INVERTEBRATES’

DIGESTION
 Digestion of Invertebrates
Types of digestion
Intracellular Digestion Extracellular Digestion

When the foodstuff is simply Cells break down food through the
absorbed into the cell and broken secretion of enzymes and other
down in the cytoplasm. techniques

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Digestion Type of Invertebrates
Annelids Extracellular
Arthropods Extracellular
Cnidarians Intracellular and Extracellular
Echinoderms Intracellular and Extracellular
Mollusks Intracellular and Extracellular
Nematoda Extracellular
Platyhelminthes Intracellular and Extracellular
Porifera Intracellular
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 Annelids!

Annelids have a complete digestive system with

a mouth and anus. It's digestive system is
basically a straight tube with the mouth and
pharynx leading to an esophagus which is
followed by the intestine and then anus.

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 ANNELIDS

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 Arthropods!
The digestive tract varies greatly in structure.
Common features that all arthropods share in
their digestive systems. Their digestive system
includes a foregut , midgut, and hindgut.

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 Arthropods
✘ Extracellular digestion
✘ Definitive organ
✘ Basic enzymes include
- Protease, amylase, lipase,
sucrase

Ex. Spider
Phylum Antrhopods
class Arachnid
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 Cnidarians!
Cnidarians have an incomplete digestive
system with only one opening; the
gastrovascular cavity serves as both a mouth
and an anus.

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 Cnidarians
✘ Intracellular and Extracellular
✘ Small Particles - Intracellular
✘ Large Prey – Intracellular followed
by Extracellular
✘ Extracellular occurs in gastric
cavity.

Ex. Hydra
Phylum Cnidarians, class Hydrozoa
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 Echinoderms!
Echinoderms have a simple digestive system
with a mouth, stomachs, intestine and anus.
Echinoderms also have a spacious coelom, large
gonads, and (usually) a complete gut.

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 Echinoderms
✘ Intracellular and Extracellular
Digestion
✘ Extracellular digestion – with
digestive enzymes
✘ Intracellular Digestion –
Phagocytic cells in pyloric caeca

Ex. Starfish
Phylum Echinodermata
class Asteroidea 11
 Mollusks!
Mollusks have a complete digestive system. It
consists of a mouth, esophagus, a stomach
and an intestine. The most common similarity
among the various Mollusca's digestive system
would be the use of cilia.

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 Mollusks
✘ Intracellular and Extracellular
✘ Complete digestive system
✘ Bivalve – Intracellular digestion
✘ Gastropods – ExtraCellular

Ex. Snail
Phylum Mollusca, class Gastropod

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 Nematodes!
Nematodes have a complete digestive system.
It has open ends on both ends of its body, the
system is usually broken into three parts: the
stomodeum, the intestine, and the
proctodeum.

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 Nematodes
✘ Extracellular Digestion
✘ Has complete digestive
system
✘ 3 main digestive parts:
○ 1. Stomodeum
○ 2. Intestine
○ 3. Proctodeum

Ex. Earthworms
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 Platyhelminthes!
They have simple digestive systems, with
mouths to take in food and long digestive
tracts to diffuse it around the body. Because
they don't have a body cavity, flatworms are
considered acoelomates

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 Platyhelminthes
✘ Extracellular Digestion is most
common
✘ Turbellaria - has well
developed digestive track
✘ Cestoda - absorbs
predigested food
✘ Trematoda - in simple
alimentary canal

Ex. Flatworms
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 Porifera!
This phylum do not have specialized
circulatory, digestive system, instead the
water flow system supports all these functions.
They filter food particles out of the water.
flowing through them.

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 Porifera
✘ Intracellular Digestion
✘ Digested food sent to non-
phagocytic cells by trophocytes
✘ Water canal system brings in
food and removes waste out

Ex. Sea Sponge

Phylum Porifera
class Demospongiae
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 Digestion of Invertebrates
Types of digestion
Intracellular Digestion Extracellular Digestion

When the foodstuff is simply Cells break down food through the
absorbed into the cell and broken secretion of enzymes and other
down in the cytoplasm. techniques

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Digestion Type of Invertebrates
Annelids Extracellular
Arthropods Extracellular
Cnidarians Intracellular and Extracellular
Echinoderms Intracellular and Extracellular
Mollusks Intracellular and Extracellular
Nematoda Extracellular
Platyhelminthes Intracellular and Extracellular
Porifera Intracellular
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By Invertebrain

✘ Miko Manuel ✘ John Joseph Velasco

✘ Krizcel Pacete ✘ Loisa Cabasag
✘ Jason Bourne Gaviana ✘ Shuan Bbandola
✘ Jose Ramil Malate ✘ Monard Chua

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