Phylums For Final Flashcards
Placozoa
Simplest form of ancestors (in spongae chapter)
Cnidaria
Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals
Class:
Scyphozoa
Hydrozoa
Cubizoa
Ctenophora
Comb jellies
Porifera
Sponges
Class:
Calcarea
Demospongae
Hexactinellida
Platyhelminths
Turbellarians - free living
Monogeans, trematodes, cestodes - parasitc
Turbellaria
Flatworm
Marine/fresh
Cestoda
Tapeworms
Scolex; proglottids; no digestive tract
Trematoda
Flukes
Chinese liver fluke
Sheep fluke
Shistoma
Mesozoans
Marine parasite
Rotifera
Freshwater plankton
Acanthocephala
Internal parasite
Nermerteans
Ribbon worms
Mostly marine
Predators to annelids and crustaceans
Polyplacophora
The chitons
Gastropoda
Snails obviously stupid
Nudibranch
Sea snails
Bivalva
Mussels, clam, scallops, oysters.
Marine/freshwater
Cephalopoda
Nautilus, squid, octopus
Annelids
True worms
Polychaeta
Feather duster
Clitellata
Earthworms
Non self fert hermaphrodite
Hirudinea
Leeches