8 areas of classification
what are the 8 areas of classification?
domain kingdom phylum class order family genus species
What is the simplest animal?
sponge
How long have jellyfish been around?
500 million years
what is the name of the fish that swims in sea anemone
clown fish
Name the five kingdoms
Monera Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia
what is your kingdom
animal
What Phylum does the simplest animal belong to?
Porifera
What Phylum do jellyfish belong to?
Cnidaria
What is the most dangerous jellyfish?
Box jelly
What is the name of the Marine Biology Lab in Sarasota?
Mote Marine
what is your class
mammalia
What is the name of the cells lining the inside of a sponge?
Collar cells
What is the scientific name for stinging cells?
Nematocysts
What are the two body types of Cnideria?
medusa and polyp
What is the largest ocean?
Pacific
what is your phylum
chordata
The opening at the top of the sponge
Osculum
What else belongs to the same phylum as jellyfish?
Sea anemones, Corals
Related to the jellyfish, but a colony called a siphonophore
Portuguese Man-O-War
what does echinodermata mean
spiny skin
what is your family
hominidae
What type of reproduction do sponges have?
Sexual or asexual
What is located at the top of the bell in most jellyfish?
Gonads
How many species of Cnidaria are there?
11,000
Who developed Scuba?
Jacques Cousteau