Porifera
Cnidaria
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Row Pore Sponge
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Aplysina lacunosa
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Asymmetric
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Habitat: marine floors
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Facts:
-no circulatory system, use the flow of water for oxygen and nutrients
-date back to 4.5 billion years ago to the Precambrian
-asexual reproduction by budding
Nematoda
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Purple Striped Jelly Fish
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Chrysaora colorata
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Radial
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Habitat: Primarily found off the coast of California in Monteray Bay
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Facts:
-When the prey touches a marginal tentacle of the jelly, stingers are immediately discharged to paralyze prey
-oral arm is used to transport prey to the gastrovascular cavity (GVC) and to catch motionless prey
-Asexual or sexual reproduction
Mollusks
Platyhelminthe
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Flatworm
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Pseudoceros dimidiatus​
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Bilateral
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Habitat: marine
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Facts:
- Bears both male and female reproductive organs
-Three tissue layers but no body cavity
-Rely on the alge to provide nourishment or feed by using cilia to sweep food particles and small prey into their mouths
Arthropods
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Giant Roundworm
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Bilateral
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Habitat: moist enviroments
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Facts:
-Round bodies covered with a stiff outercovering called a cuticle
-Two opening digestive system
- Can be parasitic to humans, causing blockage of lymphatic system and fluid retention leading to elephanitiasis
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Atlantic Bay Scallop
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Argopecten irradians
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Bilateral
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Habitat: marine, must remain wet or live in water
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Facts:
-soft bodies with hard covering shell
-circulatory system with blood but no vessels
-Atlantic Bay Scallop has 100's of tiny eyes
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Ant mimic spider
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Castianeira longipalis
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Bilateral
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Habitat: Can live in almost any enviroment on Earth
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Facts:
-Exoskeletons
-pairs of jointed appendages
-segmented and specialized body parts for movement
-Ant mimic spider mimics ants as defence against predators
Annelids
Echinoderms
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Earthworm
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Lumbricus terrestris
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Bilateral
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Habitat: water or moist enviroments such as soil
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Facts:
-Soft bodies made of repeating segments
-Circulatory system with blood vessels
-Segmentation allows for efficiency with movement, localizing muscle contraction
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Purple Sea Urchin
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Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
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Invertebrate
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Symmetry: Radial
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Habitat: live only in oceans however, some can survive out of the water for short periods of time
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Facts:
-most closely related to vertebrates than any other phyla
-Hard plates embeddedin the skin support the body
-move using a series of fluid filled tube feet