Animalz Flashcards
All of the classifications in order
Kingdom - phylum - class - order - family - genus - species
Phyla in the animal kingdom
Chortada, Annelid, Anthropods, Mollusks
Benthos meaning
organisms living underwater on or in the bottom (ex sponge)include filter feeders, active predators, and detritivores
zooplankton
include larval crustaceans, mollusks, jellyfish, and insects
arthropods
invertebrates with an external skeleton (chitin), a segmented body,
and jointed appendages
planktonic insects
Six legs
detritus
dead and decaying material
energy pyramid
only about 10% of energy at one level is transferred because most
energy is used for an organism’s life processes
animal symmetry
radial symmetry, bilateral symmetry, and asymmetry
planarians
feed on dead or decaying material
and reproduce asexually by dividing into two or regenerating
Sessile
an organism who stays in one place
polyp
an extra piece of tissue that grows inside your body
hermaphrodite
an animal who can reproduce both sexually and acesexually
Medusa
Moon jelly
taxonomy
the science of classifacation