Animal Classification Flashcards
Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Kingdoms
Naming organisms:
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
Proposed an ordering system to help classify plants and animals, according to their common characteristics
Linnaeus
What is a scientific name made up of
Genus and species
Sponges, jellyfish, sea anemones, corals, mollusks- bivalves, univalve gastropods, no shelled gastropods, and cephalopods
Invertebrates
Animals that have radial symmetry and some are filter feeders, and they have hard skeletons
Echinoderms
Animals that live on, or in other living organisms, called hosts
Parasites
Animals that are independent of other living organisms
Free-living
Type of worm that has bilateral symmetry
Flat worms
Worms that are smooth and around on the outside
Roundworms
Means jointed foot
Arthropods
Segmented worms
Annelids
Crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes and millipedes, insects
Arthropods
Have a backbone
Vertebrates
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
Vertebrates