PHYLUM ANNELIDA

Annelids
 Segmented worms
 Made up of somites/segments/metameres
 Bilaterally symmetrical
 Tripoblastic
 Eucoelomates - have a true coelom
 Body cavity lined with peritoneum
 Mouth is anteroventral
 Anus is posterodorsal
 NERVOUS SYSTEM with brain and
ganglia
 May be monoecious or dioecious
 Class Polychaeta
 Mostly marine
 Have most primitive members
 Segments have parapodia with setae
 Head has well developed eyes and
tentacles
 Class Oligochaeta
 Head not well developed
 Body without parapodia but with
setae
 Have a glandular citellum (special
segment)
 Class Hirudinea
 Leeches
 Fixed number of segments
 Segmentation incomplete; externally
divided by annuli
 Have anterior and posterior suckers
 Hermaphroditic
 Citellum at segments 9 and 10
 Genital pore in segment 11
Nereis ( clamworm)-
Class Polychaeta
 Nereis (clamworm)
Dorsum

Venter
Sabella (fan worm/ feather duster
worms) Class Polychaeta
radioles
Aphrodita (sea mouse)-
Class Polychaeta
Pheretima (earthworm)-
Class Oligochaeta
Life cycle of Earthworm
Lumbricus (earthworm)-
Class Oligochaeta
Parts of Lumbricus
Hirudo (Leech)-
Class Hirudinea
Anatomy of Leech
Macrobdella- Class Hirudinea
Kiitos