Kingdoms And phyla Flashcards
Phyla Porifera
- sponges
- don’t move
- porous body
- aquatic
Phyla Cnidaria
Jellyfish
Seas anemones
Hydra
Both water
Radial symmetry
Tentacles, soft body
Phyla Platyhelminthes
Flatworms
Both waters
Terrestrial
Bilateral symmetry
Body not segmented
Phylum Nematoda
Hookworms and pinworms
Parasites (not all some are good)
Mainly microscopic
Bilateral symmetry
Both mouth and anus
Phyla Annelida
Earthworms. Leeches, tube worms
Aquatic
Terrestrial
Body segmented
External rings
Phyla anthropoda
Insects
Crustaceans
Aquatic
Terrestrial
Jointed appendages
Segmented body
Exoskeleton
Metamorphosis
Phyla echinodermata
Sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers
Salt water
Bilateral symmetry
Some have radial symmetry
Ability to regenerate
No brain
No tentacles, body hard
Phylum Chordata
ANY WITH SPINE (VERTEBRATES)
Fish, amphibians, birds, mammals
Anything with notochord (lancelets)
Almost all environments
Bilateral symmetry
Kingdom Archaebacteria
Prokaryotic
Ancient
Harsh habitats (rlly salty, hot, acidic)
Binary fission (aesexual)
Thermophiles, extremophiles
Kingdom Eubacteria
Prokaryotic
Everywhere
“True bacteria”
Single chromosome of dna
Binary fission
Kingdom Protista
Eukaryotic
Amoeba, paramecium, eugela
Some are multicellular like seaweed
Green algae
Kingdom Fungi
Eukaryotic
Cell walls not made of cellulose
Decomposers, cause disease
Some beneficial
MUSHROOMS
Kingdom Plantae
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Photosynthesis
Autotrophic (make their own food)
Primarily sexual reproduction
PLANTS
Kingdom Anamalia
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
Heterotrophic
Divided into vertebrates and invertebrates
All phyla
Sexual reproduction
