Names
This phylum includes sand dollars, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sea urchins, brittle stars, and feather stars.
Echinoderms
This class includes sea snails, sea slugs, and conchs.
Gastropods
Give an example of a crustacean
(multiple answers accepted) Crab, shrimp, lobster, barnacle, copepod, isopod, krill
Name a characteristic of a poriferian
Pores, no tissues, no symmetry, no organs, filter feeder
The octopus has no bones or hard structures in its body except for this
It's beak
This phylum contains only one type of animal, sponges.
Porifera
This class includes scallops, mussels, clams, and oysters.
Bivalves
Give an example of a gastropod
(multiple answers) conch, sea snail, sea slug
Name a characteristic of a cnidarian
Stinging cells, radial symmetry, soft bodies, centrally located mouth
Crustaceans go through different life stages that include these two before becoming an adult.
Zoea AND megalopa
This phylum includes the jellyfish, coral, and sea anenomes.
Cnidarians
This class includes the nautilus, cuttlefish, octopus, and squid.
Cephalopods
Give an example of a cnidarian
(multiple answers accepted) jellyfish, coral, sea anenome
Name a characteristic of an echinoderm
Spiny skin, pentaradial symmetry, endoskeleton, tube feet, water vascular system
This echinoderm feeds on fast growing corals, which is fine in its own ecosystem, but can become a nuisance invasive species outside of its home range
Crown-of-thorns star
This class includes crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill, barnacles, copepods, and isopods
Crustaceans
This phylum includes insects, crabs, spiders, and centipedes.
Arthropods
Sponge
Name a characteristic of a bivalve
Adductor muscle, two shells, filter feeder, sessile
All cnidarians have nematocysts, but this particular box jelly can kill humans with enough contact from their tentacles.
Sea wasp
This phylum includes three classes that include octopus, conchs, clams, oysters, squid, and snails
RANDOM FACT! These are the two basic body forms of cnidarians.
Polyps AND medusa
Give an example of an echinoderm
(multiple answers) sea stars, sea cucumber, sand dollar, sea urchin.
Name a characteristic of a gastropod
One shell, foot, head, visceral mass
This is the scientific name for the claws on a crustacean. Most have a larger crusher and a smaller/narrower pincer
Chelipeds