17 Flashcards
Having a body that can be divided equally into left and right halves for example frog or human
Bilateral symmetry
The phylum that contains simple animals of sponges
Porifera
An organism that has both male and female reproductive organs and produce both eggs and sperm
Hermaphrodite
The phylum that contains animals that are Carnivores, live in water, and have radial symmetry; includes jellyfish, sea anemones, and coral
Cnidaria
Animals that eat other animals for food
Carnivores
Specialized stinging cells in the tentacles of cnidarians
Cnidocytes
A tiny, coiled stinger in the cynidocyte
Nematocyst
The body form of the cnidarian that has tentacles pointing upward
Polyp
The body of a cnidarian that has tentacles hanging down word
Medusa
The animal phylum that contains flatworms, such as planarians and tapeworms
Platyhelminthes
An organism that feeds on other living organisms
Parasite
The animal phylum that contains roundworms such as heart worms hookworms and pinworms; many worms in this phylum are parasitic
Nematoda
The animal phylum that contains segmented worms such as leeches in earthworms
Annelida
A phylum of animals that are called “mollusks” which all have a soft body and a muscular foot
Mollusca
A type of mollusk that may or may not have a shell and moves by gliding on a self secreted slimy track; examples: snails, slugs
Gastropoda