The Animal Kingdom Flashcards
(47 cards)
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What phyla come under DIPLOBLASTIC ANIMALS
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- CNIDARIA
2. CTENOPHORA
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What phyla come under TRIPLOBLASTIC ANIMALS?
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- PROTOSTOMES
2. DEUTEROSTOMES
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What types of PROTOSTOMES are there?
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- LOPHOTROCHOZOA
2. ECDYSOZOA
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Phyla belonging to LOPHOTROCHOZOA?
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- BRYOZOA
- BRACHIOPODA
- ROTIFERA
- PLATYHELMINTHES
- NEMERTEA
- ANNELIDA
- MOLLUSCA
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Phyla under ECDYSOZOA?
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- NEMATODA
- TARDIGRADA
- ONYCHOPHORA
- ARTHROPODA
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Phyla under DEUTEROSTOMES
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- ECHINODERMATA
- HEMICHORDATA
- CHORDATA
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What does PORIFERA mean?
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Pore bearer
Ie sponges
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Classes under phylum PORIFERA
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- HEXACTINELLIDA - (‘6 rayed spicules’) glass sponges
- CALCAREA - (‘calcareous’)
- DESMOSPONGIA - (‘socially bound sponge’)
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Example of British PORIFERA
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DESMOSPONGIA - Genus: Spongilla
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What does CNIDARIA mean?
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‘Stinging cells’
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Classes under phylum CNIDARIA
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- ANTHOZOA (‘flower shaped’)- sea anemones, corals, sea pens. Genera: Actinia
- HYDROZOA (‘water animal’) - Hydra. Genera: Hydra, Obelia, Physalia
- SCYPHOZOA (‘cup- shaped’) - jellyfish. Genera: Aurelia
- CUBOZOA (‘box-shaped’) - Box jellies, sea wasps
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What does CTENOPHORA mean?
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‘Comb bearer’
Comb jellies
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What does BRYOZOA mean?
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‘Moss animals’
Ectoprocts
Genus: Plumatella
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What does BRACHIOPODA mean?
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‘Arm foot’
Lamp shells
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What does ROTIFERA mean?
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‘Wheel bearer’
Genus: Euchlanis, Rotaria
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What does PLATYHELMINTHES mean?
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‘Flat worms’
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Classes under phyla PLATYHELMINTHES
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- TURBELLARIA - free-living flatworms. Genus: Dugesia
- TREMATODA - (‘anchor with hole’) - flukes (internal parasites) Genus: Schistoma
- MONOGENEA - (‘one race’) - flukes (fish ectoparasites)
- CESTODA - (‘belt’) - tapeworms. Genus: Taenia
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What does NEMERTEA mean?
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‘Greek nymph’
Bootlace/ ribbon worms
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What does ANNELIDA mean?
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‘Ambulated or ringed’
Segmented worm
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Classes under phyla NEMERTEA
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- POLYCHAETA - (‘many bristles’) bristle worms, rag worms, lugworms Genus: Nereis, Arenicola
- CLITELLATA - (‘saddled’)
a. OLIGIOCHAETA - earthworms. Genus: Lumbricus
b. HIRUDINEA - leeches. Genus: Hirudo
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What does MOLLUSCA mean?
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‘soft’
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Classes under phyla MOLLUSCA
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- POLYPLACOPHORA - (‘many plated’) chitons. Genus: Lepidochiton
- GASTROPODA - (‘stomach foot’) snails, slugs, limpets. Genus: Helix, Arion, Patella
- BIVALVIA - (‘two shels’) mussels, clams, oyster, scallops. Genus: Mytilus, Tridacna, Ostrea, Pecten
- CEPHALODOPDA - (‘head foot’) squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus. Genus: Loligo
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What does NEMATODA mean?
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‘thread like’
round worms. Genus: Ascaris, Caenorhabditis
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What does TARDIGRADA mean?
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‘slow walker’
Tardigrades. Genus: Macrobiotus
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What does ONYCHOPHORA mean?
'claw bearer'
| Velvet worm. Genus: Peripatus
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What does ARTHROPODA mean?
'jointed feet'
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What SUBPHYLUMS belong under phyla ARTHROPODA?
1. CRUSTACEA ('encrusted')
2. CHELICERATA ('talon horned')
3. MYRIAPODA ('many feet')
4. HEXAPODA ('6 feet')
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Classes under subphylum CRUSTACEA
1. BRACHIOPODA ('gill foot') Genus: Daphnia, Triops
2. MAXILLOPODA ('moth foot') Barnacles, Copepods. Genus: Macrocyclops
3. MALACOSTRACA ('soft shell') Lobster, crab, prawns, krill, shrimp, mantis shrimp, hermit crab, woodlouse. Genus: Armadillidium, Carcinus, Homarus
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Class under subphylum CHELICERATA
1. Horseshoe Crabs. Genus: Limulus
| 2. ARACHNIDA spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, harvestmen. Genus: Araneus, Andronectus
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What does subphyla MYRIAPODA mean?
'ten thousand feet'
| Centipedes, millipedes. Genus: Lithobius
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Class under subphylum HEXAPODA
1. INSECTA 'divided'
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Subclasses under class INSECTA
1. APTERYGOTA - ('wingless') Springtails, Silverfish
| 2. PTERYGOTA - ('winged')
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Orders under subclass PTERYGOTA
1. ODONATA - ('toothed') dragonflies, damselflies. Genus: Anax
2. ORTHOPTERA - ('straight-winged') Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts. Genus: Schistocerca, Gryllus
3. DIPTERA - ('two wings') True flies. Genus: Musca
4. HYMENOPTERA - ('membrane winged') Bees, wasps, ants. Genus: Apis
5. LEPIDOPTERA butterflies
6. COLEOPTERA - ('sheath wings') beetle. Genus: Coccinella
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What does phylum ECHINODERMATA mean?
'spiny skinned'
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Classes under phylum ECHINODERMATA
1. ASTEROIDEA - ('star-like') Sea stars. Genus: Asterias
2. OPHIUROIDEA -('snake tail') Brittle stars, basket stars
3. CRINOIDEA - ('lilly-like') Feather stars, sea lillies
4. ECHINOIDEA - ('hedgehog-like') sea urchins. Genus: Echinus
5. HOLOTHUROIDEA - ('water polyp') sea cucumbers
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What does phylum HEMICHORDATA mean?
'half chordate'
| Acorn worms, sea angels
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What does phylum CHORDATA mean?
'with a cord'
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What subphyla are under phylum CHORDATA?
1. UROCHORDATA (tunicates) - ('tail chord') sea squirts, salps, larvaceans
2. CEPHALOCHORDATA - ('HEAD CHORD') lancelets
3. VERTEBRATA - ('jointed spine')
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Classes under subphylum VERTEBRATA
1. AGNATHA- ('jawless') lampreys, hagfish
2. CHONDRICTHYES -('cartilaginous fish') sharks, rays, skates, chimaeras
3. OSTEICHYTHYES - ('bony fish')
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Subclasses under class OSTEICHYTHES
1. ACTINOPTERYGII - ('ray-finned fish')
| 2. SARCOPTERYGII - ('flesh-finned ') lobefinned fish - Coelocanths, lungfish
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Groups under subphylum VERTEBRATA
1. TETRAPODS
2. AMNIOTES
3. ENDOTHERMS
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Class under group TETRAPOD
AMPHIBIA - ('both lives') frogs, newts, salamanders, toads. Genus: Rana
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Class under AMNIOTES
1. REPTILIA - ('creeping')
| 2. ENDOTHERMS
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Orders under class REPTILIA
1. TESTUDINE. turtles, terrapins, tortoises. Genus: Caretta
2. SPHENODONTIA - ('peaks on the back') tuatara
3. SQUAMATA - ('scaled') lizards, snakes. Genus: Lacerta, Vipera
4. CROCODILIA - crocodiles, alligators, caimens, gharials
[5. DINOSAURS]
(6.AVES)
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Classes under group ENDOTHERMS
1. AVES - ('bird')
| 2. MAMMALIA - ('with teats')
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Subclasses under MAMMALIA
1. PROTHERIA - ('before-beasts') Monotremes: Platypus, Echidna
2. THERIA - ('beasts')
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Infraclasses under subclass THERIA
1. MARSUPIAL - kangaroo, wombat, wallabie, possum, koala
| 2. EUTHERIA - ('true beasts') Placental mammals e.g. orders: RODENTIA, CHIROPTERA, PRIMATES
