1. General Animal Classification

2. Phylum Porifera
Tube Sponge

3. Comb Jelly
Not a true jelly fish
Phylum Ctenophora

4. Phylum Cnidaria

5. Sea anemone Phylum Cnidaria
-Class Anthozoa “Flower of the Sea” -Range from a half inch to 6 ft across! -More than 1000 species.
Phylum Cnidaria

6. Sea Nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Class Scyphozoa
From the Greek, referring to a drinking cup…shape of the jelly
most common stinging
jellyfish in our area
typically 4 to 6 inches
in diameter
Phylum Cnidaria

7. Portuguese man of war, Physalia physalis
Class Hydrozoa
-colony of many individual animals
-named after a 16th century sailing ship
Phylum Cnidaria

8. Phylum Platyhelminthes
Planarian
Free-living, Flatworm
Phylum Platyhelminthes

9. Phylum Platyhelminthes
Tapeworm
Parasitic
Phylum Platyhelminthes

10. Phylum Platyhelminthes
Turbellaria
Free-living, marine Flatworm
Phylum Platyhelminthes

11. Pin worms
Phylum Nematoda

12. Heart worms
Phylum Nematoda

13. Apple Snail Phylum Molluska
Invasive snail from the Amazon becoming a big problem in Mobile
Class Gastropoda
Phylum Molluska

14. Orangefoot PimpleBack Mussel
Phylum Molluska

15. Oyster
Phylum Molluska

16. Octopus
Phylum Molluska

17. Giant Squid
Phylum Molluska

18. Earthworm
Phylum Annelida

19. Medicinal Leech, Hirudo medicinalis
Journal article, citing how the bacteria in the gut of the leech may cause infections when using leech therapy following Replantation of severed digits
Phylum Annelida

20. Phylum Arthropoda
Cylinder Millipede

21. Yellow Garden Spider Class Arachinda
Phylum Arthropoda

22. Brown Recluse, Class Arachinda
Phylum Arthropoda

23. Black Widow,
Class Arachinda
Phylum Arthropoda

24. Tick
Class Arachinda
Phylum Arthropoda

25. Blue Crab, Class Crustacea
Phylum Arthropoda

26. Brown Shrimp Class Crustacea
Phylum
Arthropoda

27. Chattahoochee Crayfish
Phylum Arthropoda

28. Calico Pennant Dragonfly, Class Insecta
Phylum Arthropoda

29. Phylum Echinodermata
Sunflower Sea Star

30. Sand dollar
Phylum Echinodermata

31. Phylum Chordata

32. Bull Shark, Cartilaginous Fish
Travels far up warm rivers (the Mississippi, the Alabama)!!!… Outdooralabama.com
Viviparous, with a yolksac-placenta.
Maximum about 11 ft. (females); males reach about 10 ft
One of the three most dangerous species
Phylum Chordata

33. Black Crappie Phylum Chordata Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes
Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin.

34. Bluegill Sunfish (Bream),
Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes
Phylum Chordata

35. Largemouth Bass
Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes
Phylum Chordata

36. Blue Catfish Phylum Chordata Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes
State record 111 lbs, in Wheeler Lake, 1996.
Widespread and occasionally abundant in the Mobile basin and Tennessee River
Phylum Chordata

37. Alligator Gar Phylum Chordata Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes
5.9 to 9.8 ft
151-pound+, record, Tensaw River.

38. Hellbender Salamader, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Class Amphibia
Largest salamander in US. Found in Elk, Flint and Paint Rock rivers among other Creeks and rivers in N. AL
Phylum Chordata

39. Fowler’s Toad, Bufo fowleri.
Class Amphibia
Common statewide in a variety of habitats, including disturbed areas.
Alabama’s most commonly encountered and widely distributed toad; often seen on roads.
Phylum Chordata

40. Phylum Chordata Coral snake south Alabama only
“red on yellow, kill a fellow”
Class Reptilia
Compare to Scarlet Kingsnake – “red on black, venom lack”
Phylum Chordata

41. Water moccasin
Class Reptilia Phylum Chordata

42. Copperhead
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia

43. (E) Alabama Red-belly Turtle, Pseudemys alabamensis
Phylum
Chordata
Class Reptilia

44. American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
one of the largest reptiles in the world
You can't see an alligator's teeth when it's mouth is closed…
Phylum Chordata
4-chambered heart

45. Red Tailed Hawk
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves

46. Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Phylum
Chordata
Class Aves

47. Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Fairly common in winter, spring, and fall in Inland Coastal Plain
Phylum Chordata Class Aves

48. Wild Turkey
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves

49. Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana
Phylum
Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order
Marsupialia

50. Beaver , Castor canadensis
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Largest rodent found in North America
Lips, nose, & ears can seal so that it can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes

51. Coyote, Canis latrans
Phylum
Chordata
Class Mammalia Order Carnivora

52. Bobcat, Felis rufus
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia Order Carnivora

53. Nine Banded Armadillo
Phylum
Chordata
Class Mammalia Order Xenartha

54. Eastern Cottontail, Sylviagus floridanus
Phylum
Chordata
Class Mammalia Order Lagomorpha

55. Proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso
Class Mammalia Order Chiroptera
Phylum Chordata

56. African Elephant, Loxodonta africana
Class Mammalia Order Proboscidea
Phylum Chordata

57. Feral Swine, Sus scrofa Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia Order Artiodactyla

58. White Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus
Class Mammalia Order Artiodactyla
Phylum Chordata

67. Phylum Chordata Class Chondrichthyes Class Osteichthyes Class Amphibia
Class Reptilia
Class Aves
Class Mammalia

68. Class Mammalia Order Monotremata Order Cetacea
Order Marsupialia Order Lagomorpha
Order Endentata Order Sirena
Order Chiroptera Order Proboscidea
Order Insectivora Order Artiodactlya
Order Rodentia Order Perissodactlya
Order Carnivora Order Primate