San Diego Habitats
Where does the fresh water meet the salt water?
Lagoon or estuary
What is an animal without a backbone called?
An Invertebrate
Cnidarians are marine invertebrates that belong to this subphylum.
Cnidaria
What type of radial symmetry do echinoderms have?
5 part symmetry
What sense to snails and slugs use to find their way back to their tunnels?
Smell
What are animals that are active during the nighttime called?
Nocturnal
Pores allow the sponges to move water through its body so that it can do what?
Obtain nutrients
This jellyfish has some of the strongest venom in nature
Box jellyfish
An internal skeleton
Endoskeleton
There are about how many species in the phylum Mollusca?
150,000
What is it called when an organism makes changes to body to fit a location?
Adaptation
This classification system classifies animals into seven major categories.
Taxonomy
Two types of cnidarian colonies are Coral Reefs and ___________
The Man o' war
Echinoderms move by using...
Tube feet
The world’s largest mollusk.
The colossal squid
What is the place called where water stays on shore during low tide?
Tide pools
Invertebrates make up this percentage of the animal kingdom
95%
What are cnidarians venomous stinging cells called?
Nematocysts
Sea stars can reproduce asexually using...
Regeneration
This major type of mollusk includes snails and slugs.
Gastropods
What do sea anemones do to keep them selves from drying out at low tide?
Cover themselves with sand and rocks.
What is the subphylum of sponges called?
Porifera
These types of cnidarians have a cup shaped body with the mouth facing upward and are usually sessile.
Polyps
Crinoids such as the feather stars and sea lilies belong to which major group of echinoderms.
Pelmatozoa
This an organ of a mollusk contains many small teeth
The radula