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Nine Phyla
within kingdom animalia
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Mollusca
Platyhelminthes
Arthropoda
Porifera
Nematoda
Echinodermata
Cnidaria
Annelida
Chordata
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PHYLUM
mOLLUSCA
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Soft
Characteristics:
Muscular foot and mantle; round shell
Fun Fact:
Squids have eight arms and two tentacles while octopi have eight arms and no tentacles
Cellular Respiration
Snails, clams, octopi (shown), squids
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PHYLUM
Porifera
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Pore bearer
Characteristics:
Perforated interior wall
Fun Facts:
The cartoon character Sponge Bob Square Pants is based on the phylum porifera.
Cellular Respiration
Amoebocytes, sponges (shown)
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PHYLUM
Cnidaria
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Stinging nettle
Characteristics:
Stinging cells; development of some tissue formation between the main “body” of the organism and tenacles or other parts
Fun Fact:
Cnidarians don't need a brain or a heart; nerves and receptors help them move about, detect danger, and find prey
Jellyfish (shown), coral
Cellular Respiration
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PHYLUM
Platyhelminthes
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
“Platy” means flat and “helminthes” refers to worms
Characteristics:
Flat worms; bilateral symmetry; almost all are parasitic and need a host
Fun Fact:
Tapeworms are common in cats and dogs; some can migrate to the throat, eye, and, eventually, the brain
Cellular Respiration
Tapeworms (shown)
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PHYLUM
Nematoda
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Thread-like
Characteristics:
Round cross section, keratin cuticle
Fun Fact:
Roundworms are the most abundant worm on earth; a single rotting apple was found to have more than 90,000 roundworms
Ascaris, pinworms (shown),
hookworms, heartworms
Cellular Respiration
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PHYLUM
Annelida
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Little ring
Characteristics:
Multiple circular segment
Fun Fact:
Leeches are parasitic while earthworms are not
Cellular Respiration
Leeches (shown), earthworms
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PHYLUM
Arthropoda
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Jointed foot
Characteristics:
Chitin exoskeleton
Fun Fact:
Arthropods are the first animals with extremities
Ants, flies, crabs, spiders (shown), scorpions, ticks, and mites
Cellular Respiration
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PHYLUM
echinodermata
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Spiny skin
Characteristics:
Five-fold radial symmetry in living forms, mesodermal calcified spines
Fun Fact:
Echinodermata have a complete digestive tract, and they are the last of the animal phyla for creatures without spinal cords
Cellular Respiration
Starfish, sea urchin (shown)
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PHYLUM
Chordata
INFORMATION
EXAMPLES
Name Means:
Cord
Characteristics:
Developed brain and spinal cord; use extremities to aid in the movement to land; not all have a backbone
Fun Fact:
The largest chordate is the blue whale
Humans, dogs, monkeys (shown), birds, whales, horses, snakes
Cellular Respiration
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Nationalgeographicstock.com
Oceanicresearch.org
Instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu
Flickrhivemind.net
Spiderbitesymptomsguide.com
Alaska-in-pictures.com
Saltaquarium.about.com
Curiousanimals.net
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