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Commonly known as daddy long legs

Harvestmen

The wingless, worm-like stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis

Larva

Insects which carry the plaque

Fleas

The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in its shape or coloration

Crypsis

Brown spider which bears a violin-shaped dorsal stripe on their cephalothorax

Brown recluse

Carnivorous, agile hunter that kill their prey with their venom claws and have one pair of legs on each trunk segment

Centipede

Type of venom that acts on the nervous system

Neurotoxin

Slow-moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment

Millipede

Disease carried by Anopheles mosquitos infecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing millions of deaths

Malaria

A chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by the deer tick

Lyme disease

The study of insects

Entomology

Specialized body regions modified for specific purposes

Tagmata

Type of flies which carry African sleeping sickness

Tsete

This crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod

Japanese spider crab

These arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world

Mosquito

Crayfish have these large pincers used in defense and capturing food

Chelipeds

These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world

Ticks

Name for the simple eyes in an arthropod

Ocelli

Nicknamed "living fossils"

Horseshoe crabs

Extremely venomous spider found in Australia

Funnel web

The concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body

Cephalization

The concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body

Cephalization

The muscular tube through which the flatworm can suck food into it’s gut

Pharynx

Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis

Blood fluke

Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis

Blood fluke

Intermediate host of a blood fluke

Snail

Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis

Blood fluke

Intermediate host of a blood fluke

Snail

Individual segment of a tapeworm body; contains muscles, nerves, and sexual organs necessary to survive and reproduce

Proglottid

The projections on a planarian which give the anterior end its triangular shape

Auricles

The most common parasitic worm infection in people worldwide; also known as “wandering worms

Ascaris

Flatworm structures used for excretion and osmoregulation

Protonephridia

Term for an organism which is mature or full of eggs

Gravid

Suckers or hookers used for attachment

Scolex

The most life threatening canine worms

Heartworms

The most life threatening canine worms

Heartworms

This blood vessel pumps blood anteriorly towards the head of an earthworm

Dorsal

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence

Anaesthetic

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence

Anaesthetic

Type of circulatory system found in most annelids

Closed circulatory system

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence

Anaesthetic

Type of circulatory system found in most annelids

Closed circulatory system

External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm

Annuli

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence

Anaesthetic

Type of circulatory system found in most annelids

Closed circulatory system

External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm

Annuli

The youngest segment in the body of an Annelid is at this end of the body

Posterior

Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration

Endocrine system

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Setae

Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence

Anaesthetic

Type of circulatory system found in most annelids

Closed circulatory system

External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm

Annuli

The youngest segment in the body of an Annelid is at this end of the body

Posterior

A stretchy sac-like organ of the digestive system that holds materials temporarily

Crop

A thick, muscular sac-like organ of the digestive system that grinds food into small pieces

Gizzard

Longer, leg-like paired bristles which aid aquatic forms in swimming

Parapodia

Earthworm waste products which enrich soil

Castings

Earthworm waste products which enrich soil

Castings

Type of contractions which allow a worm to burrow

Peristaltic

The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm

Peristomium

The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm

Peristomium

The jaw of an arthropod

Mandible

The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm

Peristomium

The jaw of an arthropod

Mandible

a long, tubular mouthpart to suck juices

Proboscis

the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids.

Strobila

A fluid filled coelom serves as this type of skeleton

Hydrostatic skeleton

Process in which bacteria harvest energy from hydrogen sulfide and convert inorganic elements into sugars

Chemosynthesis

Marine worms found around deep sea hydrothermal vents throughout the Pacific Ocean

Tube worms