Body Plan
Phyla
Anatomy
Fun Little Tidbits
Fun Little Tidbits 2
100
The name for invertebrates with soft bodies and two shells
What are the bivalves?
100
A phylum whose name means "spiny-skinned"
What is Phylum Echinodermata?
100
An invertebrate group whose organisms have 10 legs
What are the crustaceans?
100
This parasite from Phylum Annelida sucks blood
What is a leech?
100
These invertebrates have symbiotic relationships with Nemo and his friends
What are sea anemones?
200
An invertebrate with many openings that it uses to obtain food
What is a sponge?
200
A phylum that contains the octopus
What is Phylum Mollusca?
200
The part of a squid that is used in jet propulsion
What is the siphon/funnel?
200
This word means "head-foot"
What is cephalopod?
200
This invertebrate has eyes that can get as big as standard basketballs
What is the giant squid?
300
The mobile body plan of a cnidarian
What is the medusa?
300
A phylum whose organisms all have exoskeletons and jointed appendages
What is Phylum Arthropoda?
300
The number of legs per segment on a millipede
What is four?
300
These invertebrates have a muscular foot
What are mollusks?
300
An invertebrate that can eject its internal organs in order to ward off predators
What is a sea cucumber?
400
The sessile body plan of a cnidarian
What is the polyp?
400
A phylum whose organisms have nematocysts
What is Phylum Cnidaria?
400
One of the three subgroups of Mollusks. The other two are the bivalves and the cephalopods.
What are the Gastropods?
400
This parasite from Phylum Platyhelminthes attaches to the inside of certain animals' intestines
What is a tapeworm?
400
A substance that is secreted by many bivalves to create their shell as well as beautiful pearls
What is nacre?
500
An invertebrate phylum containing organisms with radial symmetry
What is Phylum Cnidaria and/or Echinodermata?
500
A phylum that contains the flatworms
What is Phylum Platyhelminthes?
500
The characteristic that all Annelids share
What are segmented bodies?
500
Most of the organisms in this phylum have open circulatory systems where the blood empties into open cavities in the body
What is Phylum Arthropoda/Mollusca?
500
These pigment cells are used by some mollusks such as the squid to perform rapid color changes and camouflage
What are chromatophores?
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