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Animals Invertebrates
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What are Animals? Cannot make their own food Have many cells
They have eukaryotic cells Movement Digest their food Are we animals??
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Animals are… Vertebrates Invertebrates Endoskeleton Exoskeleton
No Skeleton
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Animals have… Symmetry Bilateral Radial Asymmetrical Most animals
Jellyfish and Starfish Asymmetrical Sponge
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Invertebrates Majority of Animals (95%) No Skeleton Exoskeletons
Chitin Molt Eight major Phyla (groups) academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/.../page/chitin.html
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Porifera [por IF er uh] Pore-bearing animals Sponges
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Cnidaria [ni DER ee uh] Have special stinging cells Hollow bodies
Jellyfish, coral, sea anemones
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Platyhelminthes [plat ee hel MIN theez]
Worms with flattened bodies Planarians, tapeworms, flukes
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Nematoda [nee muh TOH duh]
Worms with round, tube-like bodies Pinworms, trichina worms, heartworm, hookworm lovemyspca.com/PetsEnemies.html
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Annelida [an nuh LEE duh]
Worms with segmented bodies, body divided into rings Earthworms, leeches, sandworms
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Mollusca [mo LUSK uh] Soft-body tissue Must have at least one:
Ribbon-like tongue with tiny teeth Protective case Layer of mantle Clams, oysters, squid, snails, octopus
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Arthropoda [AHR thruh pahd uh]
Animals with segmented bodies Jointed legs Exoskeleton Insects, spiders, lobsters, crabs, scorpions, ticks
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Echinodermata [Ee KINE o der MAT a]
Spiny Bodies Leathery-skin Live in the Oceans Starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins
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Simple vs. Complex Inverts
Porifera Sponges Most simple invertebrate Cnidarians Platyhelminthes Simplest worms Nematodes Annelids Mollusks Arthropod Echinoderm
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