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Scientific Names Flashcards

1
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Cnidaria

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Polyp & Medusa

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2
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Coelenterata

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Sea gooseberry

Jelly with two tentacles

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3
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Platyhelminthes

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Flatworms

Three cell layers

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4
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Nemertea

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Ribbon/proboscis worm

Have COELOM

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5
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Annelid

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Segmented worm

Leech

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6
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Arthropods

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Scorpions, spiders

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7
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Monoplacophora

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Mollusc

Most primitive mollusc

(Limpet-like Neoplinia)

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Gastropoda

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Mollusc

Slugs and snails

RADULA - tongue coated in chitinous membrane (teeth)

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9
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Cephalopoda

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Mollusc

Octopus, squid, nautilus

(Beak, radula, poison)

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10
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Scaphopoda

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Mollusc

Elephant tusk shell

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11
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Bivalvia

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Mollusc

No radula

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12
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Polyplacophora

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Mollusc

Woodlouse

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13
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Asteroidea

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Echinoderm

Starfish

Predatory

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14
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Ophiuroidea

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Echinoderm

Brittle star

Have jaws

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15
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Echinodae

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Echinoderm

Sea urchin

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16
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Crinoidae

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Echinoderm

Sea lilies

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17
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Concentricycloidae

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Echinoderm

Deep water species?

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18
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Holothuroidae

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Echinoderm

Sea cucumber

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Lophophorates

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Lophophore = round fold around mouth with ciliated tentacles

20
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Bryozoa

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Lophophorate

Sea mats

Sessile (immobilised) colonies of zooids

21
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Phoronida

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Lophophorate

22
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Branchiopoda

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Lophophorate

23
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Chaetognatha

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Arrow worms

Pelagic (open sea) zooplankton species

24
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Cephalochordata

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Lancelets

Look like fish but have no brain & little senses

25
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Agnathans

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Jawless fish

Eg. Hagfish, lampreys

26
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Gnathostomes

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Jawed fish
Cartiligous
Bony

Eg. Sharks, rays, chimaeras

27
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Elasmobranchs

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Gnathostomata

‘Plate gills’

Euselachii - Sharks & rays

28
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Teleostomi

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Gnathostomata
(Bony fish)

Coelacanth ‘living fossil’ species
Lungfish
Birchir
Reedfish

29
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Sarcopterygii

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Gnathostomata
‘Fleshy finned’

Old fish

30
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Labyrinthodonts

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Amphibian

Giant salamanders - big due to more oxygen

31
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Gymnophiona

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Amphibian

Eg. Caecilians

Largest lungless vertebrates

32
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Caudata

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Amphibian

Newts and salamanders

33
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Anura

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Amphibian

Frogs and toads

34
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Amniotes

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Egg laying amphibians, reptiles, birds

35
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Sphenodontia

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Reptilia

Eg. Tuataras

Snake-like lizards

Diapsid skull

36
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Squamata

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Reptilia

Lacertilia (lizards) & Serpentes (snakes)

37
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Crocodilia

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Reptilia

Gators, crocs and gharials

38
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Testudinae

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Reptilia

Turts and torts

39
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Anthozoa

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Cnidarian

Sea anemones, hard and soft corals, sea fans, sea pens

NO MEDUSOID STAGE

40
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Scyphozoa

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Cnidarian

Jelly

41
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Hydrozoa

A

Cnidarian

Man o war

Reduced medusoid stage

42
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Nematocysts

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Stinging cells in cnidaria

43
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Zooxanthellae

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Dinoflagellate micro-algae

Symbiosis with corals, polyps

44
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Ctenophora

A

Coelenterata

Cnidaria

45
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Hoatzin bird

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Oldest extinct bird lineage

46
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Ratites

A

Emu, cassowary, kiwi, Rhea, ostrich

47
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Palaeognathae

A

Tinamou bird

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