Invertebrates

porifera

pore-bearer, live in water, mostly oceans, adult sponges are sessile-unable to move

cnidaria

live in water, mostly oceans. have tentacles with nematocyst radial symmetry

platyhelminthes

long, soft bodies, bilateral symmetry, free-living or parasitic, live in water, on land, or in a host

nematoda

round, tubular bodies, bilateral symmetry, parasitic or free-living, various sizes, microscopic to several feet

annelida

long slender segmented body

molluska

gastropoda, cephlopoda, bivalvia

echinoderma

spiny skin

arthropoda

jointed apendages, exoskleton, Insecta, Crustacea, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Arachnida

gastropoda

class of mollusks, 1 shell (univalve), marine, freshwater, or terrestial

cephlopoda

head-footed, no shell, tentacles, marine areas, class of mollusks

bivalvia

class of mollusks, 2 part shell, marine or freshwater

insecta

class of arthropods, 3 body parts: head, thorax. abdomen 3 pairs of legs, 2 pairs of wings, freshwater or terrestial

crustacea

2 part body, 3 pairs of legs, some have gills, marine or terrestial, class of arthropods

chilopoda

long segmented body, 1 pair of legs per segment, terrestial, class of arthropods

diplopoda

long segmented body, 2 pair of legs per segment, terrestial, class of arthropods

arachnida

class of arthropods, 2 part body, 4 pairs of legs, freshwater or terrestial, some can spin silk

sponge

example of porifera

coral, sea anemones, Portugese man of war, hydras, jellyfish

examples of cnidarians

planarian, flukes, tapeworms: flatworms

examples of platyhelminthes

hookworm, vinegar eels, pinworms, trichina, ascaris: roundworms

examples of nematodas

earthworm, tubeworms, leeches, scaleworms, sandworms: segmented worms

examples of annelida

snail, slug

examples of gastropods

octopus, squid, nautilus

examples of cephlopods

scallops, clams, oysters, mussels

examples of bivalves

starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumber, sand dollars

examples of echinoderms

beetles, butterflies, grasshoppers, crickets

examples of insects

lobsters, crabs, crawfish, shrimp, barnacles

examples of crustaceans

centipede

examples of chilipods

millipedes

examples of diplipods

spiders, ticks, scorpions, mites

examples of arachnids

zoology

the study of animals

spongin

a flexible fiborous protein part of a sponges body

spicules

small spikes made of calcium carbonate part of a sponges body

medusa

umbrella shaped jellyfish

polyp

tubular hydra

hydrostatic skeleton

jellylike mass (mesolgea) that fills the space between layers of tissue

ganglion

coordinates a response to the stimulus in a worm

longitudinal nerve

located on each side of the body of a worm

transverse nerves

connects to longitudinal nerves of a worm

siphon

internal muscular tube that forces water out to propel the octopus

bivalves

produce two hinged shells

mantle

thin skin covering the clam's soft body

filter feeders

use two siphon tubes, one pulls water and food particles into the shell and the other sends water away

metamorphosis

a change in body form

molting

when an insect sheds an old exoskeleton and replaces it with a new one

egg, nymph, adult

incomplete metamorphosis

egg, larva, pupa, adult

complete metamorphosis

caterpillar

larva of moths and butterflies

maggots

larva of flies

grubs

larva of beetles