Answers.com - Are Flatworms Acoelomates Microbiology question Are flatworms acoelomates? yes Why are flatworms called acoelomates? probably latin name or different laungage http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_flatworms_acoelomates
Extractions: powered by dmoz Science Biology Animalia ... Acoelomates Share on twitter digg delicious Swiss Army Knife ... FAQ up The term acoelomates means "without coeloms", the coelom being a body space surrounded by an extra layer of cells, the mesoderm. The most important acoelomates are the flat worms contained in the phylum Platyhelminthes, including the free-living Turbellaria, the Trematoda or liver flukes and the Cestoda or parasitic tapeworms. Other phyla included are Nemertina, the ribbon worms, Orthonectida, Rhombozoa and Gnathostomulida, members of which are typically worm-like creatures sometimes classed together as polychaetes, or bristly worms. Classification in this area of the animal kingdom is unclear. Reefkeeperâs Guide to Invertebrate Zoology: Flat and Ribbon Worms http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0297/0297_5.html
Answers.com - What Is Acoelomate Are acoelomates have fluid? Is rotifer an acoelomate? Is a hydra a acoelomate? Are ehinodrms acoelomates? Is a bird a acoelomates? Are frogs acoelomates? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_acoelomate
Introduction To Animal Evolution (a) The most primitive of eumetazoa (the radiata and the acoelomates) possess a single opening into their digestive cavity, one that serves as both a mouth and an http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/campbl32.htm
Platyhelminthes (Acoelomates) Phylum Platyhelminthes. General Characteristics. 1) Triploblastic (applies all three phyla of acoelomates). 2) Bilateral symmetry (applies all three). http://www.hbwbiology.net/taxonomy-platyhelminthes.htm
Extractions: Phylum Platyhelminthes General Characteristics ) Triploblastic (applies all three phyla of acoelomates). ) Bilateral symmetry (applies all three). ) Body is flattened dorsoventrally (compressed dorsoventrally). ) Ectoderm is very specialized w/ distinct epidermis in all three phyla. *Note: specialized "flatworm" characteristics associated externally w/ epidermis. a ) some spp. epidermis is syncitial ) Having one/few epidermal cells having many nucleus. Usually elaborating cilia in many spp. Aid in locomotion and protection. b ) rhabdites - specialized epidermal cells and extracellular structures of many flukes, which aid in locomotion. c ) Syncytial tegument - extraepidermal layer of one/few multinucleated cell(s) w/ protective covering. In many flukes. d ) Same cellular extraepidermal structures and epidermis. One nucleus/cell. Multicellular arrangement of epidermis and sometimes ciliated structures. ) Muscular development and arrangement into simple body wall muscles used mainly for locomotion. ) No body cavity ( acoelomate ) Digestive tract is incomplete: a ) No mouth (oral opening directly into pharynx).
Body Cavity - New World Encyclopedia Side view of a flatworm. The flatworm's ribbonshaped, flattened dorso-ventally body has no true body cavity (coelom) except the gut and thus flatworms are acoelomates. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Body_cavity
Extractions: Jump to: navigation search Previous (Bodhisattva) Next (Boer Wars) Side view of a flatworm. The flatworm's ribbon-shaped, flattened dorso-ventally body has no true body cavity (coelom) except the gut and thus flatworms are acoelomates. In zoology body cavity generally refers to the space, or cavity, located between an animal ’s outer covering (epidermis) and the outer lining of the gut cavity—a fluid-filled space where internal organs develop. However, the term sometimes is used synonymously with the coelom or "secondary body cavity," which is more specifically that fluid-filled body cavity between the digestive tract and the outer body wall that is completely enclosed by cells derived from mesoderm tissue in the embryo . The broadest definition of the term body cavity is any fluid-filled space in a multicellular organism, including the digestive tract. The concept of body cavity has been important in comparative studies of the body plans used by different taxonomic groups , ranging from simple organisms with two germ layers (ectoderm and endoderm) that lack a body cavity, to organisms with three germ layers (a mesoderm also) that lack a body cavity, to those with a cavity forming between the mesoderm and endoderm and not completely lined with mesoderm, to those with a true coelom completely lined with mesoderm. Overview Primary and secondary body cavities, acoelomates, pseudocoelomates, and coelomates
Flatworm - New World Encyclopedia acoelomates are invertebrates that do not have a coelom, or body cavity. With about 25,000 known species, flatworms are the largest phylum of acoelomates. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Flatworm
Extractions: Turbellaria The flatworms are a phylum, Platyhelminthes, of relatively simple, soft-bodied, bilaterially symmetrical invertebrate animals . The name of the phylum comes from the Greek platy, meaning "flat," and helminth, meaning "worm," which is indicative of their ribbon-shaped, flattened appearance. They include the flukes and tapeworms, among others. Flatworms are acoelomates that are characterized by having three germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) and lacking respiratory and circulatory systems. Acoelomates are invertebrates that do not have a coelom, or body cavity. With about 25,000 known species , flatworms are the largest phylum of acoelomates. Platyhelminths are thought to be the first invertebrates to have a third germ layer, the mesoderm (Towle 1989). Flatworms are found in marine, freshwater, and even damp terrestrial environments. They generally are placed into four classes: Trematoda (
Extractions: From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection General Biology This page may need to be reviewed for quality. Jump to: navigation search General Biology Getting Started ... Additional Material There are many competing hypotheses for the form of the evolutionary tree of animals. A traditional hypothesis is that the tree resembles a tuning fork: it has a short base and two main branches. However, there is recent molecular evidence that challenges part of this traditional hypothesis. Under the tuning fork model, the "base" of the tree includes structurally simple animals like sponges, corals, and their relatives. One main branch includes arthropods molluscs annelids , and nematodes . This branch, or a large part of it, usually is called the protostomes The second main branch includes vertebrates ( phylum Chordata ), and starfish, sea urchins, and their relatives ( phylum Echinodermata ). This branch usually is called the
ACOELOMATES These next guys caused a laugh in the video… (Ooh, yes their going to do it………….. Yes, Yes, YES! Oh wow! That was great!) It was violent and yet the participants were quite http://bio.fsu.edu/~bsc2011l/pdfs/4-2011L_2005_Fall_Acoelomates.pdf
Acoelomate (biology) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia circulatory system (in circulation (anatomy and physiology) acoelomates and pseudocoelomates) to these problems; most but not all involve the development of a circulatory http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/3909/acoelomate
Extractions: document.write(''); Search Site: With all of these words With the exact phrase With any of these words Without these words Home My Britannica CREATE MY acoelomate NEW ARTICLE ... SAVE Table of Contents: acoelomate Article Article Related Articles Related Articles Citations LINKS Related Articles Aspects of the topic acoelomate are discussed in the following places at Britannica. anatomy in animal (biology): Acoelomates Flatworms (phyla Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, and Mesozoa) lack a coelom, although nemerteans have a fluid-filled cavity at their anterior, or head, end, which is used to eject the proboscis rapidly. The lack of a fluid-filled cavity adjacent to the muscles reduces the extent to which the muscles can contract and the force they exert (see below Support and movement). Because most also lack a... circulatory system in circulation (anatomy and physiology): Acoelomates and pseudocoelomates ...to these problems; most but not all involve the development of a circulatory system: as described above, sponges and cnidarians permit all cells direct access to environmental water. Among the acoelomate phyla, the members of Platyhelminthes (flatworms) have no body cavity, and the space between the gut and the body wall, when present, is filled with a spongy organ tissue of mesodermal...
Platyhelminthes Kingdom Animalia PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES triploblastic acoelomates. INTRODUCTION The Platyhelminthes include free-living flatworms, like the planarians, and the parasitic http://www.esu.edu/~milewski/intro_biol_two/lab__10_platy_nemat/Platyhelminthes.
Extractions: The Platyhelminthes include free-living flatworms, like the planarians, and the parasitic tapeworms and flukes. The term flatworm refers to the fact that the body is dorsoventrally flattened. Flatworms are the first organisms to have tissues organized into organs and the first to demonstrate bilateral symmetry. Bilateral symmetry means that one plane passing through the longitudinal axis of an organism divides it into right and left halves that are mirror images. It is characteristic of active, crawling, or swimming organisms and usually results in the formation of a distinct head ( cephalization ) where accumulation of nervous tissue and sensory structures occurs. This reflects the importance to the organism of monitoring the environment it is meeting In the Platyhelminthes, different tissues cooperate in any given function. This results in the organ level of organization. Three major sets of organs characterize the phylum. The excretory system consists of flame cells and their associated ducts. The nervous system consists of a pair of anterior ganglia, usually with two nerve cords winning the length of the organism. Nerve cords are interconnected by transverse nerves to form a ladder-like structure. The digestive tract is incomplete (a single opening serves for ingestion of food and elimination of wastes).
Coeloms And Pseudocoeloms Acoelomate animals are called acoelomates and they have no true body cavity. The acoelomate phyla are Placozoa , Porifera , Cnidaria , Ctenophora , Platyhelminthes, Mesozoa http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/coelom.html
Extractions: Throughout these invertebrate pages you will find reference to animals as being Coelomate, Pseudocoelomate and Acoelomate. All these terms, and others explained below are to do with the nature of the body cavity of the animal. Simple animals do not have a body cavity but higher animals like mammals do. In mammals the body cavity is called a Coelom and it is the area that contains all heart and lungs as well as the gut which is a cavity in its own rite. The words used to define different body cavities relate to how the cavity comes into being during the development of the embryo as well as to its final observable structure. Below university level education it is not terribly important to understand the differences but I have put these explanations up separately from the glossary to make it easier to use. Also because of the length of this explanation I am only typing it out once here rather than each time I have used such a term. Pseudocoelomate animals have a pseudocoelom. They have a body cavity but it is not lined with mesodermal cells. It exists between the mesoderm and the endoderm that makes up the walls of the gut. It does not have supportive mesodermal mesenteries. The pseudocoelomate phyla are Gastrotricha, Rotifera, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Acanthocephala.
Extractions: Contents The Monogenea, Trematoda, and Cestoda are the three major classes of parasitic flatworms, though the Turbellaria used to be considered a part of this class* Monogeneans are largely ectoparasites on vertebrates like fishes; trematodes are the flukes, most of which live inside the organs of a variety of vertebrates as adults; and cestodes are the tapeworms, living in the intestines of a variety of vertebrates as adults (this is why your pets get annual shots—so that they don’t experience cestodes or trematodes—otherwise, pets could die as a result of an infestation of these worms.) All Platyhelminthes are hermaphroditic in nature, meaning they can fertilize themselves.
Acoelomates Lecture Outline 2003 L. Holmstrand. Chapter 8 Acoelomate Animals Flatworms, Ribbon Worms and Jaw Worms. NEW FEATURES Triploblastic with three well-defined germ layers http://www.d.umn.edu/biology/courses/bio3701/acoelomates.htm
Extractions: Lecture Outline 2003 L. Holmstrand Chapter 8 Acoelomate Animals - Flatworms, Ribbon Worms and Jaw Worms NEW FEATURES: Triploblastic with three well-defined germ layers but no coelom (acoelomate) Review Fig. 3.9 on p 61 for phylogenetic placement Bilateral symmetry with Cephalization Organ-System Level of Organization Centralized Nervous System Have Excretory Systems Muscle fibers from mesodermi Unique and special features in each Phylum A. Phylum Platyhelminthes Flatworms Characteristics: 1. Class Turbellaria free- living flatworms freshwater, marine and terrestrial variable in size and shape Morpholgy External surface usually ciliated Mucus glands (Adhesive and Releaser) Rhabdites - epidermal cells - release protective mucus sheath Epridermis cellular or synctial Dorsal Ventral Feeding and Digestion - Protrusible proboscis and Gastrovascular cavity Sensory Structures - auricles and eyespots Nervous System - ladder type Excretion and Water Balance - lateral canals with flame cells; Diffusion
Biology: Acoelomates, Pseudocoelomates, Coelomates | MindBites.com Taught by Professor George Wolfe, this lesson was selected from a broader, comprehensive course, Biology. This course and others are available from Th http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/4263-biology-acoelomates-pseudocoelomates-coelom
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General Features 10/6/08 2 acoelomates Typical acoelomates have only one internal space, the digestive cavity Region between the epidermis and digestive cavity is filled with http://www.mccd.edu/faculty/estrellac/zoology/LectureOutlines/chapt14_Acoelomate
Ch. 10 Ch. 10 acoelomates - Miller and Harley _ I. Evolutionary perspective http://www.ltcconline.net/kloss/bio212/ch__10.htm
Extractions: Ch. 10 - Acoelomates - Miller and Harley I. Evolutionary perspective A. Phyla Platyhelminthes, Gastrotricha and Nemertea were the first to exhibit bilateral symmetry and more complex body organizations than Cnidarians. B. All these are triploblastic acoelomates C. Platyhelminthes - 1. flatworms 2. tapeworms 3. flukes D. Nemertea - small group of elongate, unsegmented soft bodied worms, mostly marine and freeliving E. Phylum Gastrotricha includes members that inhabit space between bottom sediments II. Phylum Platyhelminthes A. Characteristics: 2. Range in size from 1 mm to 25 m. 3. ectoderm becomes epidermis, endoderm becomes gv cavity 4. mesodermal tissues include parenchyma - filler tissue a. skeletal support b. nutrient storage c. motility d. reserves of regenerative cells e. transport of materials f. O2 storage, etc 5. First phylum weve looked at w/ organ level system of organization 6. Characteristics of Phylum Platyhelminthes a. usually flattened dorsoventrally , triploblastic, acoelomate, bilateral symmetry b. unsegmented
Flatworm The flatworms are a phylum of relatively simple softbodied invertebrate animals. With about 25,000 known species they are the largest phylum of acoelomates. Flatworms are http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/f/flatworm.htm
Extractions: Share Blog Print Email Bookmark The flatworms are a phylum of relatively simple soft-bodied invertebrate animals. See also: With about 25,000 known species they are the largest phylum of acoelomates. Flatworms are found in marine, freshwater, and even damp terrestrial environments. Most are free-living forms, but many are parasitic on other animals. There are four classes: Trematoda (Flukes), Cestoda (Tapeworms), Monogenea, and Turbellaria. For more information about the topic Flatworm , read the full article at Wikipedia.org , or see the following related articles: Tapeworm read more Animal read more ... read more Note: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the article Flatworm at Wikipedia.org. See the page for more details. Editor's Note : This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Flatworms Are Oldest Living Ancestors To Those Of Us With Right And Left Sides, Researchers Report In Science (March 22, 1999) read more New Areas Of High Biological Diversity Discovered (May 21, 1999)