Crossword 1

Question 1

Classification of living and extinct organisms

Answer 1

taxonomy

Question 2

this taxonomic level should be italicized

Answer 2

species

Question 3

a marine planktonic phylum whose name means bristle jaw

Answer 3

chaetognatha

Question 4

meaning breath or soul

Answer 4

animal

Question 5

west coast urchin genus

Answer 5

strongylocentrotus

Question 6

the largest most diverse phylum

Answer 6

arthropoda

Question 7

comb jellies

Answer 7

ctenophora

Question 8

number of domains of life

Answer 8

three

Question 9

organism with membrane bound nucleus

Answer 9

eukaryote

Question 10

bivalves belong to this phylum

Answer 10

mollusca

Question 11

round worms

Answer 11

nematoda

Question 12

phylum distinguished by their repetitive ringed segments

Answer 12

annelida

Question 13

spiny skinned animals

Answer 13

echinoderm

Question 14

common intertidal inhabitant of great interest to Darwin

Answer 14

barnicle

Question 15

this taxonomic level should be italicized and capitalized

Answer 15

genus

Question 16

ribbon worms

Answer 16

nemertea

Question 17

a worm parasite which uses arthropods as a definite host

Answer 17

nematomorpha

Question 18

shore crab genus

Answer 18

hemigrapsus

Question 19

ancestor of the metazoa

Answer 19

choanoflagellate

Question 20

water bears

Answer 20

tardigrada

Question 21

microscopic phylum with a ringed corona

Answer 21

rotifera

Question 22

pore-bearing animals

Answer 22

porifera

Question 23

largest seastar in the world

Answer 23

pycnopodia

Question 24

a hypothesis of the evolutionary relationships and line of decent of a species or higher taxa

Answer 24

phylogeny

Question 25

organism requiring organic compounds as a carbon source

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heterotrophs

Question 26

supergroup including animals, fungi and select protists

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unikonta

Question 27

flat worm

Answer 27

platyhelmenthys

Question 28

common upper intertidal gastropod genus

Answer 28

littorina

Question 29

a commonly fished crab genus

Answer 29

cancer

Question 30

ochre seastar genus

Answer 30

Pisaster

Question 31

encrusting phylum with zooids

Answer 31

bryozoa

Question 32

you belong in this phylum

Answer 32

chordata

Question 33

phylum responsible for coral reefs

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cnideria

Question 34

father of taxonomy

Answer 34

linnaeus

Question 35

tunicates

Answer 35

urochordata

Question 36

hermit crab genus

Answer 36

pagurus