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De La Salle Health Sciences Institute
Dasmarinas, Cavite
Phylum Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca
ZOOLOGY JOURNAL
(Background, Life Cycle, Medical Application)
Miguel, Vecher Denise C.
BSPT 1-1
Mrs. Minerva R. Basilio
February 16, 2012
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PHYLUM CNIDARIA
Cyanea capillata
Background
Lion's mane jellyfish, or Cyanea capillata, has
made a sensational appearance in literature,
most notably in Sherlock Holmes's 'The
Adventure of the Lion's Mane.' However, lion's
mane jellyfish is nowhere close to as dangerous
as it is made out to be in popular culture. The
lion's mane jellyfish can attain enormous size. In
fact, the largest Lion's Mane jellyfish is not
merely the largest species of jellyfish in the
world; it is the largest animal in the world. The
one specimen of Lion's Mane which was found in
Massachusetts Bay in 1870 was over 7 feet in
diameter and its tentacles were longer than 120
feet in length. However, the bell of the Artic
Lion's Mane is known to be able to grow up to 8
feet in diameter, and their tentacles can acquire
the length of 150 feet. That is much longer than blue whale, which is generally thought
to be the largest animal in the world.
Lion's mane jellyfish are highly variable in size. While the largest lion's mane jellyfish
are found in the northernmost peaks of the Arctic Ocean, the size of the jellyfish
diminishes as you travel further south. The jellyfish found between 40 degrees latitude
and 42 degrees latitude is amongst the smallest varieties of lion's mane jellyfish. On an
average, the body of the lion's mane jellyfish usually only grows up to 8 feet in diameter.
Similarly the length of the tentacles also decreases as the size itself begins to diminish.
The color of the lion's mane jellyfish is also dependent on its size. The largest
specimens of the lion's mane jellyfish are a dark crimson in color. As their size reduces,
the color becomes lighter until it is light orange or tan.
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Life Cycle
Most jellyfish undergo two distinct life history stages
(body forms) during theirlife cycle. The first is
thepolypoidstage. After fertilization and initial
growth, a larval form, called theplanula, develops.
The planula is a small larva covered with cilia. It
settles onto a firm surface and develops into
a polyp. The polyp is generally a small stalk with a
mouth surrounded by upward-facing tentacles like
miniatures of the closely related anthozoan polyps
(sea anemones and corals), also of the phylum
Cnidaria. This polyp may be sessile, living on the
bottom or on similar substrata such as floats or
boat-bottoms, or it may be free-floating or attachedto tiny bits of free-living planktonor rarely, fish or
other invertebrates. Polyps may be solitary or
colonial. Most are very small, measured in
millimeters. They feed continuously. Certain Box
Jellyfish species sleep on the sea bed in shallow
water.
Medical Application
A sting from the lion's mane jellyfish is not only incapable of causing human deaths; all itdoes is cause an itchy rash and mild burning sensation. Although the rash can be
painful for sensitive individuals and the toxins in the venom may cause an allergic
reaction, the stings from a lion's mane jellyfish can be treated by application of vinegar.
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Physalia physalis
Background
Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the
venomous Portuguese man-of-war wouldlikely mistake it for a jellyfish. Not only is itnot a jellyfish, it's not even an "it," but a"they." The Portuguese man-of-war is asiphonophore, an animal made up of acolony of organisms working together.
The man-of-war comprises four separatepolyps. It gets its name from the uppermostpolyp, a gas-filled bladder, or pneumatophore, which sits above thewater and somewhat resembles an old
warship at full sail. Man-of-wars are alsoknown as bluebottles for the purple-bluecolor of their pneumatophores.
The tentacles are the man-of-war's secondorganism. These long, thin tendrils canextend 165 feet (50 meters) in length below
the surface, although 30 feet (10 meters) is more the average. They are covered invenom-filled nematocysts used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. Forhumans, a man-of-war sting is excruciatingly painful, but rarely deadly. But bewareeven dead man-of-wars washed up on shore can deliver a sting.
Muscles in the tentacles draw prey up to a polyp containing the gastrozooids ordigestive organisms. A fourth polyp contains the reproductive organisms.
Man-of-wars are found, sometimes in groups of 1,000 or more, floating in warm watersthroughout the world's oceans. They have no independent means of propulsion andeither drift on the currents or catch the wind with their pneumatophores. To avoidthreats on the surface, they can deflate their air bags and briefly submerge.
Life Cycle
Hydroid colonies are usually dioecious, which means that they have separate sexes - all
the polyps in each colony are either male or female, but not usually both sexes in the
same colony. In some species, the reproductive polyps, known as gonozooids bud off
asexually-produced medusae. These tiny, new medusae (which are either male or
female) mature and spawn, releasing gametes freely into the sea in most
cases. Zygotes become free-swimming planula larvae or actinula larvae that either
settle on a suitablesubstrate (in the case of planulae), or swim and develop into another
medusae or polyp directly (actinulae).
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The medusa stage, if present, is the
sexually-reproductive life cycle
phase (that is, in hydrozoan
species that have both polyp
and medusa generations).
Medusae of these species ofHydrozoa are known as
"hydromedusae". Most
hydromedusae have shorter life
spans than the
largerscyphozoan jellyfish.
Some species of
hydromedusae release
gametes shortly after they are
themselves released from the
hydroids (as in the case offire
corals), living only a few hours,while other species of
hydromedusae grow and feed in
the plankton for months,
spawning daily for many days before their supply of food or other water conditions
deteriorate and cause their demise.
Medical Application
The toxin of Physalis is dangerous to humans, causing excruciating pain and
sometimes leading to death. Long after the death of Physalis the toxin can remainpotent and toxic, so they should always be handled with extreme care whenencountered.
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Chironex fleckeri
Background
Chironex fleckeriis the largest of the cubozoans
(collectively called box jellyfish), many of which may carry
similarly toxic venom. Its bell grows to about the size of a
basketball, and trails four clusters of 15 tentacles trailing
from each of the four corners of the bell. The pale blue bell
has faint markings and viewed from certain angles it bears
a somewhat eerie resemblance to a human head orskull.
Since it is virtually transparent, the creature is nearly
impossible to see in its habitat, posing particular danger to
swimmers.
Life Cycle
The life cycle of a sea wasp corresponds
to the Chirodropid life cycle which exhibits
seasonal alternation of generations
between freshwater and saltwater. In themarine environment, a male adult
medusa releases sperm to fertilize the
eggs of an adult female medusa. After
fertilization, the embryo develops into a
free swimming planula larvae in
freshwater. Once the larvae reaches an
area with suitable resources, it settles
down onto the sediment and transforms
into a polyp. Rather than transforming
into a schyphistoma, this polyp producesother polyps that bud off and transform
into the adult medusa
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Medical Application
Chironex fleckeriis best known for its extremely powerful and occasionally fatal sting.
The sting produces excruciating pain accompanied by an intense burning sensation,
and the venom has multiple effects, attacking the nervous system, heart, and skin at the
same time. While an appreciable amount of venom (contact from about ten feet or threemetres of tentacle) needs to be delivered in order to have a fatal effect on an adult
human, the potent neurotoxic venom is extremely quick to act. Fatalities have been
observed as little as four minutes after envenomation, notably quicker than any snake,
insect or spider. Occasionally a person swimming who gets stung will undergo cardiac
arrest or drown before they can even get back to the shore or boat.
If a person does manage to get to safety, treatment must be administered urgently.
Dousing a sting with vinegarimmediately inhibits any nematocysts which have not been
activated, whereas rubbing a sting or dousing with alcohol can encourage nematocysts
to activate. After dousing with vinegar, rescue breaths and CPR may be required; forless serious stings, treatment with ice packs and antihistamines is an effective method
of pain relief. Adhering tentacles should be removed carefully from the skin using
protected hands or tweezers. An antivenom to the Box Jellyfish's sting does exist. After
the immediate treatment described above, it must be administered quickly. Hospitals
and ambulance services near to where the jellyfish live possess it, and must be
contacted as soon as possible. The jellyfish's venom is so powerful, however, that even
if the victim does get to safety and have the immediate treatment given and contact the
ambulance, they may die before the ambulance reaches them.
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PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
Eurylepta californica
Background
Body greyish-white with white border andnarrow mid-dorsal white line; withirregular black lines crisscrossing dorsalsurface. With a dark mark (blackproximally, red distally) at the bases ofthe large marginal tentacles.
Found in the low rocky intertidal (andsubtidal). Relatively rare, sometimes
found floating upside down on thesurface film in tidepools (especially on early morning low tides). One individual wasfound with its pharynx inserted into the tunicate Clavelina huntsmani, apparently feedingon the tunicate.
Life Cycle
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Parasitic flatworms are also known as flukes. They start life as eggs that are passed out
in the faeces of birds such as oystercatchers. If eaten by a mudflat snail, or whelk, the
eggs hatch and the larvae multiply by budding. The tiny fluke larvae leave their whelk
hosts and invade another shellfish, cockles. The larvae accumulate in the foot of
cockles, preventing them burrowing into the mud to escape predation. The stranded
cockles are eaten by oystercatchers. Once inside the bird, the flukes mature and
produce fertilised eggs, and the cycle begins again.
Medical Application
Infection by a parasitic flatworm called a fluke. The infection can occur in the digestive
tract as well as other organs such as the liver. A person can become infected by
consuming uncooked fish, plants or animals from waters that are fluke-infested. The two
main types of flukes that can affect humans are liver flukes and lung flukes which canresult in diseases such as Schistosomiasis, fascioliasis, opisthorchiasis and
paragonmiasis.
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Maiazoon orsaki
Background
The diagnostic characters for this
species are the presence of twomale gonopores posterior to the
pharynx and the presence of
three to five female gonopores.
The transparent light brown or
cream background with a thin
white median line is also a
diagnostic character for this
species.
Elongate oval body, raised medially with marginal ruffles and slightly taperedposteriorly. Transparent light brown or cream background with a thin white median line
starting anteriorly to the cerebral eyespot and ending just prior to the posterior margin.
An indistinct marginal band, intensifying into orange-brown with a narrow black rim. A
big cerebral cluster of eyes and a simple pharynx anteriorly located. Two male
gonopores posterior to the pharynx and three to five female gonopores equidistant,
located posterior and well separate from the male pores.
Life Cycle
Cestodes (tapeworms) and
trematodes (flukes) have
complex life-cycles, with
mature stages that live as
parasites in the digestive
systems of fish or
land vertebrates, and
intermediate stages that infest
secondary hosts. The eggs of
trematodes are excreted from
their main hosts, whereas
adult cestodes generate vast
numbers ofhermaphroditic,
segment-like proglottids which
detach when mature, are excreted and then release eggs. Unlike the other parasitic
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groups, the monogeneans are external parasites infesting aquatic animals, and their
larvae metamorphose into the adult form after attaching to a suitable host.
Medical Application
A central component of all multicellular life is the ability of cells to divide -- and divideevenly. Before a cell divides, it has to assemble two exact copies of its DNA and thenmake sure that DNA sorts evenly into the two separate halves as they pinch off. Manyhealth problems arise from cells losing this ability.
A hallmark of cancer, for instance, involves abnormalities in this division. Tumor cellsoften duplicate extra pieces of DNA. Certain forms of childhood mental retardation arealso marked by abnormal divisions, which cause the loss of large pieces of DNA,leading to development problems in certain brain structures.Centrosomes have been seen as animals' ultimate evolutionary fix for this problem.
Plants and fungi don't have them, but animals have had centrosomes in their cells, aslong as there have been animals. These structures were thought to play a central role incell division -- laying down track-like spindles onto which the cells sort their dividingDNA. Centrosomes were seen as so important to cell division that all animals wereassumed to have them. The discovery that at least one animal doesn't came quiteunexpectedly.
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Cycloporus venetus
Background
Small polyclad, purple-bluecolour, with yellow
marginal band and
tentacles and a
longitudinal white line
in the middle of the
back. 2 cm. Found
along the external
reef. It can be
associated withcolonial ascidians
(withAtriolumrobustum, withOxycorynia fascicularis), probably its food.A certain similitude withPseudoceros bifurcus, the latter having amore complex longitudinal line.
Life Cycle
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Medical Application
Anthelmintics are drugs that are used to treat infections with parasitic worms. This
includes both flat worms, e.g., flukes and tapeworms and round worms, i.e., nematodes.
They are of huge importance for human tropical medicine and for veterinary medicine.
The World Health Organization estimates that a staggering 2 billion people harbor
parasitic worm infections. Parasitic worms also infect livestock and crops, affecting food
production with a resultant economic impact. Also of importance is the infection of
domestic pets. Indeed, the companion animal market is a major economic consideration
for animal health companies undertaking drug discovery programs.
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PHYLUM NEMATODE
Aphelenchoides ritzemabos
Background
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi(Black currant nematode, Chrysanthemum foliar
nematode, Chrysanthemum leaf nematode, Chrysanthemum nematode) is a plant
pathogenic nematode
Life Cycle
The length of life-
cycle of
Aphelenchoidesritzema-bosi is 10
to 13 days. Each
female lays about
twenty-five to thirty-
five eggs in
compact groups.
The eggs take 3 to
4 days to hatch and
the larvae 9 to 10
days to reachmaturity.
Fertilisation and
egg laying occur
chiefly at the
boundary between
the discoloured and
green portions of the leaf. The amount of free water inside the infested leaf is
determined by weather conditions; eelworm activity in the leaf is, consequently, mainly
confined to periods when there is rain or heavy mists. Early stages of chrysanthemum
eelworm cannot resist desiccation as well as late stages. 95 per cent of late stage
larvae and adults emerge from leaves immersed in water for 2 days compared with 12
per cent early stage larvae. Few small larvae invade leaves or migrate up the plant.
Adults, unlike larvae, are able to swim because of the greater propulsive forces they
generate. Adults and possibly fourth stage larvae are responsible for spread of
infestations.
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Medicinal Application
The survival of Aphelenchoides
ritzemabosi in soil and leaves was
studied at four chrysanthemum
nurseries and in the laboratory. No
nematodes were recovered from
nursery soils after the 4th April. In
wet soil inoculated with
eelworms or infested leaves the
eelworms died rapidly and none was recovered after 17 weeks except in frozen soil at -
5 C when 0.3% were alive after 15 months. In dry soil kept at 5 C, 10% wererecovered after 15 months. Higher temperatures (18 and 25 C) reduced survival time.
Chrysanthemum eelworms in dried leaves kept at 25 C died within 2 years but at 4 C
and 7 C, 33% and 8% respectively were alive after 3 years when all active stages were
recovered.
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Nacator americanus
Background
Necator americanus is a species ofNecator. It is a
class within the phylum Nematodes and commonlyknown as New World hookworm. It is a parasitic
nematode worm that lives in the small intestine of
hosts such as humans, dogs, and cats. It is
responsible forNecatoriasis. Since Necator
americanus andAncylostoma duodenale (also known
as Old World hookworm) are the two most common
human hookworms, they are usually discussed together as hookworm infection. They
differ only in geographical distribution, structure of mouthparts, and relative size.
Life Cycle
This worm starts out as an
unembryonated egg in the
soil. After 2448 hours under
favorable conditions, the eggs
become embryonated and
hatch. This first juvenile stage
1 is known as rhabditiform.
The rhabditiform larvae grow
and molt in the soil,
transforming into a juvenile
stage 2. The juvenile stage 2
molts once more until
reaching the juvenile 3 stage,
which is also called filariform;
this is also the infective form.
The transformation from
rhabditiform to the filariformusually takes 5 to 10
days. This larvae form is able
to penetrate human skin,
travel through the blood
vessels and heart, reaching the lungs. Once here, they burrow through the pulmonary
alveoli and travel up the trachea, where they are swallowed and are destined for the
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small intestine. This is where they mature and reproduce into adults by attaching
themselves to the intestinal wall, causing an increase of blood loss by the host. The
eggs end up on the soil after leaving the body through the feces. On average, most
adult worms are eliminated in 1 to 2 years. N. americanus life cycle only differs slightly
fromA. duodenale. N. americanushas no development arrest in immune hosts and it is
necessary for it to migrate through the lungs.
Medical Application
When adult worms attach to the villi of the small intestine, they suck on the host's blood,
which may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramps, and weight loss that can lead to
anorexia. Heavy infections can lead to the development of iron-deficiency and
hypochromic microcytic anemia. This form of anemia in children can give rise to
physical and mental retardation. Infection caused by cutaneous larvae migrans, a skin
disease in humans, is characterized by skin ruptures and severe itching.
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Clonorchis chinesis
Background
Clonorchis sinensis, the
Chinese liver fluke, is a
human liverfluke in the
class Trematoda,
Phylum Platyhelminthes.
This parasite lives in
the liverof humans, and
is found mainly in the
common bile
duct and gall bladder, feeding on bile. These animals, which are believed to be the third
most prevalent worm parasite in the world, are endemic to Japan,China, Taiwan,
and Southeast Asia, currently infecting an estimated 30,000,000 humans.
Life Cycle
The egg of a Clonorchis
sinensis (commonly: human
liver fluke), which contains the
miracidium that develops into
the adult form, floats in
freshwater until it is eaten by a
snail.
Once inside of the snail body,
the miracidium hatches from the
egg, and parasitically grows
inside of the snail. The
miracidium develops into a
sporocyst, which in turn house
the asexual reproduction of
redia, the next stage. The redia themselves house the asexual reproduction of free-
swimming cercaria. This system of asexual reproduction allows for an exponential
multiplication of cercaria individuals from one miracidium. This aids the Clonorchis inreproduction, because it enables the miracidium to capitalize on one chance occasion of
passively being eaten by a snail before the egg dies.
Once the redia mature, having grown inside the snail body until this point, they actively
bore out of the snail body into the freshwater environment.
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There, instead of waiting to be consumed by a host (as is the case in their egg stage),
they seek out a fish. Boring their way into the fish's body, they again become parasites
of their new hosts.
Once inside of the fish muscle, the cercaria create a protective metacercarial cyst with
which to encapsulate their bodies. This protective cyst proves useful when the fishmuscle is consumed by a human.
The acid-resistant cyst enables the metacercaria to avoid being digested by the human
gastric acids, and allows the metacercaria to reach the small intestine unharmed.
Reaching the small intestines, the metacercaria navigate toward the human liver, which
becomes its final habitat. Clonorchis feed on human bile created by the liver. In the
human liver, the mature Clonorchis reaches its stage ofsexual reproduction. The
hermaphroditic adults produce eggs every 130 seconds, resulting in the rapid
multiplication of inhabitants in the liver.
Medical Application
Dwelling in the bile ducts, Clonorchis induces an inflammatory reaction,
epithelial hyperplasia and sometimes even cholangiocarcinoma, the incidence of which
is raised in fluke-infested areas.
One adverse effect ofClonorchis is the possibility for the adult metacercaria to consume
all bile created in the liver, which would inhibit the host human from digesting, especially
fats. Another possibility is obstruction of the bile duct by the parasite or its eggs, leading
to biliary obstruction and cholangitis (specifically oriental cholangitis).
Central Serous Retinopathy(CSR) a report of 80 cases by Dr. John Chiao-nan Chang,
M.D. and Dr. Yin-Ping Wang, M.D. Hong Kong on page 125 of their report observed that
19% of the cases of CSR in their sample tested positive forClonorchis sinensis.
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PHYLUM ANNELIDA
Hirudo medicinalis
Background
The general morphology of
medicinal leeches follows that of
most other leeches. Fully mature
adults can be up to 20 cm in
length, and are green, brown, or
greenish-brown with a darker
tone on the dorsal side and a
lighterventral side. The dorsal
side also has a thin red stripe.
These organisms have two
suckers, one at each end, called
the anteriorand posteriorsucker
s. The posterior is used mainly
for leverage, whereas the
anterior sucker, consisting of
thejaw and teeth, is where the
feeding takes place. Medicinal leeches have three jaws (tripartite) that look like little
saws, and on them are about 100 sharp teeth used to incise the host. The incisionleaves a mark that is an inverted Y inside of a circle. After piercing the skin and
injecting anticoagulants (hirudin) and anaesthetics, they suck out blood. Large adults
can consume up to ten times their body weight in a single meal, with 5-15 ml being the
average volume taken. These leeches can live for up to a year between feeding.
Medicinal leeches are hermaphrodites that reproduce by sexual mating, laying eggs in
clutches of up to 50 near (but not under) water, and in shaded, humid places.
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Life Cycle
Hirudo medicinalis reproduce once a
year. Their reproduction season lasts
from June to August. All leaches are
hermaphroditic and they get fertilized
on the inside. They get fertilized when
sperm is given to the vagina by an
extendable organ. After this a cocoon is
made around the clitellum and falls off
the anterior section of the leech. The
last step to the Hirudo medicinalis
reproduction cycle is when an egg is
laid in damp soil that is located just
above the shoreline and after 14 days
the eggs are hatched.
Medicinal Application
Medicinal leeches are now
making a comebackin microsurgery. They provide
an effective means to reduceblood coagulation, to relieve
venous pressure from poolingblood (venous insufficiency),
and in reconstructivesurgeryto stimulate circulation
in reattachment operations for
organs with critical blood flow,
such as eyelids, fingers, and
ears. The therapeutic effect is
not from the blood taken in the
meal, but from the continuedand steady bleeding from the wound left after the leech has detached. The most
common complication from leech treatment is prolonged bleeding, which can easily be
treated, although allergic reactions and bacterial infections may also occur.
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Nereis limnicolaBackground
A ragworm is a type of annelid
worm which lives along the
Atlantic shoreline in both North
America and Europe.
The worms can also be found in
parts of the Mediterranean, and
they are extremely abundant,
providing a source of food to
many wading birds and larger
ocean creatures. Some
fishermen are familiar withragworms, as they are
commonly used as bait, and they are available at many fishing supply stores in both
fresh and frozen states.
Life Cycle
Near mating time in most species, the rear part of the body becomes swollen with
sperm or eggs. The worm leaves its shallow burrow on the sea bottom and, usually at
night, releases sex cells near the water surface. After fertilization a spherical larva
(trochophore) emerges from the egg. In some species mating occurs in the burrow. The
female dies soon after.
Some species are simultaneous hermaphrodites (i.e., they have functional reproductive
organs of both sexes) and may even reproduce by self-fertilization. The most common
North American species is Nereis limnicola, found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. N.
virens, which may be as long as 80 cm (31.5 inches), occurs on both sides of the North
Atlantic. Some rag worms are commonly used by fishermen for bait
Medical Application
The larger Rag worms (King + Common Rag worm) do bite and it's often enough to
draw blood, they have two pincer like "teeth" at the head and can latch on pretty firmly
to a finger.
The smaller the rag worm the less harmful the bite and some species are harmless but
if you're referring to the live type they sell in fishing stores or that you dig up from your
beach at low tide then yes, this type does bite and many fishermen (or women) have
received nips to the finger while trying to bait their lines. The greenish ones have the
meanest bite.
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Lumbricus terrestris
Background
Earthworms (also called nightcrawlers) arevery important animals that aerate the soilwith their burrowing action and enrich thesoil with their waste products (calledcastings). Good soil can have as many asas 1,000,000 (a million) worms per acre.
There are over 3,000 species ofearthworms around the world.These invertebrates (animals without a
backbone) range in color from brown to tored, and most have a soft body.Earthworms range in size from a few incheslong to over 22 feet long. The largestearthworms live in South Africa and
Australia.
Life Cycle
Copulation and reproduction are separate processes in
earthworms. The mating pair overlap front
ends ventrally and each exchanges sperm with the other.The clitellum becomes very reddish to pinkish in color.
The cocoon, or egg case, is secreted by the clitellum
band which is near the front of the worm, but behind the
spermathecae. Some time after copulation, long after the
worms have separated, the clitellum secretes the cocoon
which forms a ring around the worm. The worm then
backs out of the ring, and as it does so, injects its own
eggs and the other worm's sperm into it. As the worm slips out, the ends of the cocoon
seal to form a vaguely lemon-shaped incubator (cocoon) in which the embryonic worms
develop. They emerge as small, but fully formed earthworms, except for a lack of the
sex structures, which develop later in about 60 to 90 days. They attain full size in about
one year, sometimes sooner. Scientists predict that the average lifespan under field
conditions is 48 years, still most garden varieties live only one to two years. Several
common earthworm species are mostly parthenogenetic, that is, with asexual
reproduction resulting in clones.
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Medicinal Application
The researchers write that Pheretima (family Megascolecidae, i.e. earthworm) has beendocumented as a potent agent for the treatment of cough and breathing difficultyin traditional Chinese medicine for nearly 2000 years.
In the study, the water extract of Pheretima was separated into three fractions of theethanolic precipitate, the alkaline fraction and the acidic fraction.Guinea pigs tracheal rings were stimulated by histamine to contract, while isolated rattracheal epitheliums was triggered by carbachol to increase short circuit current.Results show that among the three fractions of Pheretima, the acidic fraction shows themost potent spasmolytic effects on histamine-induced contractions and the mostinhibitory activities on carbachol triggered increase in short circuit current.
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PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
Crassostrea virginica
Background
Valve (shell) length of the eastern oyster reaches up to
8 inches (20 cm). Its two shells (called "valves," hence
the name bivalve) attach together at one end by a
natural hinge and by a single large muscle. The pale
white to gray shell is rough with ridges or bumps.
Life Cycle
Approximately 200 adult oysters were obtained from aNew York shellfish grower in April 2003 and held in afloating cage in Rockaway Inlet until they were deployedin Jamaica Bay. The oysters were ~80 mm in shellheight and estimated to be 2 to 3 years old. Shell heightis measured as the distance from the end of the umboto the ventral shell margin (Galtsoff 1964). One hundredoysters were placed in three 1.9-centimeter mesh bags(107 cm 61 cm 8 cm), which were then deployed on
29 April 2003 at BB and 1 May 2003 at FBF. The bags were tied to a cinderblock andwere kept directly on the benthos. Oysters (n = 10 12) from each site were sampled twice per month through August 2003 to determine condition index and reproductivestatus. The mesh bags were replacedwith new bags (identical) on eachsample date to minimize the impact offouling organisms, which reduce flowof water through the cage. Previousexperiences of field work in JamaicaBay suggested the possibility ofvandalism of our deployed cages(Zarnoch and Schreibman 2008). Infact, within the first two weeks ofdeployment, the oyster bags, oysters,and cinderblock at BB went missing,thus substantiating the risks ofworking in an urban system. Resultson adult reproduction are thereforereported for FBF only. Because of thehealth risks associated withconsuming shellfish from Jamaica
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Bay, the small sample size used in our study was considered a tradeoff for reducedpublic health risks.
Medicinal Application
Disease-causing parasites may reach epidemic proportions, killing large number ofoysters within a short time. Such epidemic losses have been recorded wherever oystersare found. In Texas, and throughout the Gulf Coast, a parasitic fungus regularly causesmoderate to severe losses among market oysters. A related parasite was responsiblefor the nearly total kill of oysters in Aransas Bay in the 1960's.
Living conditions in the estuary or bay undergo continual and often harsh changes, butthe oyster is highly adaptable. It tolerates siltation, wide temperature ranges, near-freshto very salty water, extreme tidal fluctuations and many other environmental changes.By tightly closing its shell, it can avoid contact with the harmful environment for some
time. However, when its muscle tires, the shell must open and, if conditions have notimproved, the oyster will die.
The oyster must also contend with many predators and parasites. Several types ofcrabs can crack the shell and feed upon the oyster. The oyster drill, a predatory snail,can rasp a hole through the shell and insert a tubular proboscis to reach the flesh.Certain sponges and mollusks burrow into the oyster valves for their own protection butmay riddle the valves with extensive burrows. This weakens the shell and makes theoyster more vulnerable to predation. Organisms such as mussels and other encrustingcolonial animals may crowd the oysters, interfere with feeding, smother young oystersand hinder spat from setting.
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Crassostrea gigas
Background
The shell of Crassostrea
gigas varies widely with the
environment where it is attached.
There are large rounded radial
folds that are often extremely
rough and sharp. The two valves
of the shell are slightly different in
size and shape, the right valve
being moderately concave. Shell
colour is variable, usually pale
white or off-white. Maturespecimens can vary from 80 mm to 400 mm long.
Life Cycle
The larvae of the Pacific oyster are planktotrophic, and are about 70 m at the
prodissoconch 1 stage. The larvae move through the water column via the use of a
larval foot to find suitable settlement locations. They can spend several weeks at this
phase, which is dependent on water temperature, salinity and food supply. Over these
weeks, larvae can disperse great distances by water currents before they
metamorphose and settle as small spat. Similar to other oysterspecies, once the Pacific
oysterlarvae find a suitable habitat, they attach to it permanently using cement secreted
from a gland in their foot.After settlement, the larvae metamorphose into juvenile spat.
The growth rate is very rapid in optimum environmental conditions, and market size can
be achieved in 18 to 30 months. Unharvested Pacific oysters can live up to 30 years.
Medicinal Application
Japanese oysters appear to be resistant to the two oyster diseases that havedevastated native oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay a finding that mayboost efforts to find a disease-resistant gene that could aid the native species.
The finding came from a controversial experiment that began June 29 when trayscontaining 200 Japanese oysters and 400 Bay oysters were placed in the York River.
Since then, researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences found that 95percent of the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, died from the diseases MSXand Dermo. None of the Japanese oysters, Crassostrea gigas, died as the result ofdisease.
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Mytilus edulis
Background
The blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is a medium-sized
edible marinebivalvemollusc in the familyMytilidae.
In spite of its specific name edulis, it is not the sole
edible Mytilus species.
The shape of the shell is triangular and elongate
with rounded edges. The shell is smooth with
asculpturing of fine concentric growth lines but no
radiating ribs. The shells of this species are purple,
blue or sometimes brown in color, occasionally with
radial stripes as shown here. ) The outer surface of the shell is covered by
the periostracum which as eroded, exposes the colored prismatic calcitic layer is
exposed and also possibly eroded. Blue Mussels are semi-sessile, have the ability to
detach and reattach to a surface allowing the mollusk to reposition itself relative to the
water position.
Life Cycle
Larval development can last from 15 to 35
days depending environmental conditions
including salinity and temperature, as well as
location. Larvea originating from Connecticutmature normally at 1520 C, though at 15 C
normal development occurs at salinities
between 15 and 35 ppt and 20 at 35 ppt at
20 C[8]. The first stage of development is the
ciliated embryo, which in 24-hours for
fertilization form the trochophore. At this point
although mobile, it is still reliant on the yolk for
nutrients. Characterized by a functional mouth
and alimentary canal the veliger stage also has cilia which are used for filtering food as
well as propulsion. A thin translucent shell is secreted by the shell gland forming the
notable straight hinge of the prodissoconch I shell. The veliger continues to mature
forming the prodissoconch II shell. In the end stage of veliger development
photosensitive eye spots and elongated foot with a byssal gland are formed. Once the
pediveliger is fully developed, its foot extends and makes contact with substrate. The
initial contact with the substrate is loose, if the suitable the larva will metamorphoses
into the juvenile form, plantigrade, and attach byssus threads. The mussel will remain in
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the state until reaching 1-1.5mm in length. This attachment is the prerequisite for the
foundation for the blue mussel population. In sheltered environments large masses
sometimes form beds which offer shelter and food for other invertebrates.
Medicinal Application
Blue mussels are filter feeders and play a vital role inestuaries by removing bacteria and toxins.
Mytilus edulis is commonly harvested for food
throughout the world, from both wild and farmed
sources. Mussels are a staple of many seafood dishes in
various cuisines
including Spanish(especially Galician), Portuguese, Fren
ch, Dutch, Belgian and Italian. They are also commonly
used as lab animals.
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