Vertebrate Flashcards
Animal with a Cordata
Vertebrates
Animal with a cordata
Invertebrates
Animal WITHOUT Cordata but with a nerve cord
Crustaceans
Having usually only 10 legs; lobsters, carb, crayfish, and shrimp
Insects
Always having 6 legs; grasshoppers, bees, mosquitoes, and louse
Arachnids
Always have 8 legs; spiders, scorpions, and mites
Centipedes
Flat, segmented bodies that have maxillipedes to attack their prey
Millipede
Million legged Myriapoda that has more of a cylinder shape
7 classes of invertebrates
Jawless Fish Cartilaginous fish Bony Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals
Jawless Fish
No jaws, teeth, or limbs
Body like a garden hose
Hagfish and lampreys are an example
Cartilaginous Fish
Sharks, rays, and skates
Don’t have a swim bladder
Swim Bladder
Makes you keep still in the water and store energy for fish specifically
Amphibians
Frogs Salamanders
Cold blooded; lay eggs
Tetrapods
Repitiles
Snakes, turtle, lizards, and crocodiles
Cold blooded; have Exothermic
Lay hard eggs
Birds
Feathers, wings
Warm blooded
Hard eggs
Mammals
Feed their young from their mammary glands