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vertebrates

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a backboned animal

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invertebrates

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a non-backboned animal

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consumer

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an organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter

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ganglion

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a mass of nerve cells

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gut

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the digestive tract

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coelom

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a body cavity that contains the internal organs

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bilateral symmetry

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the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane

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radial symmetry

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symmetry around a central axis as in a starfish or a tulip flower

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asymmetry

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lack of symmetry

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sponges

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is an animal that grows in one spot like most plants do

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cnidarians

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an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum cnidaria

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flatworms

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phylum of relatively simple soft-bodied invertebrate animals

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roundworms

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diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments

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mollusks

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snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses

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open circulatory system

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a circulatory system in which the circulatory fluid is not contained entirely within vessels

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closed circulatory system

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a circulatory system in which the heart circulates blood through a network of blood vessels that form a closed-loop

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annelid worms

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ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum with over 22000 extant species

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exoskeleton

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a hard external supporting structure

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compound eye

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an eye composed of many light detectors

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antenna

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a feeler that is on the head if an invertebrate such as a crustacean or an insect that senses touch taste or smell

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metamorphosis

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process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages

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endoskeleton

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an internal skeleton

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water vascular system

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a system of canals filled with a watery fluid that circulates throughout the body of an echinoderm