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Zoology Practical: Platyhelmines and Mollusca
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
02/26/2013

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Term
Platyhelminthes
Definition
- flatworms
- acoelomate
- bilateral
- triploblastic
- organ level of organization
Term
Turbellaria
(Platyhelminthes)
Definition
Planarians
- free living, non parasitic
- cilia for locomotion

Paraphyletic (not proper clade)
Term
Trematoda
(Platyhelminthes)
Definition
Flukes
- parasitic
- involves at least two hosts (snails, vertebrates)
Term
Cestoda
(Platyhelminthes)
Definition
Tapeworms
- endoparasites
- larvae live in invertebrates or vertebrates
- adults live in vertebrates
Term
Clonorchis
(Trematoda)
(Platyhelminthes)
Definition
Chinese Liver Fluke
- adults live in human bile ducts
- larva live in fish (encysting stage) and snails (ceceria stage)
Term
Schistosoma
(Trematoda)
(Platyhelminthes)
Definition
Blood Fluke
- live in blood vessels of intestines and organs
- female lives in groove of male
Term
Mollusca
Definition
- basic bilateral symmetry
- open circulatory systems (except octopi and squids)
- foot
- visceral mass
- mantle
Term
Polyplacophora
(Mollusca)
Definition
Chitons
- large ventral foot for clinging
- 8 plates
- radula for scraping algae and food
Term
Gastropoda
(Mollusca)
Definition
Slugs, Snails, Limpets, Conchs
- torsion and spiraling
- eyes and tentacles
Term
Cephlapoda
(Mollusca)
Definition
Octopi, Squid, Nautiluses
- closed circulatory system
- eyes and beak
- 8-10 suckered arms
- Nautiluses have shells
Term
Scaphopoda
(Mollusca)
Definition
Tusk shells
- giant tusk looking shells
- bury selves in sand
Term
Bivalva
(Mollusca)
Definition
Scallops, Oysters, Clams
- matching shells or valves that fit tightly
- etenidia (gills) are plate-like and also filter feed
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