Tisonette H.

Tumlos 1-H BSE 11/23/12 MWF 1:30-2:30PM

PHYLUMS UNDER ANIMAL KINGDOM

Porifera - Sponges

Cnidaria Coelenterates. Most are marine, some are freshwater. CLASS C - Hydrozoa: Hydras. C - Scyphozoa: True jellyfish. C - Anthozoa: Corals, sea anemones.

P - Platy helminthes (Greek - flat worm): Bilateral symmetry. Have organs and tissues. Marine, Freshwater, moist soils, parasitic. CLASS C - Turbellaria: Free living flatworms.

ORDER O - Neorhabdocoela: Marine and freshwater flatworms. C - Trematoda: Flukes (internal and external parasites). C - Cestoda: Tapeworms (internal parasites).

P - Nemertina (Greek - sea nymph): Usually found in coastal intertidal zones.

P - Rotifera (Latin - to bear wheel): Named for the characteristic crown of cilia around the head of the animal that, when beating, looks like a rotating wheel.

P - Nematoda (Greek - thread): Roundworms.Lack segmentation, lack cilia. Common soil worms. It is estimated that there are on average one billion (1,000,000,000) nematodes in the first 2 cm of 1 acre of top soil. Ex. Ascaris, Caenorhabdites, Trichinella.

CLASS C - Adenophorea: Also called aphasmidia. Lack sense organs. C - Secernentea: Also called phasmidia. Have sense organs.

P - Brachiopoda (Greek - Latin arm foot): These animals superficially resemble clams, however shell orientation is on top and bottom (bivalves of the phylum Mollusca have shells that form on the left and right side). This phylum mostly consists of intertidal and subtidal marine animals. CLASS C - Inarticulata: Lack hinges between the valves. The valves look very similar. C - Articulata: Valves have hinges, and look very different.

P - Mollusca (Latin - soft): Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell. This is the second largest phylum (second to Arthropoda). CLASS C - Monoplacophora: One flat shell. Found in deep bwater. C - Aplacophora: Deep sea worms C - Polyplacophera: Chitons C - Pelecypoda: The "bivalves." Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.

P - Annelida (Latin - little ring): Segmented worms. CLASS C - Polycheata: Marine bristle worms. C - Oligocheata: Terrestrial bristle worms.

PHYLUM - Arthropoda (Greek - joint foot): Largest phylum. Animals have segmented bodies and segmented appendages, and external skeleton, undergoes metamorphosis from a larval form to a sexually mature adult.

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Submitted To: Mrs. Fe Bagajo Submitted By: Tisonette H. Tumlos 1- H BSE