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Acoels
Acoela, or the acoels, is an order of small and simple invertebrates in the subphylum Acoelomorpha of phylum Xenacoelomorpha, a deep branching bilaterian group of animals, which resemble flatworms. Historically they were treated as an order of turbellarian flatworms. The etymology of "acoel" is from the Ancient Greek words (), the ''alpha privative'', expressing negation or absence, and (), meaning "cavity". This refers to the fact that acoels have a structure lacking a fluid-filled body cavity. Description Acoels are very small flattened worms, usually under in length, but some larger species, such as ''Symsagittifera roscoffensis'', may reach up to . They are bilaterally symmetric and microscopic. They are found worldwide in marine and brackish waters, usually having a benthos, benthic lifestyle, although some species are epibionts. Two species, ''Limonoposthia polonica'' and ''Oligochoerus limnophilus'', lives in freshwater. Members of the class Acoela lack a conventi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waminoa
''Waminoa'' is a genus of acoels which are epizoic on living corals, using the coral's mucus as a source of food. Unusually, these acoels harbor two genera of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates: ''Symbiodinium'' and ''Amphidinium''; it is not typical for two different genera of dinoflagellates to coexist in a single host. ''Waminoa'''s host coral may also contain dinoflagellates of the genus ''Symbiodinium'' but not ''Amphidinium.'' Only two species belonging to this genus have been discovered ( ''W. litus'' and ''W. brickneri'') and they inhabit coral reefs in the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ..., Australia, and Indonesia. References Acoelomorphs {{Xenacoelomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gut (zoology)
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. Food taken in through the mouth is digested to extract nutrients and absorb energy, and the waste expelled at the anus as feces. ''Gastrointestinal'' is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines. Most animals have a "through-gut" or complete digestive tract. Exceptions are more primitive ones: sponges have small pores ( ostia) throughout their body for digestion and a larger dorsal pore (osculum) for excretion, comb jellies have both a ventral mouth and dorsal anal pores, while cnidarians and acoels have a single pore for both digestion and excretion. The human gastrointestinal tract consists of the esophagus, stomach, and intestines, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symsagittifera Roscoffensis
''Symsagittifera roscoffensis'', also called the Roscoff worm, the mint-sauce worm, or the shilly-shally worm, is a marine flatworm belonging to the phylum Xenacoelomorpha. The origin and nature of the green color of this worm stimulated the curiosity of zoologists early on. It is due to the partnership between the animal and a green micro-algae, the species ''Tetraselmis convolutae'', hosted under its epidermis. It is the photosynthetic activity of the micro-algae ''in hospite'' that provides the essential nutrients for the worm. This partnership is called photosymbiosis, from "photo", "light", and symbiosis "who lives with". These photosynthetic marine animals live in colonies (up to several million individuals) on the tidal zone. Biology and ecology Although ''roscoffensis'' means "who comes from Roscoff", this flatworm is not endemic to Roscoff or North Brittany. Its geographical distribution extends over the Atlantic coast of Europe; colonies were observed from Wales to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbellaria
The Turbellaria are one of the traditional sub-divisions of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and include all the sub-groups that are not exclusively parasitic. There are about 4,500 species, which range from to large freshwater forms more than long or terrestrial species like ''Bipalium kewense'' which can reach in length. All the larger forms are flat with ribbon-like or leaf-like shapes, since their lack of respiratory system, respiratory and circulatory system, circulatory systems means that they have to rely on diffusion for internal transport of metabolites. However, many of the smaller forms are round in cross section. Most are predators, and all live in water or in moist terrestrial environments. Most forms reproduce sexual reproduction, sexually and with few exceptions all are hermaphrodites, simultaneous hermaphrodites. The Acoelomorpha and the genus ''Xenoturbella'' were formerly included in the Turbellaria, but are no longer regarded as Platyhelminthes. All th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acoelomorpha
Acoelomorpha is a subphylum of very simple and small soft-bodied animals with planula-like features which live in marine or brackish waters. They usually live between grains of sediment, swimming as plankton, or crawling on other organisms, such as algae and corals.Cannon, L. R. G. (1986) ''Turbellaria of the World. A guide to families and genera''. Brisbane, Queensland Museum, 136 p. With the exception of two acoel freshwater species, all known Acoelomorphs are marine. Systematics Etymology The term "acoelomorph" derives from the Ancient Greek words (), the ''alpha privative'', expressing negation or absence, (), meaning "cavity", and (), meaning "form". This refers to the fact that acoelomorphs have a structure lacking a fluid-filled body cavity. Classification The subphylum Acoelomorpha is divided into two classes. There are at least 408 described species, with a majority of these falling within the Crucimusculata infraorder in Acoela. * Acoela comprise small fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diopisthoporidae
''Diopisthoporus'' is a genus of acoels. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Diopisthoporidae Species There are five species recognised in the genus ''Diopisthoporus''. References Acoelomorphs Monogeneric animal families {{Xenacoelomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antroposthiidae
Antroposthiidae is a family of acoels, containing three genera and four species: Taxonomy Genera There are three genera in the family Antroposthiidae. *'' Antroposthia'' Faubel, 1974 *'' Convoluella'' Faubel, 1974 *'' Unantra'' Faubel, 1976 Species There are four species in the family Actinoposthiidae. References Acoelomorphs Animal families {{acoelomorph-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonariidae
''Antigonaria'' is a genus of acoels. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Antigonariidae and is represented by a single species, ''Antigonaria arenaria''. References Acoelomorphs Monogeneric animal families {{Xenacoelomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epithelium
Epithelium or epithelial tissue is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. It is a thin, continuous, protective layer of compactly packed cells with a little intercellular matrix. Epithelial tissues line the outer surfaces of organs and blood vessels throughout the body, as well as the inner surfaces of cavities in many internal organs. An example is the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin. There are three principal shapes of epithelial cell: squamous (scaly), columnar, and cuboidal. These can be arranged in a singular layer of cells as simple epithelium, either squamous, columnar, or cuboidal, or in layers of two or more cells deep as stratified (layered), or ''compound'', either squamous, columnar or cuboidal. In some tissues, a layer of columnar cells may appear to be stratified due to the placement of the nuclei. This sort of tissue is called pseudostratified. All glands are made up of epithe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actinoposthiidae
Actinoposthiidae is a family of acoels.Nilsson, K.S., Wallberg, A., & Jondelius, U. (2011). "New species of Acoela from the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the South Pacific." ''Zootaxa'' 2867: 1-31. Taxonomy Genera The following genera are recognised in the family Actinoposthiidae: * '' Actinoposthia'' An der Lan, 1936 * ''Archactinoposthia'' Dörjes, 1968 * '' Atriofronta'' Dörjes, 1968 * '' Childianea'' Faubel & Cameron, 2001 * '' Microposthia'' Faubel, 1974 * '' Paractinoposthia'' Ehlers & Dörjes, 1981 * '' Paraproporus'' Westblad, 1945 * '' Pseudactinoposthia'' Dörjes, 1968 * ''Tetraposthia ''Tetraposthia'' is a monotypic genus of worms belonging to the family Actinoposthiidae Actinoposthiidae is a family of acoels.Nilsson, K.S., Wallberg, A., & Jondelius, U. (2011). "New species of Acoela from the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, an ...'' An der Lan, 1936 Species There are 21 species recognised in the family Actinoposthiidae. Notes References External Sites [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platyhelminthes
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates. Unlike other bilaterians, they are acoelomates (having no coelom, body cavity), and have no specialized circulatory system, circulatory and respiratory system, respiratory organ (anatomy), organs, which restricts them to having flattened shapes that allow oxygen and nutrients to pass through their bodies by diffusion. The digestive cavity has only one opening for both ingestion (intake of nutrients) and egestion (removal of undigested wastes); as a result, the food cannot be processed continuously. In traditional medicinal texts, Platyhelminthes are divided into Turbellaria, which are mostly non-parasitic animals such as planarians, and three entirely p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isodiametra Pulchra
''Isodiametra'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Isodiametridae. The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species Species: *''Isodiametra bajaensis'' *''Isodiametra colorata'' *''Isodiametra cuernos ''Isodiametra'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Isodiametridae. The species of this genus are found in Southern America. Species Species: *''Isodiametra bajaensis'' *''Isodiametra colorata ''Isodiametra'' is a genus of worms be ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4992813 Acoelomorphs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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