Phylum Annelida

BIO 2215
Oklahoma City Community College
Dennis Anderson

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Segmented Worms

• Body divided into

repeating segments

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Sedentary

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Terrestrial

• Earthworm

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 Feed on Blood

• Leech

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 Echinodermata Uniramia
Vertebrata Lophophores Chelicerata
Other Chordata Crustacea
Hemichordata
Arthropoda Annelida
Mollusca
Other
pseudocoelomates Nemertea
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda Ctenophora
Cnidaria
Mesozoa
Placozoa
Sarcomastigophora
Ciliophora Porifera
Apicomplexa
Microspora Myxozoa

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 Phylum Annelida
• Segmented body
– metameric
• Setae
– Absent in leeches
• Coelom divided by
septa
• Closed circulatory
system
• Nephridia for each
segment (metamere)
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Circulatory Systems

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Metamerism

Pygidium

Septa

Prostomium
Peristomium

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 Trochophore larva
Apical tuft

Stomach

Ciliary band

Mouth

Anus

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Annelid development

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 Class Polychaeta

• Many setae
• Parapodia

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 Class Polychaeta
Parapodium Head

Tentacle

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 Polychaete Worm
Predatory
Jaw
Tentacle
Everted pharynx
Palp
Eye
Cirrus

Parapodium

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Nereis

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Class Polychaeta

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Class Polychaeta
Fireworm

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Sedentary Polychaete Lugworm

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 Pelagic* Polychaete

*Drift in the open ocean

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 Class Oligochaeta
• Few setae
• Clitellum
• No parapodia
• Monoecious

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External Structures of an Earthworm

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Lumbricus terrestris
• Feed on decaying
organic matter
• Enrich soil

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Internal Structures of an Earthworm

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 Body wall

Epithelium

Circular muscle

Longitudinal muscle

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Metanephridium

Dorsal
vessel

Bladder

Nephridiopore

Nephrostome

Ventral vessel

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Fig. 17.14

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Earthworm Reproduction

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Class Hirudinea
• Anterior & posterior
sucker
• No setae
• Most live in fresh
water
• Feed
– Invertebrates
– Body fluids
– Blood

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