9 Phyla Flashcards
What type of animals are found in the Phylum PORIFERA
Sponges
What type of animals are found in the Phylum CNIDARIA
Sea anemone, corals, jellyfish
What type of animals are found in the Phylum ECHINODERMATA
Sea stars, sea cucumbers
What type of animals are found in the Phylum CHORDATA
Vertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals
What type of animals are found in the Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES
Flatworms, flukes, tapeworms
What type of animals are found in the Phylum MOLLUSCA
Snails, slugs, clams, mussels, squids, octopi
What type of animals are found in the Phylum ANNELIDA
Earthworm, leech, sand worm
What type of animals are found in the Phylum NEMATODA
Roundworms
What type of animals are found in the Phylum ARTHROPODA
Insects, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, crustacteans
Name the characteristics of the Phylum PORIFERA (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: none
Reproductive: asexual or sexual, hermaphroditic, internal
Nervous: none
Digestive: none, intracellular
Circulatory: none
Respiratory: none
Excretory: none
Cavity: none
Segmentation: none
Appendages: none
Name the characteristics of the Phylum CNIDARIA (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: radial
Reproductive: asexual or sexual, hermaphroditic, external
Nervous: nerve net, sensory cells
Digestive: incomplete, intra and extracellular
Circulatory: none
Respiratory: none
Excretory: none
Cavity: none
Segmentation: none
Appendages: none
Name the characteristics of the Phylum ECHINODERMATA (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: radial
Reproductive: asexul or sexual, sex separate, external
Nervous: simple brain, nerves, sense organs
Digestive: complete, extracellular
Circulatory: open but reduced, 1-chambered heart
Respiratory: gills
Excretory: none
Cavity: Coelom
Segmentation: no
Appendages: tube feet
Name the characteristics of the Phylum CHORDATA (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: bilateral
Reproductive: sexual, sex separate, internal
Nervous: brain, nerves & ganglia, sense organs
Digestive: complete, extracellular
Circulatory: open, 2+-chambered heart
Respiratory: lungs or gills
Excretory: nephridia
Cavity: Coelom
Segmentation: reduced or none
Appendages: paired legs or wings
Name the characteristics of the Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: bilateral
Reproductive: asexual or sexual, hermaphroditic, internal
Nervous: net-like simple brain, nerves & ganglia, sense organs
Digestive: incomplete, intra or extracellular
Circulatory: none
Respiratory: none
Excretory: Malpighian tubules or metanephridia
Cavity: none
Segmentation: none except in tapeworms
Appendages: none
Name the characteristics of the Phylum MOLLUSCA (Symmetry, reproduction, nervous, digestive, circulatory, respiratory, excretory systems, body cavity, segmentation, appendages)
Symmetry: bilateral or none
Reproductive: sexual, sex separate, external
Nervous: simple brain, nerves & ganglia, sense organs
Digestive: complete, extracellular
Circulatory: open, 3-chambered heart, squids and octopi have 3 hearts
Respiratory: gills
Excretory: metanephridia
Cavity: Coelom
Segmentation: no
Appendages: foot or tentacles
