Animal Kingdom
Phylum Chordata
Animal Kingdom Data
Azure Vase Sponge
Jellyfish
Scientific Name: Callyspongia Plicefera
HABITAT
-lives in aquatic environments, mostly marine
-all live in water and most speices live in ocean environments
FACTS
-have no tissues, organs, or organ systems
-cells are specialized for capturing food, digestion, and reproduction; others provide support inside the sponge layers
-have bodies that are full of pores and channels that allow water to circulate through them
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Asmmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Porifera
Roundworm
Octopi
Scientific Name: Medusozoa
HABITAT
- most species live in the ocean; all live in water
FACTS
-simple tissues, including muscles, nerves, and digestive tissue allow cnidarians to survive by moving, reactin to stimuli and digesting food
-have a single body opening surrounded by tentacles
-have specialized cells called nematocyts that are used for defense and capturing food
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Radial Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Cnidarians
Scientific Name: Nematoida
HABITAT
-live in moist environments
-some species are parasites that live in animal's digestive system
FACTS
-bodies are round and covered with a stiff outer covering called a cuticle
-digestive systems have two openings: a mouth and an anus
-free-living roundworms eat material, such as fecal matter and dead organisms
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Nematoda
Scientific Name: Octopoda
HABITAT
-must remain wet
-must live in wet or moist environments
FACTS
-their bodies are soft; some species have hard shells to protect their bodies
-have digestive systems with two openings
-a body cavity contains the heart,the stomach, and other organs; mollusk circulatory systems contain blood/no blood vessels; nervous system includes eyes and other sensory organs
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Mollusks
Flatworm
Scientific Name: Platyhelminthes
HABITAT
-flat worms live in moist environments
-most are parasites that live in or on the bodies of other organisms and rely on them for food.
FACTS
-have soft and flattened bodies that are usually only a couple cells thick
-digestive system only has one opening: a mouth
-have nerve, mussles, digestive tissue, and a simple brain
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Platyhelminthes
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Crab
Scientific Name: Brachyura
HABITAT
-live in almost every environmnet on Earth
FACTS
-more than 1 million arthropods
-the body parts are segmented and specialized for different functions
-arthropods have several pairs of jointed appendages
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Arthropods
Earthworm
Sea Star
Scientific Name: Lumbricina
HABITAT
-lives in water or moist environments like soil
FACTS
-their bodies consists of repeating segments covered with a thin cuticle
-digestive system has two openings
-has circulatory system that are made up of blood vessels, that carry blood throughout the body
​-soft bodies
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Bilateral Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phyla Annelids
Scientific Name: Asteroidea
HABITAT
-live only in oceans
-some can survive for a short period of time out of the water during low tides
FACTS
-have hard plates embedded in their skin that support the body
-thousands of small, muscular, fluid-filled tubes, called tube feet, allow them to move and feed
-have complete digestive systems, including a mouth and an anus
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Radial Symmetry
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Invertebrate
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Phlya Echinoderms