Simple Invertebrates Flashcards
an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
Porifera
any invertebrate animal, hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures .
Cnidaria
Phylum includes earth worms and their relatives
Annelida
eader in advanced marine robotics specifically, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Hydroid
free-swimming jellylike bell- or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge.
Jellyfish
phylum of flatworms having a flat, bilaterally symmetric body and no body cavity including the tapeworms and flukes
Platyhelminthes
phylum of worms including species parasitic in humans and plants as well as free-living nonparasitic species in soil or water.
Nematoda
small nematode worm that is an internal parasite of vertebrates.
Pinworms
a parasitic flatworm, the adult of which lives in the intestine of humans and other vertebrates.
Tapeworms
aquatic mollusk that has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell, such as oysters, clams,
Bivalves
active predatory mollusk of the large class Cephalopoda, such as an octopus or squid.
Cephalopods
mollusk of the large class Gastropoda, such as a snail, slug, or whelk.
Gastropds
Any animal that possesses a coelom
Coelomate
invertebrate lacking a coelom
Acoelmate
arrangement of parts of an organism around a single main axis
Radial Symmetry