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Chapter 36. Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Nematoda. gecko.gc.maricopa.edu. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Phylum Platyhelminthes. gecko.gc.maricopa.edu. Common Name: Flat worms Examples: Tapeworm, Fluke, Planaria Characteristics: Bilateral Symmetry 3 cell layers Organs
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Chapter 36 Phylum PlatyhelminthesPhylum Nematoda gecko.gc.maricopa.edu www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phylum Platyhelminthes gecko.gc.maricopa.edu • Common Name: Flat worms • Examples: Tapeworm, Fluke, Planaria • Characteristics: • Bilateral Symmetry • 3 cell layers • Organs • Free-living or parasites • Flattened body • Nutrition: Scavengers, Parasites or Hunters members.aol.com
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu Tapeworm www.abdn.ac.uk Scolex www.ndpteachers.org
Planaria www.luc.edu
Systems • Digestive: Simple - one opening, called the mouth, highly branched intestine allows nutrients to diffuse into individual body cells. • Parasites like the tapeworm absorb nutrients through their tegument or cuticle. • Nervous: Simple brain and nervous system. Planaria have eyespots to detect light.
Systems • Reproductive: Asexual – they can stretch in two and have remarkable regenerative abilities. Sexual – hermaphrodites with cross-fertilization. • Excretory: Most use simple diffusion, but planaria use flame cells to excrete liquid waste and undigested food exits the mouth. • Respiration: Diffusion of gasses through skin.
I don’t care who you are – That’s just cool. http://classes.design.ucla.edu/Spring05/152BC/projects/saito/ex3/planaria.jpg
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Phylum Nematoda • Common Name: Roundworms • Examples: Ascaris, pinworm, hookworm, Trichinella, Filarial worms, Tubatrix www.organicnutrition.co.uk www.emc.maricopa.edu www.rlc.dcccd.edu www.organicnutrition.co.uk
Phylum Nematoda • Characteristics • Bilateral Symmetry • Pseudocoelom • Parasitic or free-living in soil or water • First with a one-way digestive system • Size ranges from microscopic to 4 feet! • Nutrition: Herbivore, carnivore or scavenger. Free-living burrow through soil, parasitic often absorb nutrients through tegument/cuticle.
Pseudocoelom members.aol.com Muscles Nerve Cord Pseudocoelom Intestine Ovaries Excretory Canal Uterus
Systems • Digestive: Complete. Mouth and anus present • Nervous: Simple brain and nervous system • Reproductive: Sexual – separate sexes • Excretory: Simple – pore at anterior end for liquid waste. Solid waste exits through anus. • Support: Pseudocoelom • Respiration: Gasses diffuse across skin, aided by pseudocoelom. • Circulation: Fluid in pseudocoelom distributes nutrients to body cells.
Positive Hookworm anti-clotting factor has been isolated, prevents clotting in arteries of cardiac disease patients Kill organisms in soil that harm plants, even insect larvae Organify and aerate soil, good for drainage and irrigation Used in the study of developmental biology Negative Ascaris, trichinella, pin worms, etc. cause disease Economic damage to crops Ecological Impact www.sghms.ac.uk