animal kingdom Flashcards
phyla of the animal kingdom
- Porifera (sponges)
- Cnidaria (jellyfish)
- Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
- Nematoda (round worms)
- Annelida (earthworms)
- Arthropoda (insects)
- Mollusca (sea things man idk)
- Echinodermata (starfish i think)
- Chordata (fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians, mammals)
Porifera
sponges
asymmetrical
filter feeder (strains tiny floating plants)
cnidaria
marine
stinging tenticles
radial symmetry
platyhelminthes
flatworms marine or terrestrial parasites bilateral symmetry acoelmates (no body cavity, but they have a digestive tract and outer lining)
nematoda
roundworms marine or terrestrial parasites bilateral symmetry has mouth and anus pseudocoelomate (slight body cavity)
annelida
segemented worms (earth worms) marine or terrestrial
arthropoda
exoskeleton and joined appendages
molllusca
snails, slugs, clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, cockles, shipworms, etc.
soft bodies typically covered in a hard exoskeleton
bilateral symmetry
terrestrial or marine
echinodermata
marine, radial, spiky
chordates
animals with a notochord(spine thingy)
chondrichthyes
cartilage fish (basically sharks)
osteichthyes
bony fish
amphibians
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
reptilia
cold blooded vertebrae, covered with scales or plates
dry rough skin
lay eggs on land
lives in warm dry places
eg. lizards, snakes
cephilization
the head