrostatic pressure, and therefore popping the introvert back out.
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Echiura
Definition
“spiny tail” spoon worm. Burrowing, suck in water, anal sacs swell and flush the coelom and flushes out metabolic west.
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pelagosphera larva
Definition
forms after trochophore in Sipuncula (other coelomate worm). Looks like a trochophore on its side with an appendage to taste substrate
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proboscis
Definition
enlarged prostomium in Echiura
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trochophore
Definition
free swimming planktonic marine larva with several bands of cilia.
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anal sac
Definition
In Echiura “spiny tail”. Sucks in seawater, anal sacs then swell, then flushes the coelom, gets oxygen, then flushes out the metabolic waste.
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Chelicerata
Definition
Lack antennas, lack mandibles, one pair of preoral appendages. Arachnida, Merostomata, Pycnogonida are all Chelicerates.
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Mandibulata
Definition
a group of Arthropods with mandibles sister taxa to Chelicerates
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Crustacea
Definition
Largest group of aquatic arthropods. Lots of marine, but freshwater, only terrestrial is the pill bug. Key Features:
two pairs of antennas (first on first segment, second on second segment)
one pair of mandibles
two pair of maxillas
Trunk: thorax + abdomen
Head tagma: 5 segments
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tagma
Definition
fused body segments
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Uniramia
Definition
Subphylum of Arthropods. One pair of legs per segment. Contains Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes) and Hexapoda (insects)
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mandibles
Definition
crushing organs in an arthropods mouthparts
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antennas
Definition
paired sensory appendages in Arthropods
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Arthropoda
Definition
“joint foot” Phylum including Crustacea, Uniramia, Hexapoda, Malacastraca, Myriapoda, and Chelicerata, Characteristics:
Jointed appendages
Chitinous exoskeleton (cuticle)
Segmented body plan: often fused to form regions (tagma) through tagmatization
Serial homology
Molting AKA Ecdysis
Reduction in coelom
Foregut + midgut + hindgut
Most have compound eye
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ommatidia
Definition
light detecting structures that make up a compound eye
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compound eye
Definition
an eye consisting of many ommatidium
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maxillas
Definition
paired and behind the mandible. Apart of the mouthparts of Arthropods, aids in chewing.
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apodeme
Definition
an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton serving as an attachment for muscles
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endopod
Definition
the inner branch of the biramous appendage of a crustacean
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cheliped
Definition
claw (chailate= clawed)
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exopod
Definition
the outer branch of the biramous appendage of a crustacean
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cephalothorax
Definition
tagma in arthropods containing the head and thorax fused together. In crustaceans, the cephalothorax is covered with carapace.
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biramous
Definition
dividing into two branches (female pleopods are biramous to hold eggs
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serial homology
Definition
regional differentiation of segmental appendages
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uropods
Definition
along with the telson it comprises the tail in a crustacean. Uropod= “urine foot”
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uniramous
Definition
“one branch” (male pleopods are uniramous)
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branchial chamber
Definition
area between the body and the carapace. AKA gill chamber
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telson
Definition
along with the uropods comprises the tail in a crustacean. The anus is located here.
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zoea
Definition
advanced larval stage of crustaceans
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acron
Definition
front part of the head of the crustacean, where the dorsal ganglia sit.
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Hexapoda
Definition
"pinched." Insects. Small in size which allows access to more resources, flight, and metamorphosis. Circulatory and respiratory systems are uncoupled, lack blood pigments, blood includes food and waste transport and is a major water reservoir, tracheal tubes.
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Pterygota
Definition
Insects that have wings.
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nauplias
Definition
First larval stage of many crustaceans. Has an unsegmented body and a single eye
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endopterygote
Definition
winged insects that have extreme metamorphosis.
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head capsule
Definition
the exoskeleton of the head of an insect made up of fused chitinous plates
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exopterygote
Definition
winged insects that lack dramatic metamorphosis.
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labium
Definition
The second maxilla in an insect
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tracheal tubes
Definition
Invaginations of the exoskeleton (apodemes) that the insect breathes through. Prevents the insect from becoming giant. Goes into an open circulatory system, muscular contractions ventilates tubes
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labrum
Definition
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hemimetabolis
Definition
form of indirect development in insects where the larvae have many adult features. They lack dramatic metamorphosis. More ancestral
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holometabolis
Definition
indirect insect development where there is dramatic metamorphosis. The distinct transitional phase is the pupa
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malphagian tubes
Definition
produce uric acid in insects
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Arachnida
Definition
has 2 body tagam; cephalothorax (prosoma) and abdomen (opithosoma). Head region has 1 pair of chilicera, 1 pair of pedipalps. Usually has 8 walking legs and are fluid feeders (external digestion) Circulatory and respiratory systems are still coupled and have book lungs
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chelicera
Definition
spider mouth parts. Poison gland vents through chelicera
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book lungs
Definition
respiration organ used for atmospheric gas exchange. Have lamella that fill with blood
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setae
Definition
small sensory hairs
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pedipalps
Definition
Two appendages in the front of a spider's head. Used as taste and smell organs Also used in sperm transfer
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