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Phylum ANNELIDA: The Segmented Worms

The document summarizes key characteristics of the phylum Annelida, or segmented worms. Annelids are bilaterally symmetric, coelomate, protostome animals with a segmented body. They possess a hydrostatic skeleton and have closed circulatory, digestive, excretory and nervous systems. Annelids reproduce sexually or asexually. There are three main classes of annelids - Polychaeta, which have many bristles and paired appendages; Oligochaeta, which have few bristles and include earthworms; and Hirudinea, which are leech-like and lack bristles.

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Phylum ANNELIDA: The Segmented Worms

The document summarizes key characteristics of the phylum Annelida, or segmented worms. Annelids are bilaterally symmetric, coelomate, protostome animals with a segmented body. They possess a hydrostatic skeleton and have closed circulatory, digestive, excretory and nervous systems. Annelids reproduce sexually or asexually. There are three main classes of annelids - Polychaeta, which have many bristles and paired appendages; Oligochaeta, which have few bristles and include earthworms; and Hirudinea, which are leech-like and lack bristles.

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PhylumANNELIDA

TheSegmented Worms

AnnelidCharacteris=cs
ANNELUS=ring segmentedworms bilateralsymmetry Triploblas=c protostome mostfreeliving,fewparasi=c

AnnelidCharacteris=cs
coelomatepossessatrue coelom

AnnelidCharacteris=cs

body divided into segments separated by septa


Most segments identical except for some that are modified to perform specific functions

Structure&Func=on
SoIbodied;hydrosta=cskeleton

muscularsystem
body wall contains muscles (longitudinal & circular)

Structure&Func=on
diges=vesystemcompletegut (carnivorous,herbivorous,detritus feeders) respiratorysystemthroughthe skinorgills

Structure&Func=on
circulatorysystem

closed circulatory system blood travels through vessels

Structure&Func=on
excretorysystem

metabolic wastes via nephridia solid wastes through the anus

nephridia

Structure&Func=on
nervoussystem
ganlgionic w/ dorsal brain and ventral nerve cord

Structure&Func=on
reproduc=on
asexual by budding (rare) most reproduce sexually dioecious/separate sexes external fertilization (spawning) monoecious/hermaphroditic internal fertilization

Structure&Func=on
reproduc=on
clitellum specialized segment that secretes mucus ring into w/c sperm & eggs are released; becomes a cocoon

Taxonomy
ClassPOLYCHAETA ClassOLIGOCHAETA ClassHIRUDINEA

Taxonomy
ClassPOLYCHAETA ClassOLIGOCHAETA ClassHIRUDINEA

ClassPolychaeta
POLY(many)+CHAETA(bristles) containsmanymarineannelids pairedpaddlelikeappendages (parapodia)thatare=ppedw/ bristles w/welldenedhead (haseyes&antennae)

ClassPolychaeta
e.g seamouse clamorsandworm(Nereis)

ClassPolychaeta

ClassOligochaeta
OLIGO(few)+CHAETA(bristles) bristleshelpinganchoringorburrowing mostliveinsoilorfreshwater,some marine e.g.tubifexworms earthworm(Lumbricusterrestris)

ClassHirudinea
includesleeches(parasi=cor carnivorous) freshwater,marineorterrestrial bodyaYened&taperedatboth ends w/obristles

ClassHirudinea
suckersforaYachingtohost(anterior &posterior) proboscistopenetratetheskinofthe host e.g.Hirudomedicinalis(medicinal leech)secreteshirudinwhich preventsbloodfromcloZng

ClassHirudinea

ClassHirudinea

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Nematoda (roundworms) Phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians) Phylum Porifera (sponges) Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Phylum Annelida (annelids) Phylum Mollusca (mollusks) Segmented Unsegmented Jointed legs Spiny skin Radial symmetry Phylum Arthropoda (arthropods) Phylum Chordata (chordates) Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms) Notochord

Pseudocoelomate Incomplete gut Acoelomate Radial symmetry Parazoa Bilateral symmetry Tube-within-atube body plan

Protostome development

Deuterostome development

True coelom

Eumetazoa Multicellularity PROTIST ANCESTOR (COLONIAL CHOANOFLAGELLATES)

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