1. Phylum Annelida the segmented worms
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2. Annelids - segments Animals that have many segments
Include earthworms, leeches and marine polychaetes.
Most annelids have chitin-reinforced bristles --setae on each side (to provide movement).
Oligochaetes – few e.g. earthworms
Polychaetes – many bristles per segment
Provide evolution of regional specializations where some segments undergo modification to take on new functions. e.g. leeches have suckers at both ends and polychaetes have elaborate head and segments ` closely resembling feet’.

3. Annelida Characteristics
Triploblastic
Organ level of organization
Bilateral Symmetry
Cephalization
Eucoelomate

4. Different Body Cavities
Acoelomate
No body cavity
ectoderm
mesoderm
Gut
endoderm

5. Different Body Cavities
Pseudocoelomate
Have a “false” body cavity that is surrounded on ONE side only by mesoderm
ectoderm
pseudocoelom
mesoderm
Gut
endoderm

6. Different Body Cavities
Eucoelomate
Have a “true” body cavity that is completely surrounded by mesoderm
ectoderm
coelom
mesoderm
Gut
endoderm

7. Annelid Characteristics
the coelom
is a closed, fluid filled cavity that surrounds the gut
the fluid within acts as a circulatory system
mesodermal membranes (mesenteries) suspend organs in the coelom
ectoderm

8. Annelida Characteristics
Protostome
Development is characterized by:
blastopore becomes the mouth

9. Mouth Formation
Blastopore becomes the mouth and the anus forms secondarily
Future anus
blastopore
archenteron
(primitive gut)
mouth

10. Annelida Characteristics
Metamerism
The body is made up of serially repeating, coordinated segments called metameres that are separated from one another by septa.
Each metamere contains sets of repeating organs
e.g. gut, blood vessels, nerve cord, excretory organs

11. Metamerism
septa

12. FEEDING Digestive tract is a long tube extending from mouth to anus
Muscular pharynx is very diversified in annelids (can include crop and gizzard similar to birds)
Some have sharp teeth.
Leeches use pharynx to suck blood and tissues from host
Some aquatic annelids are filter feeders.

13. Annelid RESPIRATION mainly by diffusion
Aquatic annelids breath through gills (feather duster worms)
Some use diffusion through skin
(skin must stay moist)
Class Polychaeta often has specialized structures for gas exchange
(e.g. parapodia, gills)

14. INTERNAL TRANSPORT
Closed circulatory system with 2 blood vessels running the length of their bodies (dorsal and ventral)
In each segment, smaller ring vessels supply blood from the main vessels to organs.
In earthworms, some of the ring vessels work like hearts (pumping blood to the rest of the body)

15. NERVOUS SYSTEM Some have well developed nervous system
Ventral nerve cord runs the length of the body in earthworms.
Free-living marine annelids have best developed sense organs (balance organs, chemical receptors and eyes).
Earthworms have no specialized sensory cells.

16. MOVEMENT Two major muscle groups (longitudinal and circular)
(Nematodes only have longitudinal muscles)

17. REPRODUCTION Most reproduce sexually
Earthworms have structure called a clitellum which secretes a mucus ring into which eggs and sperm are released during copulation.

18. Annelida Characteristics
EXCRETION
excretion is accomplished by organs called nephridia (singular nephridium)
Skeletal System
fluid in coelom acts as a hydrostatic skeleton

19. Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Class Oligochaeta
Class Hirudinea

20. Class Polychaeta
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21. Class Polychaeta Poly = Many Chaeta = Bristles
Aquatic worms with bristles or projections on either side of the segments

22. Class Oligochaeta
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23. Class Oligochaeta Oligo = Few Chaeta = Bristles
Includes earthworms, burrowing worms

24. Class Hirudinea
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25. Class Hirudinea Leeches: _external parasites_
Have powerful suckers at each body end
Produce an anti-coagulant (prevents blood from clotting) so that they can continue to drink the host’s blood.
Leeches can swallow up to 10X their weight in blood and can survive off one meal for a whole year!
Often used for medical purposes.

26. Class Polychaeta
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27. Class Polychaeta all marine
this class contains 2/3 of all known Annelids
have a well developed head with specialized sense organs
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28. Class Polychaeta
have many setae (chitonous bristles secreted by the epidermis)
(Poly = many, chaeta= setae)
these setae are arranged in bundles on paddle-like appendages called parapodia
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setae

29. Class Polychaeta
Parapodium
setae
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The parapodia function in gas exchange, locomotion, and feeding.

30. Class Polychaeta Tagmatization (tagmosis)
the fusion and specialization of formerly metameric segments
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31. Class Polychaeta Many are filter-feeders with specialized structures
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32. Class Polychaeta Many are predatory with specialized structures
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33. Class Polychaeta
Many construct their own homes out of CaCO3 or sand debris and mucous
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34. Class Polychaeta Reproduction usually dioecious
no permanent sex organs; gametes are shed into coelom
fertilization is usually external
indirect development  trocophore larvae
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35. Class Polychaeta Epitoky
In some species, the rear portion of the worm (“epitoke”: carries the eggs or sperm), breaks off from the body and swims to the surface to reproduce. The remaining benthic worm (“atoke”) continues to feed and grow and will eventually produce new epitokes.
In other species, there are pelagic individuals that resemble epitokes but the entire individual swims to the surface where the body wall ruptures, filing the water with eggs and sperm.
To synchronize these spawnings,
this swarming behavior is usually
triggered by the full moon.
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36. Ecology a fireworm Polychaetes often have effective
defense strategies:
some have tubes to hide in
some have vicious jaws
some have modified “stinging” setae
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a fireworm

37. Ecology
Some Polychaetes have a mutualistic relationship with their host
for example, many scaleworms are found near, or in the mouth, of brittlestars, starfish, and sea urchins.
The scaleworm eats its host’s leftovers and with its vicious jaws, it will attack any predator trying to eat it’s host.
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38. Class Oligochaeta
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39. Class Oligochaeta terrestrial, freshwater and marine
have few setae (Oligo = few, chaeta = setae)
usually feed on detritus
(decaying organic matter)
have specialized digestive system to obtain the maximum amount of nutrients out of the detritus (e.g. typhlosole, gizzard, crop…)

40. Class Oligochaeta typhlosole-
infolding of the dorsal side of the intestine
increases surface area for absorption of nutrients
typhlosole
gut

41. Class Oligochaeta Locomotion Circular muscle contraction
Longitudinal muscle contraction

42. Class Oligochaeta Reproduction usually monoecious cross-fertilize by
exchanging sperm
clitellum
testis

43. Ecology Earthworms are essential soil aerators
If all the material ever moved through earthworms was piled up, the heap would rise 30miles , more than 5 times the height of Mount Everest!!
Worm Grunting:
A saw or leaf spring of a pick-up
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stob

44. Class Hirudinea
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45. Class Hirudinea
usually freshwater but there are some marine and terrestrial species
no septa between metameres
no setae
have 2 suckers

46. Class Hirudinea
have an extendable proboscis for feeding

47. Class Hirudinea usually have a fixed number of segments (34)
each metamere consists of several annuli (think accordion)
1 metamere
annuli

48. Class Hirudinea Locomotion
Lack septa between metameres, so they are incapable of moving like Oligochaetes.
Instead, they use their anterior and posterior suckers to move.
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49. Class Hirudinea Reproduction usually monoecious cross-fertilize by
exchanging sperm
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50. Ecology
Although some leeches are parasitic blood suckers (can be temporary or permanent), many are predators.
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51. Ecology Leeches have been used medicinally since the 19th century.
Currently they are used to increase blood flow following reconstructive surgery
Hirudin is a powerful anticoagulant that is found in the salivary glands of leeches
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52. How do the Annelids fit in?
Oligochaeta
Hirudinea
Polychaeta
Nematoda
Rotifera
metamerism
Nemertea
Platyhelminthes
Cnidaria
Porifera
eucoelomate
protostome
unknown
common ancestor