ANNELIDA Kel 4
ANNELIDA Kel 4
ANNELIDA Kel 4
Phylum Annelida
Terrestrial, marine,
freshwater.
Repeating segments.
Triploblastic.
True coelomates – complete
gut.
Closed circulatory system.
Well developed nervous
system.
Respiratory organs.
Protostome development.
Metamerism (unspecialized)
segmentation.
One or more pairs of setae.
Phylum Annelida
• Ancestral Traits
Spirobranchus giganteus
– Coelomate
Christmas tree worm
– Lophotrochozoan- non-molting
protostomes
– Protostome
– Closed circulatory system
– Cephalization
• Derived Traits
– Segmentation
• Metamerism
• Septa
– Setae
• Bristles
– Myelinated neurons
~ 40K species of annelids
Systems
• Integument- epidermis is one cell layer with mucous gland
that secrete a moist cuticle.
• Skeletal -hydrostatic (using coelom)
• Muscle- longitudinal and circular muscles Each segments
muscles are independent of the other segments.
• Digestive- complete, complex, with absorption and
digestive glands and excretory cells.
Systems (continue)
• Excretory- a pair of nephridia per segment.
• Respiratory -through skin, some through parapodia; tubeworms
have gills.
• Circulatory- closed system, use hemoglobin as oxygen carrier.
• Nervous- dorsal brain; ventral, double, solid nerve cord, with
ganglia in each segment.
• Endocrine- hormones secreted by nervous system.
• Reproductive-
– Dioecious in Polychaeta; no special organs, posterior end becomes gonads.
– Monoecious in Oligochaeta and Hirudinea; Clitellium.
Annelid Taxonomy
• Phylum Annelida (an-nel-i-da)
– Class Polychaeta (poly-key-ta)
• Nereis, Aphrodita, Chaetopterus, Arenicola, Amphitrite
– Class Clitellata
– Subclass Oligochaeta (ol-e-go-key-ta)
• Lumbricus, Tubifex
– Subclass Hirudinea (hi-ru-din-e-a)
• Hirudo, leech
• Earthworm dissection
Annelid Taxomony
• Class Polychaeta (many bristles) Hermodice
– most numerous # species crunculata
– marine
Annelid Taxomony
• Class Polychaeta
• Class Clitellata
– Subclass Oligochaeta (few bristles)
• Freshwater, marine & terrestrial
Lumbricus terrestris
Annelid Taxomony
• Class Polychaeta
• Class Clitellata
– Subclass Oligochaeta
– Subclass Hirudinea
• Fixed # segments (34)
• Setae absent
Hirudo
medicinalis
Annelid Phylogeny
Annelid Body Plan
Setae
Class Polychaeta
• Highly specialized head
regions
– Antennae
– Sensory palps
– Feeding appendages
• Paired extensions of body
(parapodia) Bispira bunnea
sabellid worm
• Often tube-dwelling
– Burrow into substrate and secrete mucus/
CO3 materials
Spirobrancheus giganteus
Polychaete Anatomy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/9093
134/Pictures-of-the-day-20-February-2012.html
Parapodia with setae
Polychaete Anatomy (cross section)
Polychaeta
Amphitrite
Polychaeta
Parchement worm
Clade-Siboglinidae
Riftia pachyptila
Ridgea sp
Giant tube worms (Vestimentifera)
trophosome
Riftia pachyptila
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Polychaete/by/rank/all
Polychaete Reproduction
• Most are dioecious-few monoecious
• Some asexually but sexually more common
• Trochophore larvae
• Defining characteristics
– Pronounced cylindrical
glandular region of the body
= clitellum
• Second largest class in the
phylum Annelida
• Most spp. are earthworms,
very few are marine
27 Phylum Annelida
Polychaetes and Oligochaetes
28 Phylum Annelida
Oligochaete Anatomy
Oligochaete Anatomy
Setae: a.k.a. Bristles
Oligochaete Reproduction
Oligochaete Development
• For terrestrial oligochaetes, development is direct without any
larval forms
• Some aquatic oligochaetes retain a trochophore-like larval stage
Eisenia foetida
Redworm
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/oligochaeta.html
This link shows diversity of Oligochaetes!
Earthworm Return to taxonomy
Dissection
Cross section
Aquatic Oligocheates
Subclass Hirudinea
• Defining characteristics
– Posterior sucker
• Predominately freshwater,
but do occur in all seas and
moist soil
• Leeches do not burrow,
lack parapods and setae
• Clitellum only visible
during breeding
38 Phylum Annelida
Horse leech-actually feeds
on small worms
Haemopis sanguisuga
44 Phylum Annelida