TERM 1
characteristics of
Annelids
DEFINITION 1
12,00 species Marine, freshwater, and terrestrial speices
coelomate-euceolomate bilateral symetry
TERM 2
What are the 3 classes of Annelids and their
habitats
DEFINITION 2
Polychaeta- marine family Oligochaeta-freshwater, marine
terrestrial Hirudinomorpha-freshwater, marine, terrestrial
TERM 3
metamerism
DEFINITION 3
having repeated segments
TERM 4
what does each segment of annelids contain?
DEFINITION 4
coelom musculature nervous system circulatory system
excretory system
TERM 5
why is segmentation
important?
DEFINITION 5
segmentation provides framework for regional specialization
because each segment is thought to be related
independently of other segments segmantation helps to
reduce the effect of predation segmentation is adaption for
more efficient burrowing
