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Chapter 34

Chapter 34. Flatworms Roundworms Rotifers. Objectives. Summarize the distinguishing characteristics of flatworms. Describe the anatomy of a planarian. Compare free-living and parasitic flatworms. Diagram the life cycle of a fluke. Describe the life cycle of a tapeworm.

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Chapter 34

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  1. Chapter 34 Flatworms Roundworms Rotifers

  2. Objectives • Summarize the distinguishing characteristics of flatworms. • Describe the anatomy of a planarian. • Compare free-living and parasitic flatworms. • Diagram the life cycle of a fluke. • Describe the life cycle of a tapeworm.

  3. Structure and Function of Flatworms • The phylum Platyhelminthes includes organisms called flatworms. • They are more complex than sponges but are the simplest animals with bilateral symmetry. (Two Marine Flatworms)

  4. Structure and Function of Flatworms • Their bodies develop from three germ layers: • ectoderm • mesoderm • endoderm • They are acoelomates with dorsoventrally flattened bodies. • They exhibit cephalization.

  5. Structure and Function of Flatworms • The classification of Platyhelminthes has undergone many recent changes. • There are four classes • Turbellaria • Trematoda • Monogenea • Cestoda

  6. Turbellaria • The majority of species in the class Turbellaria live in the ocean. • The most familiar turbellarians are the freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia. • Planarians have a spade-shaped anterior end and a tapered posterior end.

  7. Turbellaria Digestion and Excretion in Planarians • Planarians feed on decaying plant or animal matter and smaller organisms. • Food is ingested through the pharynx. • Planarians eliminate excess water through a network of excretory tubules.

  8. Turbellaria Neural Control in Planarians • The planarian nervous system is more complex than the nerve net of cnidarians. • The cerebral ganglia serve as a simple brain. • A planarian’s nervous system gives it the ability to learn. • Planarians sense light with eyespots.

  9. Turbellaria Reproduction in Planarians • Planarians are hermaphrodites that can reproduce sexually or asexually. • Their eggs are laid in capsules. • During asexual reproduction, their body undergoes fission and the two halves regenerate missing parts.

  10. Turbellaria Planarian Anatomy

  11. Trematoda and Monogenea • The classes Trematoda and Monogenea consist of parasitic flukes. • Some are endoparasites; others are ectoparasites. Monogenea Trematoda

  12. Trematoda and Monogenea Structure of Flukes • A fluke clings to the tissues of its host by an anterior sucker and a ventral sucker. • A fluke’s nervous system is similar to a planarian’s, but simpler. • The external surface of a fluke is covered by a protective layer called the tegument.

  13. Trematoda and Monogenea

  14. Trematoda and Monogenea Reproduction and Life Cycle of Flukes • Most flukes have highly developed reproductive systems and are hermaphroditic. • Fertilized eggs are stored in a fluke’s uterus until they are readyto be released.

  15. Trematoda and Monogenea • Flukes have complicated life cycles that involve more than one host species. • For example, the trematode blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma use humans as a primary hosts and snails as intermediate hosts. They can cause schistosomiasis.

  16. Trematoda and Monogenea Life Cycle of Schistosoma

  17. Cestoda • About 5,000 species of tapeworms make up the class Cestoda. • Tapeworms can live in the intestines of almost all vertebrates.

  18. Structure of Tapeworms • Tapeworms are surrounded by a tegument. • They attach to the host with a scolex. • The body is a series of many sections called proglottids. • Tapeworms have no light-sensing organs, no mouth, no gastrovascular cavity, and no digestive organs.

  19. Reproduction and Life Cycle of Tapeworms • Nearly all tapeworms are hermaphrodites. Each proglottid contains male and female reproductive organs and little else. • New proglottids are added to the front of the tapeworm. Older proglottids grow, mature, and begin producing eggs.

  20. Reproduction and Life Cycle of Tapeworms • Eggs in one proglottid are usually fertilized by sperm from a different proglottid, possibly a different individual. • An example is the beef tapeworm, Taenia saginatus. Its primary host is a human and its intermediate host is a cow. Its larvae form cysts in the muscle tissue of the cow.

  21. Reproduction and Life Cycle of Tapeworms

  22. Nematoda and RotiferaSection 2 • Describe the body plan of a nematode. • Outline the relationship between humans and parasitic roundworms. • Describe the anatomy of a rotifer.

  23. Nematoda • The phylum Nematoda is made up of roundworms with long, slender bodies that taper at both ends. • Roundworms are among several phyla of pseudocoelomates.

  24. Nematoda • Roundworms have a digestive tract with two openings. • Most roundworms have separate sexes and are covered by a protective cuticle. • Most species are free-living; some are parasites.

  25. Nematoda Ascaris • The genus Ascaris infects pigs, horses, and humans. • The eggs enter hosts through contaminated food or water, develop into larvae in the intestines, and can infect the lungs. • The eggs are spread inthe hosts’ feces. Worms in Muscle

  26. Nematoda Hookworms • Hookworms are intestinal parasites that feed on blood. • The eggs produce larvae in soil, and the larvae enter hosts through the feet. • Hookworms infect about one billion people worldwide.

  27. Rotifera • Members of the phylum Rotifera are called rotifers. • Most rotifers are tiny, transparent, free-living animals that live in fresh water. • Some can survive without water for long periods.

  28. Rotifera • Some can survive without water for long periods. • Although tiny, they are truly multicellular and have specialized organ systems. • They use the crown of cilia around their mouth to sweep food into the mastax.

  29. Rotifera • The digestive, reproductive, and excretory systems empty into the cloaca. • Some species reproduce by parthenogenesis.

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