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1 Annelids

2 Phylum Annelida Class Aelosomata Class Polychaeta Class Clitellata
Marine worms Subclass Errantia Subclass Sedentaria Subclass Oligochaeta Subclass Hirudinae earthworms Leeches

3 Annelids Class Polychaeta marine worms segmented Class Clitellata
Subclass Oligochaeta earthworms Subclass Hirudinea Leeches

4 Characteristics Segmentation (metameric body plan) Eucoelomate
15,000 species Closed circulatory system, but no heart Hydrostatic skeleton Excretion- protonephridia, metanephridia, diffusion or gills Simple gut Respiration- diffusion or gills Central nervous system- brain and nerve cord Reproduction- asexual or sexual (many gonochoric) Sensory system of tactile organs, taste buds, statocysts, photoreceptor cells, and eyes with lenses.

5 Subclass Oligochaeta Lack parapodia and have few setae
Lack the distinctive head region of polychaetes and have no eyes. Scavengers that consume soil that contains organic matter The ingested soil moves into a storage chamber called the crop, then to an area called the gizzard, where grinding action breaks down the soil particles. Undigested material passes out the anus in a form called castings, which are prized as soil fertilizer.

6 Each segment is also known as a metamere
Metamerism (segmentation) Each segment is also known as a metamere Each metamere has a parapodia with numerous setae parapod chaetae

7 Body Cavities Eucoelomate- body cavity completely lined with mesoderm
gut Eucoelomate- body cavity completely lined with mesoderm Ectoderm Endoderm

8 Earthworm Phylum Annelida
Hydrostatic Skeleton Earthworm Phylum Annelida

9 Closed Versus Open Circulatory Systems

10 Closed Circulatory System

11 Nervous System and Behavior
A mass of ganglia (neural masses) forms an anterior brain that is usually dorsal to the pharynx. They have either a pair of ventral nerve cords (primitive) or a single ventral nerve cord that runs the length of the body. Each segment has a swelling of the nerve cord called a segmental ganglion. Sensory receptors include: chemoreceptors, touch receptors, photoreceptors, statocysts and vibration receptors. Behaviors vary depending on class/life style.

12 Oligochaete Nervous System

13 Digestive System Esophagus Gizzard Pharynx Crop Intestine Mouth
Buccal cavity Intestine Mouth

14 Reproductive System Seminal vesicle Sperm duct Seminal receptacle
Ovary Testes Egg funnel and oviduct Seminal receptacle Sperm duct

15 Oligochaete Reproduction

16 Oligochaete Excretory System

17 Subclass Hirudinea Leeches
Most live in fresh bodies of water, but some live among moist vegetation. Suckers found on both ends Unlike other annelids, its segments are not separated internally Leeches lack both setae and parapodia Most are predators or scavengers. Very few are parasites. They secrete anticoagulants, hirudin, to keep blood from clotting and anesthetic that prevents the host from feeling their presence.

18 Subclass Hirudinea

19 Hirudo medicinalis

20 Class Polychaeta Largest group of annelids Primarily marine
Most segments include a pair of paddle–like parapodia Well-developed head with eyes and other sensory structures

21 Class Polychaeta Subclass Sedentaria Fan worms, Christmas-tree worms
Spaghetti worms Chaetopterus lugworms Subclass Errantia Sand worms, Scale worms Fire worms palolo worms

22 featherduster worms Subclass Sedentaria

23 Lugworm Subclass Sedentaria

24 Chaeopteris Subclass Sedentaria

25 Spaghetti worm Lanice conchilega Subclass Sedentaria
Ancient Hawaiians called spaghetti worms kauna'oa or kio and used them as medicine (for what ailment is not clear). Patients either drank an infusion of cooked tentacles daily for several weeks or sucked the body fluid from a live worm through a bamboo tube Lanice conchilega Hawaii has 11 species 5 are endemic Subclass Sedentaria

26 Christmas tree worms Spirobranchus giganteus Subclass Sedentaria

27 Scale worm Subclass Errantia

28 Fire worm Eurythoe complanata Subclass Errantia

29 The pharynx is everted by contraction of body wall muscles.

30 Parapodia- movement and respiration

31 Polychaete Trochophore Larvae

32 Polychaete Larvae (setiger)


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