Invertebrates Flashcards
Porifera
An animal phylum comprising the sponges
Cnidaria
Any Invertebrate animal
Annelida
Segmented worm
Hydroid
A coelenterate of an order that includes the hydras
Jellyfish
A free swimming marine coelenterate with a jelly like bell or saucer shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge
Platyhelminthes
A phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft usually flattened body compromising the flatworms
Nematoda
A class of worms
Pinworms
A small nematode worm that is an internal parasite of vertebrates
Tapeworms
Parasitic flat worm the adult of which lives in the intestine of a human and other vertebrates
Cephalopods
An active predatory mollusk
Gastropods
snail slug or whelk
Coelomate
Fluid filled body cavity called a coelom with complete lining
Acoelomate
A invertebrate lacking a coelom
Radial Symmetry
Symmetry around a central axis
Asymmetry
Lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something lack of symmetry