Acoelomates: Platyhelminthes, Nemertea & Gnathostomulida
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Acoelomates Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Nemertea Phylum Gnathostomulida
Acoelomate Phyla • Platyhelminthes • Flat worms • Nemertea • Ribbon worms • Gnathostomulida • Jaw worms
Why bilateral symmetry? • Movement toward prey or host • Cephalization • Directional sense organs • Chemoreceptors • Ocelli (light sensing eyespots) • Rheoreceptors (sense water currents)
Acoelomates Key Features • Three germ layers • Ectoderm, endoderm, mesoderm • Mesoderm forms muscle and mesenchyme • Organ-system level of organization • Cephalization • Excretory system • Some have circulatory and one-way alimentary canal
Phylum Platyhelminthes • Specialized Cells • Rhabdites - secrete mucous sheath • Tegument - outer covering of syncytial cells • Flame cells – Osmoregulation • Some have endolecithal egg cells – yolk contained within egg cell
Tegument • Syncytium • Apical cell membrane missing
Flame Cell • Osmoregulation • Beating flagella creates negative pressure to draw fluid into chamber • Water is directed through channels then through an external pore
Major Classes of Platyhelminthes • Class Turbellaria • Planaria – free living • Class Trematoda • Liver flukes – endoparasites • Class Monogenea • Fish ectoparasites • Class Cestoda • Tape worms – endoparasites
Class Turbellaria • Key Features • Ladder like nervous system • Eye spots (Ocelli) • Auricles - chemoreceptors • Free living flatworms • Muscular and ciliary movement • Carnivorous
Class Trematoda • Similar in structure to Turbellaria • Special adaptation for endoparasitic life style • Cyst glands • Suckers and hooks for griping host • Digenetic – complex life cycle with multiple hosts
Liver Damage Caused By Flukes • Scar tissue • Blocked bile ducts
Schistosoma mansoni • Blood fluke • Male and female are dioecious
Class Cestoda • Tapeworms - endoparasites • Key Features • Lack a digestive system • Composed of reproductive units called proglottids • Adult tegument covered in microvilli-like projections – increases surface area, non-ciliated
Tapeworm • New proglottids are added just behind the scolex
Tapeworm Tegument • Microvilli help with food adsorption • Sensory cells – no other sense organs
Mature Proglottid • Reproductive unit • Mature proglottids are either shed or produce shelled embryos • Each proglottid has both male and female organs
Phylum Nemertea • Ribbon worms • Ciliated epidermis • Locomotion – gliding over slime track and muscular contraction • Complete digestive tract – mouth and anus • Extracellular digestion • Proboscis to capture prey