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Biodiversity
Lecture 26
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/06/2011

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Annelids
Definition
___ are segmented worms
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fused rings
Definition
Annelids have bodies composed of a series of ___.
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nutrients; farmers
Definition
Earthworms eat their way through the soil, extracting ___, making them valuable to ___.
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polychaeta
Definition
Members of class ___ possess paddlelike bristles that function as gills and aid in locomotion.
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Hirudinea
Definition
leeches, members of class ___ are blood-sucking parasites.
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42 million
Definition
In 1833 alone, ___ (a number) leeches were imported from Britain into France for medical use.
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terrestrial
Definition
Tropical rainforest leeches are ___ (where they live)
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arthropods
Definition
___ are segmented coelomates.
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arthropods
Definition
Two out of every three known species of animals are ___.
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Arthropoda
Definition
Members of the phylum ___ are found in nearly all habitats of the planet.
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trilobitex
Definition
Early arthropods, such as ___, show little variation from segment to segment.
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fused; specialized
Definition
As arthropods evolved, the segments ___, and the appendages became more ___.
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cuticle
Definition
The arthropod body is completely covered by the ___, an exoskeleton made of chitin
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chitin
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The arthropod body is completely covered by the cuticle, an exoskeleton made of ___
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ecdysis
Definition
When an arthropod grows, it molts is exoskeleton in a process called ___.
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four
Definition
Molecular evidence suggest that living arthropods consist of ___ lineages that diverged a very long time ago.
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open
Definition
Arthropods have a ___ circulatory system in which their green blood is circulated around the organs.
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green
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What color is an arthropod's blood?
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gas exchange
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Arthropods have evolved a variety of organs for ___.
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Cheliceriforms
Definition
___ are named for clawlike feeding appendages called chelicerae.
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chelicerae
Definition
___ are clawlike feeding appendages we might call fangs
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cheliceriforms
Definition
this subphylum includes spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs.
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extinct
Definition
Most of the marine cheliceriforms are ___, but some species survive today, including the horseshoe crabs.
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arachnids
Definition
most cheliceriforms are ___, a group that includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites.
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abdomen and cephalothorax
Definition
What are the two main segments of an arachnid?
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chelicerae
Definition
Arachnids have six pairs of appendages, the most anterior of which are the ___.
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chelicerae
Definition
Arachnids have six pairs of appendages, the most anterior of which are the ___.
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myriapoda
Definition
subphylum ___ includes millipedes and centipedes.
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millipedes, class diplopoda
Definition
___, class ___ have a large number of legs, two per segment.
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centipedes, class chilopoda
Definition
___ class ___ are carnivores with jaw-like mandibles. They have one pair of legs per trunk segment.
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insecta
Definition
subphylum ___ are more species-rich than all other forms of animal life combined. they live in almost every terrestrial habitat.
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abdomen, thorax, and head
Definition
the three body parts of an insect are what?
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incomplete metamorphosis; nymphs
Definition
in ___, the young, called ___ resemble adults but are smaller and go through a series of molts until they reach full size.
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metamorphosis
Definition
Many insects undergo ___, where the larval stage looks entirely different from the adult stage.
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pupal stage
Definition
Metamorphosis occurs during a ___ stage.
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26
Definition
Insects are classified into about ___ orders, including the Coleptera and the Lepidoptera.
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marine and freshwater
Definition
Crustaceans have mostly remained in ___ and ___ envirnoments.
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decapods
Definition
___ are all relatively large crustaceans and include lobsters, crabs, crawfish and shrimp.
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decapods
Definition
planktonic crustaceans include ___, which are among the most numerous off all animals.
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krill
Definition
___ are copepods consumed in vast quantities by whales.
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barnacles
Definition
___ are sessile crustaceans, whose cuticle is hardened into a shell.
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Echinodermata
Definition
At first glance, sea stars and other echinoderms, phylum ___ seem to have little in common with the vertebrates.
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calcium carbonate (limestone) plates
Definition
Echinoderm's spiny skin covers a skeleton of hard ___ plates.
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water vascular system
Definition
Echinoderms have a ___, a network of hydraulic canals for locomotion, feeding and gas exchange.
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secondarily
Definition
Interestingly, the radial anatomy of the echinoderms evolved ___ from their ancestors' bilateral symmetry.
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