Phylum Flashcards
Porus filter feeder (e.g. sponge)
Porifera
Stinging cells (e.g. jellyfish)
Cnidaria
Paracitic and bilateral (e.g. tapeworm)
Platyhelmiths
Pseudocoelom (e.g. hookworm)
Nemotoda
Muscular head foot (e.g. clam)
Mollusca
Two shells (e.g. clam)
Bivlaves
Raking tooth (e.g. snail)
Gastropods
Jet propulsion (e.g. squids)
Cephatlopods
Hydrostatic skeleton (e.g. leeches)
Annelidia
Jointed appendages (e.g. spiders)
Arthropoda
Wings (e.g. flies)
Insects
8 legs (e.g. spider)
Arachnids
Exoskeleton (e.g. crayfish)
Crustaceans
Spiny skin (e.g. sea urchin)
Echinodermata
Gill pouches (e.g. anything that isn’t in any of the other phylum)
Chordata
No backbone or bony skeleton (e.g. sea bunny)
Invertebrates
Bony skeleton (e.g. spearfish)
Vertabrates
Breathes air through skin (e.g. frog)
Amphibians
Scales/scutes (e.g. turtle)
Reptiles
Feathered wings (e.g. bird)
Aves
Hair/fur (e.g. bear)
Mammals