Animal Diversity Practicals

Question 1

To what phylum do the sponges belong?

Answer 1

Porifera

Question 2

To what phylum do the hydra, jellyfish, anemones and corals belong?

Answer 2

Cnidaria

Question 3

What does class Hydrozoa consist of?

Answer 3

Small and plant-like organisms, most of which form colonies

Question 4

What does Class Scyphozoa consist of?

Answer 4

Jellyfish (medusa)

Question 5

What does Class Anthozoa consist of?

Answer 5

Sea anemones and coral

Question 6

What are spicules, ostia and oscula found in?

Answer 6

Sponges

Question 7

What are the Classes within the phylum Platyhelminthes?

Answer 7

Cestoda (Cetoidea) - tapeworms

Trematoda - Flukes

Question 8

What phylum do roundworms belong to?

Answer 8

Nematoda

Question 9

What are the 4 classes of the phylum Mollusca?

Answer 9

Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora

Question 10

What does the Class Gastropoda consist of?

Answer 10

Snails, slugs, limpets, nudibranchs

Question 11

What does the Class Polyplacophora consist of?

Answer 11

Chitons

Question 12

What does the Class Bivalvia consist of?

Answer 12

Clams, mussels, scallops

Question 13

What does the Class Cephalopoda consist of?

Answer 13

Squid, cuttlefish, octopuses

Question 14

To what Phylum do the segmented worms belong?

Answer 14

Annelida

Question 15

What are the classes in Phylum Annelida?

Answer 15

Polychaeta - polychaete worms - with parapodia

Clitellata - leeches (Subclass Hirudinea) and earthworms (Subclass Oligochaeta)

Question 16

What are all of the Sub-Phylums within Phylum Arthropoda?

Answer 16

Crustacea, Myriapoda, Chelicerata, Trilobita

Question 17

What are the Classes in Crustacea?

Answer 17

Maxillopoda - Barnacles, Copepods, sea louse

Malacostraca - Isopods, Crabs, Lobsters, Mantis Shrimps, Amphipods, Shrimps

Ostracoda - seed shrimps

Branchiopoda - brine shrimps, daphnia, tadpole shrimp

Question 18

What are the classes in Myriapoda?

Answer 18

Class Diplopoda - Millipedes

Class Chilopoda - Centipedes

Question 19

What are the classes in Chelicerata?

Answer 19

Merostomata - horseshoe crabs

Arachnida - spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen

Pycnogonida - sea spiders

Question 20

What phylum consists of the Velvet worms?

Answer 20

Onychophora

Question 21

What Classes make up the Phylum Echinodermata?

Answer 21

Class Holothuroidea - sea cucumbers

Class Crinoidea - sea lilies and feather stars

Class Echinoidea - sea urchins and sand dollars

Class Opiuroidea - brittle stars

Class Asteroidea - starfish

Question 22

Which phylum consists of the “half-chordates”?

Answer 22

Hemichordata

Question 23

Which classes make up the Phylum Hemichordata?

Answer 23

Pterobranchia - sea angels

Enteropneusta - acorn worms

Question 24

What are the non-vertebrate subphyla of Phylum Chordata?

Answer 24

Subphylum Urochordata - sea squirts (tunicates)

Subphylum Cephalochordata - lancelets (amphioxus)

Question 25

Hagfish

Answer 25

Clade: Craniata Group: Myxinoidea

Question 26

Lampreys

Answer 26

Clade: Vertebrata Group: Petromyzontoidea

Question 27

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 27

Clade: Gnathostomata Group: Chondrichthyes

Question 28

Ray-finned fishes

Answer 28

Clade: Osteichthyes Group: Actinopterygiii

Question 29

Coelacanth

Answer 29

Clade: Sarcopterygia Group: Actinistia

Question 30

Lungfishes

Answer 30

Clade: Choanates Group: Dipnoi

Question 31

Frogs

Answer 31

Clade: Tetrapoda Group: Anura

Question 32

Salamanders and newts

Answer 32

Clade: Tetrapoda Group: Urodela

Question 33

Caecilians

Answer 33

Clade: Tetrapoda Group: Gymnophiona

Question 34

What are the two clades within Amniota?

Answer 34

Sauropsida and Mammalia

Question 35

Testudomorpha (turtles and tortoises)

Answer 35

Clade: Sauropsida Group: Diapsida

Question 36

Ichthyosaurus

Answer 36

Clade: Sauropsida Group: Diapsida Subgroup: Lepidosauromorpha

Question 37

Lizards, snakes and tuatara

Answer 37

Clade: Sauropsida Group: Diapsida Subgroup: Lepidosauria

Question 38

Crocodiles, alligators, gharials etc.

Answer 38

Clade: Sauropsida Group: Diapsida Subgroup: Crocodilia

Question 39

Birds

Answer 39

Clade: Sauropsida Group: Diapsida Subgroup: Aves

Question 40

Monotremes

Answer 40

Clade: Mammalia Group: Monotremes

Question 41

Marsupials

Answer 41

Clade: Mammalia Group: Marsupials

Question 42

Placentals

Answer 42

Clade: Mammalia Group: Placentals

Question 43

What are the agnatha:

Answer 43

Hagfishes and lampreys

Question 44

What are the chelonia?

Answer 44

Turtles and tortoises

Question 45

What are the Sphenodontia?

Answer 45

Tuataras

Question 46

What are the Squamata?

Answer 46

Snakes and lizards