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ZOOLOGI
INVERTEBRA
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MOLLUSCA
Pengertian mollusca
Molluscs (in Latin, molluscus = soft) is
soft-bodied animals. Soft body
protected by a shell, although some
are not shelled. These animals belong
triploblastik selomata. Generally,
animals belonging to the phylum
have shells, but there are also no
shell. This animal phyla shells made
of calcium. Generally, there are shells
on animals outside the body.
Ciri-ciri Mollusca
Molluscs body soft and not jointed, an animal
triplobastik selomata. When cut into two parts,
is the bilateral symmetry. If you observe, at run
time the body can expel mucus, thus the mucus
will ease when walking.
Walking used to adapt to survive in the
substrate, dig and drill the substrate or perform
the movement. Molluscs body consists of three
main parts, namely the foot, visceral mass and
mantle, can be a shell / graft. As you can see,
the members of these animals have the shell /
outer graft containing lime (calcium carbonate),
which can protect the body.
Struktur Tubuh
Mollusca
The animal's body is composed of three main
parts: legs, body, and coats. Walking is penjulur
ventral muscular body. Serves to move edging
foot or dig. In some molluscs her feet were
modified into tentacles that serve to capture
prey. Visceral mass is soft body parts molluscs.
Massa is a collection of a large part of the
visceral organs such as digestion, excretion, and
reproduction.
The coat forming mantle cavity filled with fluid.
The liquid is a gill holes, holes excretion, and
anus. In addition, the coat can secrete a shell
building blocks on shelled molluscs.
Molluscs nervous system consists of a nerve ring
that surrounds nerve fibers of the esophagus
with a widened. The digestive system is full
molluscs consists of the mouth, esophagus,
stomach, colon, and anus. There also have jaw
and tongue in certain molluscs. Backward curved
toothed tongue called a radula. Radula function
to pulverize food. Molluscs that live in the water
to breathe with gills. While living on land does
not have gills. Molluscs air exchange is done on
blood vascular mantle cavity that serves as the
lungs. Organs of excretion in the form of a pair of
nephridial which act as kidney.
Anatomy of molluscs are relatively similar to
vertebrate. This led many experts predict that
vertebrates and mollusks still have a close
evolutionary relationship. This is reinforced by
the fact that mollusks, especially cephalopod,
has a well-developed brain and some of them
proved to have a strong ability to remember.