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Invertebrates

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animals WITHOUT backbone

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Phylum Rotifera

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Rotifers

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microscopic, rings of cilia resembling rotating wheels

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Rotifers

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Phylum Porifera

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Sponges

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Osculum

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excurrent pore; large; EXIT of water and waste

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Ostium

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incurrent pores; on the side; water ENTRANCE

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Class Calcarea

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THREE-pointed spicules; calcium carbonate

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Class Hexactinellida

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FOUR-SIX pointed spicules; silica

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Class Demospongiae

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spongin and silica

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Phylum Cnidaria

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Cnidarians

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What is the Greek word for nettle?

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knide

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can sting; hollow intestines

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Cnidarians

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What phylum is also known as Coelenterata?

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Cnidarians

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Jellyfish

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Cnidarian

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Anemone

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Cnidarian

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Coral

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Cnidarian

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Hydra

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Cnidarian

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stinging cell

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Cnidocytes

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cell organelle; delivers sting

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Nematocyst

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Phylum Echinodermata

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Echinoderms

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What do the words “echinos” and “derma” mean?

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“Echnos” - hedgehog;
“Derma” - skin

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marine invertebrates with spines and a water vascular system; five-rayed structure

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Echinoderms

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Starfish

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Class Asteroidea

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Brittle star

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Class Ophioroidea

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Sea cucumber
Class Echinoidea
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Sand dollar
Class Holothuroidea
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Sea lily
Class Crinoidea
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Phylum Mollusca
Mollusks
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soft-bodied, unsegmented, has calcium carbonate shell
Mollusks
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Stomach-foot; snail
Class Gastropoda
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Two shells
Class Bivalvia
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Head-foot
Class Cephalopoda
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Phylum Annelida
Annelids
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segmented worms; elongated, cylindrical body with many segments
Annelids
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What does Latin "anellus" stand for?
little ring
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Sea worm
Class Polychaeta
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Leeches
Class Hirudinea
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Earthworm
Class Oligochaeta
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes
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"flat worms"; elongated, flat body
Platyhelminthes
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What do "platy" and "helminths" mean?
"platy" - flat "helminths" - worm
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Planaria
Class Turbellaria
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Tapeworms
Class Cestoda
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Fluke
Class Trematoda
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Phylum Nematoda
Nematodes
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"round worms"; elongated, round body
Nematodes
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Ascaris
Nematodes
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Filarial Worm
Nematodes
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Hook Worm
Nematodes
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Trichina Worm
Nematodes
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Phylum Arthropoda
Arthropods
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segmented body; exoskeleton; jointed-appendages
Arthropods
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6 legs
Class Insecta (Insects)
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8 legs
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
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10 legs
Class Crustacea (Crustaceans)
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Centipedes
Class Chilopoda
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Millipedes
Class Diplopoda
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Phylum Chordata
Chordates; animals with spinal cord
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Subphylum Vertebrata
animals WITH backbone
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cold-blooded; fins, gills, skeleton
Fishes
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Bony fishes
Class Osteicythes
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Bangus
Bony fish
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Tilapia
Bony fish
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Cartilaginous fishes
Class Chondrichtyes
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Shark
Cartilaginous fishes
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Manta
Cartilaginous fishes
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Jawless fishes
Class Agnathans
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Lamprey
Jawless fishes
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Hagfish
Jawless fishes
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Class Amphibia
Amphibians
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cold-blooded; soft, moist skin; when larva, have gills, when adult, have lungs
Amphibians
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Caecilians
Order Apoda
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Frogs
Order Anura
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Caudata
Order Caudata
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Class Aves
Birds
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warm-blooded; lungs; wings, feathers, two feet
Birds
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Class Reptilia
Reptiles
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cold-blooded; lungs; dry, scaly
Reptiles
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Chameleons
Order Squamata
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Snakes
Order Squamata
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Sea turtles
Order Chelonia
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Crocodiles
Order Crococidilia
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Iguana
Order Tuatura
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Class Mammalia
Mammals
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warm-blooded; lungs; hair and mammary glands
Mammals

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