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Phylum Porifera
- Elephant Ear Sponge
- Yellow Tubular Sponge;
- simplest animals; the beginning of
- invertebrates
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Phylum Cnidaria
- Sea nettle (jellyfish)
- Sea anemone
- Hydra
- stinging weaponry; mouth & anus
- are the same
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Phylum Platyhelminthes
- Planarian (flatworm)
- Blue Psuedoceros Flatworm
- Liver Fluke
- Turbellarian
- Tapeworm
a head region
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Phylum Molluska
- Colossal Squid
- Small Giant Clam
- Garden Snail
- Chambered Nautilus
- Blue Dorid
muscular foot & shells
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Phylum Echinodermata
spiny skin & water vascular system
- Sea star (starfish)
- Sea cucumber
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Phylum Arthropoda,
Class Crustacea
- Crabs, Lobsters,Crayfish,Pillbugs,
- Water fleas,Barnacles
exoskeleton and segmentation
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Phylum Arthropoda,
Class Arachnida
- Spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions,
- daddy longlegs
- eight legs and 2 body segments
- exoskeleton
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Phylum Arthropoda,
Class Insecta
- Termites, ants, beetles, dragonflies,
- flies, moths, grasshoppers
- six legs and 3 body segments
- exoskeleton
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Phylum Chordata,
Class Chondrichthyes
sharks, rays, skates
- first internal backbone (cartilage);
- the beginning of vertebrates
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Phylum Chordata,
Class Osteichthyes
Rainbow trout
first animal with true bone
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Phylum Chordata,
Class Amphibia
- Marsupial frog, red eyed frog,
- treefrog, Leopard frog, American
- toad, spadefoot toad
- first lung & skin specialized for
- respiration
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Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia
- Lizards, snakes, Leopard gecko,
- tuatara, crocodile, iguana, alligator,
- caimans, milk snake, coral snake,
- advanced skin system for land-
- living; amniotic eggs
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Phylum Chordata, Class Aves
- Penguin, ostrich, ducks, falcons,
- woodpeckers, crows
- can maintain body temperature
- (endothermic); adapted for flight;
- amniotic eggs
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