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Grace Ormeneta
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Etymology
From the mythical god, Priapos, who symbolized the regenerating power of the male gender
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Fossil Record
Ottoia Prolifica - a primitive Priapulid worm
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Burgess Shale lived in a Ushaped burrow that is constructed in the 2/28/13 substrate
Characteristics
17 living species & 11 fossil species 0.5mm to 300mm long Small, yellow or brown, cylindrical worm carnivorous worms
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Characteristics
Bilaterally symmetrical and vermiform Coelomate or pseudocoelomate Complete gut with mouth and anus
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Characteristics
Sexual and gonochoristic Feed on other marine worms Marine and benthic unsegmented
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Organ Systems
Respiratory System
Excretory System
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Organ Systems
Circulatory System
none but contraction of body wall circulate fluids in body cavity fluid contains blood cells and phagocytes
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Organ Systems
Nervous System
contains several ganglia the cord governing the nervous system runs down the front area of the body (mid-ventral)
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Organ Systems
Digestive System
complete digestive tract feed on soft bodied inverts such as sand worms, bacteria and other microorganisms some species are suspension feeders
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Reproduction
separate sexes and there is normally only one ovary or testis external fertilization the larvae form of cactus worms are protected by cuticle plates as they grow undergo several moltings
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Body Plan
Divided into three body regions:
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Body Plan
Head/Proboscis
locomotion & feeding has adhesive tubules used to capture prey has scalids surrounding the
trun k
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Body Plan
Trunk
trun k
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Body Plan
Caudal Appendages
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Body Plan
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Body Plan
the epidermis is supported by circular and longitudinal muscles which lies within it coelom acts as a hydrostatic skeleton
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Species
Priapulus caudatus
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Species
Priapulopsis bicaudatus
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Species
Halicryptus spinulusos
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Life Cycle
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