Transcript Chapter 27

Chapter 27
Mollusks and Segmented Worms
Both are from the kingdom Animalia
Mollusks (phylum: Molluska)
• Animals that live or once lived in a shell
• Include animals like snails, oysters,
squids, slugs
Common characteristics of all
mollusks:
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Bilateral symmetry
Have coelem (cavity around organs)
2 body openings
Muscular foot- movement
Most live in marine
Or freshwater
• Mantle-thin membrane
around organ
• Has gills
3 classes of mollusks:
1. bivalves- have 2 shells
-Filter feed using a siphon
-Large ligament that holds shell together
-open circulatory system- blood pools around organs
(no vessels)
Mollusk classes cont…
• 2. gastropods- have 1
shell
– Have a structure called
a radula that is used to
feed
– Radula-tongue-like
structure with rows of
teeth used to scrape
food
– Open circulatory
system- blood moves in
open spaces around
organs
Mollusk classes cont…
• 3. cephalopods- in
octopus and squid
• Capture food with
tentacles
• Has sharp beaked jaws
that tear food
• Closed circulatory
system- has vessels that
hold blood
• Has a reduced internal
shell
• Release a dark substance
called ink to cloud water to
escape danger
Segmented worms
• Kingdom-animalia
• Phylum-Annelida
• Includes bristleworms, earthworms,
leeches
Segmented worm characteristics
• Have tiny segments/rings
– Each has its own muscles
– Allows movement by
shortening and lengthening
• Bilateral symmetry
• Coelem-cavity around
organs
• 2 openings (mouth and
anus)
• Nocturnal-feed at night
Earthworm
structures:
Mouth-takes in food
Crop-stores food until it can be
broken down
Gizzard-has stone-like structures
that grind up soil/food until tiny
pieces can be absorbed by the
intestines
Nephridia-structures that
eliminate waste
found on each segment
Setae-tiny hairs that extend from
each segment
– Anchors worm
Earthworm
structures
• Nervous system- each
segment has nerves that lead
to a nerve cord
• The nerve cord is on the
ventral side
• Clitellum- structure where
worms mate (copulate)
• Reproductive structuresearthworms have both sex
organs (hermaphrodites)
– Eggs are fertilized internally
– Eggs are released in a protective
structure called a capsule
Circulatory system- includes heart,
vessels, and blood