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Rouphozoa
Clade containing Platyhelminthes and Gastrotricha
Gastrotricha
Member of Rouphozoa, sister group of Platyhelminthes
Minute aquatic animals found in marine and freshwater habitats
Glide on surfaces using ventral cilia
Eat bacteria and unicellular protists
No coelom
Platyhelminthes
“Flatworms”
~24,00-30,000 species
Free-living marine, freshwater, and terrestrial forms
Many affect vertebrate health
Acoelomate, with ciliated epidermis
No circulatory or respiratory systems
Either small or flattened body
Spiral cleavage
Complex reproductive systems
Flame cells (protonephridia) for excretion
Common Planarian body plan
Common Planarian body systems
Catenulida
Subgroup of Platyhelminthes
Ex: Stenostomum: freshwater, often reproduces vegetatively to form chains of zooids
Macrostomida
Subgroup of Platyhelminthes
Polycladida
Subgroup of Platyhelminthes
Marine flatworms
Colourful, diverse
Tricladida
Subgroup of Platyhelminthes
Three branches of the digestive system
Some terrestrial - humid environments
Turbellaria
A paraphyletic Platyhelminthes group containing Catenulida, Macrostomida, Polycladida, and Tricladida
Neodermata
Platyhelminthes subgroup
Shared derived character: tegument
All parasitic
The tegument
A syncytial layer surrounding the body of neodermata
Trematoda
Subgroup of Platyhelminthes
Part of Neodermata
Internal parasites with a complex life cycle
Final host is a vertebrate
Ex:
Digenetic flukes (such as sheep liver flukes)
Schistosomiasis
Monogenea
Platyhelminthes subgroup
Part of Neodermata
Small ectoparasitic worms
Mainly on skin/ gills of fish
Pass directly from one host individual to another of the same species
Cestoda
Tapeworms
Platyhelminthes subgroup
Part of Neodermata
Have at least one intermediate host
Scolex
Used by Cestoda to anchor to the host’s gut wall
Strobila
Non-scolex part of tapeworm body
Made up of identical segments (proglottids)
Each with independent digestive, excretory, and reproductive system