phylum platyhelminthes
flatworms
phylum nematoda
round worms
Platyhelminthes and nematoda
acoelomate
mesoderm is a solid mass of tissue with no cavity and no cavity for internal organs
pseudocoelomates
have a body cavity called a pseudocoelom with a fluid space and a digestive tract
flatworms are
acoelomate
nematodes are
pseudocoelomates
coelomate
have major organs suspended in a coelomic cavity completely surrounded by mesoderm
triploblastic
have three embryological germ layers
flatworms and roundworms have germ layers…
triploblastic
flatworms and roundworms have ___ symmetry
bilateral symmetry with a distinct anterior and posterior end
draw the body plants for flatworms and roundworms
there is a diagram
Platyhelminthes
class turbellaria
are hemaphroditic (have both fem and male organs) and are scavengers
- have eyespots that can sense light
- have a ciliated ventral surface
- mouth and anus are at the end of pharynx with intestinal diverticuli
(Platyhelminthes)
species planaria (dugesia)
has sensory organs called eyespots and feed by sucking through a tubular pharynx that protrudes
class trematoda
species opisthorchis
from Trematoda
species fasciola
sucks blood (liver fluke)
- from trematoda
- uterus is near mouth, has a weird line through the middle
NOT LEECHES
species shistosoma
FROM TREMATODA (blood fluke) causes disease schistosomiasis - inhabits veins - is hermaphrodic THE FEMALE FITS INSIDE THE CAVITY TO LAY THE EGGs
intermediate host
harbours immature stages of parasite
definitive host
harbours mature parasite
class cestoda
Platyhelminthes
NEMATODA
species ascaris
nematoda