A form of skeletal structure that forms due to the opposing force created between the contractile muscles of a creature and the hydraulic pressure created within it's gastro-vascular cavity
Triploblastic Development
Bilateral
3 Types
Acoelomates
Solid mass of tissue
Lack coelom and body cavity
Psuedocoelomate
Body cavity
Only lined by mesoderm on one side
Coelomate
True coelom
Lined on both sides by mesoderm
Endoderm and ectoderm lined by
3 Germ Layers
Endoderm
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Increase size
Hydrostatic cavity
Cushioning organs
Ciculate metabolites
Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
Bilateral and triploblastic
Acoelomate
Locomotion by cilia and muscles
Limited cephalisation
Phylum Annelida (Segmented Worms)
Bilateral, triploblastic, coelomate
Able to suspend complex organs
Segmented Body
Cephalsiation
The concentration of sense organs, nervous control
Locomotion
Longitudinal muscles
Circular muscles
Contraction of muscles lengthens segment
Act on hydrostatic skeleton
Phylum Nematoda (Roundworms)
Bilateral, Triploblasctic, Psuedocoelomate
Exoskeleton
Cuticle
Keeps pressure on coelomic fluid - no circulatory muscles required