Scientific Names Flashcards
(47 cards)
Cnidaria
Polyp & Medusa
Coelenterata
Sea gooseberry
Jelly with two tentacles
Platyhelminthes
Flatworms
Three cell layers
Nemertea
Ribbon/proboscis worm
Have COELOM
Annelid
Segmented worm
Leech
Arthropods
Scorpions, spiders
Monoplacophora
Mollusc
Most primitive mollusc
(Limpet-like Neoplinia)
Gastropoda
Mollusc
Slugs and snails
RADULA - tongue coated in chitinous membrane (teeth)
Cephalopoda
Mollusc
Octopus, squid, nautilus
(Beak, radula, poison)
Scaphopoda
Mollusc
Elephant tusk shell
Bivalvia
Mollusc
No radula
Polyplacophora
Mollusc
Woodlouse
Asteroidea
Echinoderm
Starfish
Predatory
Ophiuroidea
Echinoderm
Brittle star
Have jaws
Echinodae
Echinoderm
Sea urchin
Crinoidae
Echinoderm
Sea lilies
Concentricycloidae
Echinoderm
Deep water species?
Holothuroidae
Echinoderm
Sea cucumber
Lophophorates
Lophophore = round fold around mouth with ciliated tentacles
Bryozoa
Lophophorate
Sea mats
Sessile (immobilised) colonies of zooids
Phoronida
Lophophorate
Branchiopoda
Lophophorate
Chaetognatha
Arrow worms
Pelagic (open sea) zooplankton species
Cephalochordata
Lancelets
Look like fish but have no brain & little senses