animal kingdom Flashcards

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phyla of the animal kingdom

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  1. Porifera (sponges)
  2. Cnidaria (jellyfish)
  3. Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
  4. Nematoda (round worms)
  5. Annelida (earthworms)
  6. Arthropoda (insects)
  7. Mollusca (sea things man idk)
  8. Echinodermata (starfish i think)
  9. Chordata (fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians, mammals)
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Porifera

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sponges
asymmetrical
filter feeder (strains tiny floating plants)

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cnidaria

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marine
stinging tenticles
radial symmetry

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platyhelminthes

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flatworms
marine or terrestrial 
parasites
bilateral symmetry
acoelmates (no body cavity, but they have a digestive tract and outer lining)
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nematoda

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roundworms
marine or terrestrial
parasites
bilateral symmetry
has mouth and anus
pseudocoelomate (slight body cavity)
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annelida

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segemented worms (earth worms)
marine or terrestrial
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arthropoda

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exoskeleton and joined appendages

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molllusca

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snails, slugs, clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, cockles, shipworms, etc.
soft bodies typically covered in a hard exoskeleton
bilateral symmetry
terrestrial or marine

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echinodermata

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marine, radial, spiky

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chordates

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animals with a notochord(spine thingy)

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chondrichthyes

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cartilage fish (basically sharks)

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osteichthyes

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bony fish

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amphibians

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cold blooded vertebrae, spends time on land and water
smooth moist skin
lives in cool dark places
loses gills but grows lungs as it grows up
most lay eggs in water

eg. frogs, toads, salamander

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reptilia

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cold blooded vertebrae, covered with scales or plates
dry rough skin
lay eggs on land
lives in warm dry places

eg. lizards, snakes

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cephilization

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the head

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acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, coelomate

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no cavity, partial cavity, full cavity