Scientific Names Flashcards

(47 cards)

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Cnidaria

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Polyp & Medusa

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Coelenterata

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Sea gooseberry

Jelly with two tentacles

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Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms

Three cell layers

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4
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Nemertea

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Ribbon/proboscis worm

Have COELOM

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5
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Annelid

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Segmented worm

Leech

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Arthropods

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Scorpions, spiders

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Monoplacophora

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Mollusc

Most primitive mollusc

(Limpet-like Neoplinia)

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Gastropoda

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Mollusc

Slugs and snails

RADULA - tongue coated in chitinous membrane (teeth)

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9
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Cephalopoda

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Mollusc

Octopus, squid, nautilus

(Beak, radula, poison)

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10
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Scaphopoda

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Mollusc

Elephant tusk shell

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11
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Bivalvia

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Mollusc

No radula

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12
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Polyplacophora

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Mollusc

Woodlouse

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13
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Asteroidea

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Echinoderm

Starfish

Predatory

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Ophiuroidea

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Echinoderm

Brittle star

Have jaws

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15
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Echinodae

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Echinoderm

Sea urchin

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Crinoidae

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Echinoderm

Sea lilies

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17
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Concentricycloidae

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Echinoderm

Deep water species?

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18
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Holothuroidae

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Echinoderm

Sea cucumber

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Lophophorates

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Lophophore = round fold around mouth with ciliated tentacles

20
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Bryozoa

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Lophophorate

Sea mats

Sessile (immobilised) colonies of zooids

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Phoronida

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Branchiopoda

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Chaetognatha

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Arrow worms

Pelagic (open sea) zooplankton species

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Cephalochordata

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Lancelets

Look like fish but have no brain & little senses

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Agnathans
Jawless fish Eg. Hagfish, lampreys
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Gnathostomes
Jawed fish Cartiligous Bony Eg. Sharks, rays, chimaeras
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Elasmobranchs
Gnathostomata ‘Plate gills’ Euselachii - Sharks & rays
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Teleostomi
Gnathostomata (Bony fish) Coelacanth ‘living fossil’ species Lungfish Birchir Reedfish
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Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata ‘Fleshy finned’ Old fish
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Labyrinthodonts
Amphibian Giant salamanders - big due to more oxygen
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Gymnophiona
Amphibian Eg. Caecilians Largest lungless vertebrates
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Caudata
Amphibian Newts and salamanders
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Anura
Amphibian Frogs and toads
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Amniotes
Egg laying amphibians, reptiles, birds
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Sphenodontia
Reptilia Eg. Tuataras Snake-like lizards Diapsid skull
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Squamata
Reptilia Lacertilia (lizards) & Serpentes (snakes)
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Crocodilia
Reptilia Gators, crocs and gharials
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Testudinae
Reptilia Turts and torts
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Anthozoa
Cnidarian Sea anemones, hard and soft corals, sea fans, sea pens NO MEDUSOID STAGE
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Scyphozoa
Cnidarian Jelly
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Hydrozoa
Cnidarian Man o war Reduced medusoid stage
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Nematocysts
Stinging cells in cnidaria
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Zooxanthellae
Dinoflagellate micro-algae Symbiosis with corals, polyps
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Ctenophora
Coelenterata Cnidaria
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Hoatzin bird
Oldest extinct bird lineage
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Ratites
Emu, cassowary, kiwi, Rhea, ostrich
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Palaeognathae
Tinamou bird