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The Animal Kingdom Flashcards

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What phyla come under DIPLOBLASTIC ANIMALS

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  1. CNIDARIA

2. CTENOPHORA

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What phyla come under TRIPLOBLASTIC ANIMALS?

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  1. PROTOSTOMES

2. DEUTEROSTOMES

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What types of PROTOSTOMES are there?

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  1. LOPHOTROCHOZOA

2. ECDYSOZOA

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Phyla belonging to LOPHOTROCHOZOA?

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  1. BRYOZOA
  2. BRACHIOPODA
  3. ROTIFERA
  4. PLATYHELMINTHES
  5. NEMERTEA
  6. ANNELIDA
  7. MOLLUSCA
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Phyla under ECDYSOZOA?

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  1. NEMATODA
  2. TARDIGRADA
  3. ONYCHOPHORA
  4. ARTHROPODA
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Phyla under DEUTEROSTOMES

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  1. ECHINODERMATA
  2. HEMICHORDATA
  3. CHORDATA
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What does PORIFERA mean?

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Pore bearer

Ie sponges

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Classes under phylum PORIFERA

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  1. HEXACTINELLIDA - (‘6 rayed spicules’) glass sponges
  2. CALCAREA - (‘calcareous’)
  3. DESMOSPONGIA - (‘socially bound sponge’)
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Example of British PORIFERA

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DESMOSPONGIA - Genus: Spongilla

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What does CNIDARIA mean?

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‘Stinging cells’

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Classes under phylum CNIDARIA

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  1. ANTHOZOA (‘flower shaped’)- sea anemones, corals, sea pens. Genera: Actinia
  2. HYDROZOA (‘water animal’) - Hydra. Genera: Hydra, Obelia, Physalia
  3. SCYPHOZOA (‘cup- shaped’) - jellyfish. Genera: Aurelia
  4. CUBOZOA (‘box-shaped’) - Box jellies, sea wasps
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What does CTENOPHORA mean?

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‘Comb bearer’

Comb jellies

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What does BRYOZOA mean?

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‘Moss animals’
Ectoprocts
Genus: Plumatella

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What does BRACHIOPODA mean?

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‘Arm foot’

Lamp shells

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What does ROTIFERA mean?

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‘Wheel bearer’

Genus: Euchlanis, Rotaria

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What does PLATYHELMINTHES mean?

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‘Flat worms’

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Classes under phyla PLATYHELMINTHES

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  1. TURBELLARIA - free-living flatworms. Genus: Dugesia
  2. TREMATODA - (‘anchor with hole’) - flukes (internal parasites) Genus: Schistoma
  3. MONOGENEA - (‘one race’) - flukes (fish ectoparasites)
  4. CESTODA - (‘belt’) - tapeworms. Genus: Taenia
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What does NEMERTEA mean?

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‘Greek nymph’

Bootlace/ ribbon worms

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What does ANNELIDA mean?

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‘Ambulated or ringed’

Segmented worm

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Classes under phyla NEMERTEA

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  1. POLYCHAETA - (‘many bristles’) bristle worms, rag worms, lugworms Genus: Nereis, Arenicola
  2. CLITELLATA - (‘saddled’)
    a. OLIGIOCHAETA - earthworms. Genus: Lumbricus
    b. HIRUDINEA - leeches. Genus: Hirudo
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What does MOLLUSCA mean?

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‘soft’

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Classes under phyla MOLLUSCA

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  1. POLYPLACOPHORA - (‘many plated’) chitons. Genus: Lepidochiton
  2. GASTROPODA - (‘stomach foot’) snails, slugs, limpets. Genus: Helix, Arion, Patella
  3. BIVALVIA - (‘two shels’) mussels, clams, oyster, scallops. Genus: Mytilus, Tridacna, Ostrea, Pecten
  4. CEPHALODOPDA - (‘head foot’) squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus. Genus: Loligo
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What does NEMATODA mean?

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‘thread like’

round worms. Genus: Ascaris, Caenorhabditis

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What does TARDIGRADA mean?

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‘slow walker’

Tardigrades. Genus: Macrobiotus

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What does ONYCHOPHORA mean?

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‘claw bearer’

Velvet worm. Genus: Peripatus

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What does ARTHROPODA mean?

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‘jointed feet’

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What SUBPHYLUMS belong under phyla ARTHROPODA?

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  1. CRUSTACEA (‘encrusted’)
  2. CHELICERATA (‘talon horned’)
  3. MYRIAPODA (‘many feet’)
  4. HEXAPODA (‘6 feet’)
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Classes under subphylum CRUSTACEA

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  1. BRACHIOPODA (‘gill foot’) Genus: Daphnia, Triops
  2. MAXILLOPODA (‘moth foot’) Barnacles, Copepods. Genus: Macrocyclops
  3. MALACOSTRACA (‘soft shell’) Lobster, crab, prawns, krill, shrimp, mantis shrimp, hermit crab, woodlouse. Genus: Armadillidium, Carcinus, Homarus
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Class under subphylum CHELICERATA

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  1. Horseshoe Crabs. Genus: Limulus

2. ARACHNIDA spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, harvestmen. Genus: Araneus, Andronectus

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What does subphyla MYRIAPODA mean?

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‘ten thousand feet’

Centipedes, millipedes. Genus: Lithobius

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Class under subphylum HEXAPODA

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  1. INSECTA ‘divided’
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Subclasses under class INSECTA

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  1. APTERYGOTA - (‘wingless’) Springtails, Silverfish

2. PTERYGOTA - (‘winged’)

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Orders under subclass PTERYGOTA

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  1. ODONATA - (‘toothed’) dragonflies, damselflies. Genus: Anax
  2. ORTHOPTERA - (‘straight-winged’) Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts. Genus: Schistocerca, Gryllus
  3. DIPTERA - (‘two wings’) True flies. Genus: Musca
  4. HYMENOPTERA - (‘membrane winged’) Bees, wasps, ants. Genus: Apis
  5. LEPIDOPTERA butterflies
  6. COLEOPTERA - (‘sheath wings’) beetle. Genus: Coccinella
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What does phylum ECHINODERMATA mean?

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‘spiny skinned’

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Classes under phylum ECHINODERMATA

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  1. ASTEROIDEA - (‘star-like’) Sea stars. Genus: Asterias
  2. OPHIUROIDEA -(‘snake tail’) Brittle stars, basket stars
  3. CRINOIDEA - (‘lilly-like’) Feather stars, sea lillies
  4. ECHINOIDEA - (‘hedgehog-like’) sea urchins. Genus: Echinus
  5. HOLOTHUROIDEA - (‘water polyp’) sea cucumbers
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What does phylum HEMICHORDATA mean?

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‘half chordate’

Acorn worms, sea angels

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What does phylum CHORDATA mean?

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‘with a cord’

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What subphyla are under phylum CHORDATA?

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  1. UROCHORDATA (tunicates) - (‘tail chord’) sea squirts, salps, larvaceans
  2. CEPHALOCHORDATA - (‘HEAD CHORD’) lancelets
  3. VERTEBRATA - (‘jointed spine’)
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Classes under subphylum VERTEBRATA

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  1. AGNATHA- (‘jawless’) lampreys, hagfish
  2. CHONDRICTHYES -(‘cartilaginous fish’) sharks, rays, skates, chimaeras
  3. OSTEICHYTHYES - (‘bony fish’)
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Subclasses under class OSTEICHYTHES

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  1. ACTINOPTERYGII - (‘ray-finned fish’)

2. SARCOPTERYGII - (‘flesh-finned ‘) lobefinned fish - Coelocanths, lungfish

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Groups under subphylum VERTEBRATA

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  1. TETRAPODS
  2. AMNIOTES
  3. ENDOTHERMS
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Class under group TETRAPOD

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AMPHIBIA - (‘both lives’) frogs, newts, salamanders, toads. Genus: Rana

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Class under AMNIOTES

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  1. REPTILIA - (‘creeping’)

2. ENDOTHERMS

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Orders under class REPTILIA

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  1. TESTUDINE. turtles, terrapins, tortoises. Genus: Caretta
  2. SPHENODONTIA - (‘peaks on the back’) tuatara
  3. SQUAMATA - (‘scaled’) lizards, snakes. Genus: Lacerta, Vipera
  4. CROCODILIA - crocodiles, alligators, caimens, gharials

[5. DINOSAURS]

(6.AVES)

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Classes under group ENDOTHERMS

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  1. AVES - (‘bird’)

2. MAMMALIA - (‘with teats’)

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Subclasses under MAMMALIA

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  1. PROTHERIA - (‘before-beasts’) Monotremes: Platypus, Echidna
  2. THERIA - (‘beasts’)
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Infraclasses under subclass THERIA

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  1. MARSUPIAL - kangaroo, wombat, wallabie, possum, koala

2. EUTHERIA - (‘true beasts’) Placental mammals e.g. orders: RODENTIA, CHIROPTERA, PRIMATES

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