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Commonly known as daddy long legs |
Harvestmen |
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The wingless, worm-like stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis |
Larva |
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Insects which carry the plaque |
Fleas |
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The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in its shape or coloration |
Crypsis |
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Brown spider which bears a violin-shaped dorsal stripe on their cephalothorax |
Brown recluse |
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Carnivorous, agile hunter that kill their prey with their venom claws and have one pair of legs on each trunk segment |
Centipede |
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Type of venom that acts on the nervous system |
Neurotoxin |
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Slow-moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment |
Millipede |
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Disease carried by Anopheles mosquitos infecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing millions of deaths |
Malaria |
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A chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by the deer tick |
Lyme disease |
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The study of insects |
Entomology |
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Specialized body regions modified for specific purposes |
Tagmata |
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Type of flies which carry African sleeping sickness |
Tsete |
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This crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod |
Japanese spider crab |
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These arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world |
Mosquito |
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Crayfish have these large pincers used in defense and capturing food |
Chelipeds |
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These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world |
Ticks |
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Name for the simple eyes in an arthropod |
Ocelli |
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Nicknamed "living fossils" |
Horseshoe crabs |
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Extremely venomous spider found in Australia |
Funnel web |
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The concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body |
Cephalization |
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The concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body |
Cephalization |
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The muscular tube through which the flatworm can suck food into it’s gut |
Pharynx |
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Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis |
Blood fluke |
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Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis |
Blood fluke |
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Intermediate host of a blood fluke |
Snail |
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Parasite known to cause schistosomiasis |
Blood fluke |
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Intermediate host of a blood fluke |
Snail |
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Individual segment of a tapeworm body; contains muscles, nerves, and sexual organs necessary to survive and reproduce |
Proglottid |
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The projections on a planarian which give the anterior end its triangular shape |
Auricles |
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The most common parasitic worm infection in people worldwide; also known as “wandering worms |
Ascaris |
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Flatworm structures used for excretion and osmoregulation |
Protonephridia |
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Term for an organism which is mature or full of eggs |
Gravid |
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Suckers or hookers used for attachment |
Scolex |
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The most life threatening canine worms |
Heartworms |
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The most life threatening canine worms |
Heartworms |
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This blood vessel pumps blood anteriorly towards the head of an earthworm |
Dorsal |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Type of circulatory system found in most annelids |
Closed circulatory system |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Type of circulatory system found in most annelids |
Closed circulatory system |
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External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm |
Annuli |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Type of circulatory system found in most annelids |
Closed circulatory system |
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External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm |
Annuli |
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The youngest segment in the body of an Annelid is at this end of the body |
Posterior |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and and regeneration |
Endocrine system |
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Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |
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Substance secreted by leeches to prevent host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Type of circulatory system found in most annelids |
Closed circulatory system |
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External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm |
Annuli |
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The youngest segment in the body of an Annelid is at this end of the body |
Posterior |
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A stretchy sac-like organ of the digestive system that holds materials temporarily |
Crop |
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A thick, muscular sac-like organ of the digestive system that grinds food into small pieces |
Gizzard |
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Longer, leg-like paired bristles which aid aquatic forms in swimming |
Parapodia |
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Earthworm waste products which enrich soil |
Castings |
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Earthworm waste products which enrich soil |
Castings |
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Type of contractions which allow a worm to burrow |
Peristaltic |
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The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm |
Peristomium |
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The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm |
Peristomium |
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The jaw of an arthropod |
Mandible |
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The lobe around the mouth of an earthworm |
Peristomium |
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The jaw of an arthropod |
Mandible |
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a long, tubular mouthpart to suck juices |
Proboscis |
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the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids. |
Strobila |
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A fluid filled coelom serves as this type of skeleton |
Hydrostatic skeleton |
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Process in which bacteria harvest energy from hydrogen sulfide and convert inorganic elements into sugars |
Chemosynthesis |
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Marine worms found around deep sea hydrothermal vents throughout the Pacific Ocean |
Tube worms |