LAB 9: Kingdom Animalia

• Name one phylum in lab 9 that is characterized by having no nervous system.

  Porifera
• Name one phylum in lab 9 that is characterized by having an open circulatory system.

  Arthropoda
• Give one characteristic of the phylum Annelida from lab 9.

  Metanephridia
• Give one characteristic of the phylum Mollusca from lab 9.

  Bilateral symmetry
• • Animal: Turtle
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • General: sexual reproduction
  • Individual: covered by a shell
• Animal: Octopus

  Phylum: Mollusca

  General: gills

  Individual: shell is absent
• Animal: Leech

  Phylum: Annelida

  General: hermaphrodite

  Individual: dorso-ventrally flattened
• Animal: Sea Urchin

  Phylum: Echinodermata

  General: radial symmetry

  Individual: long movable spines
• Animal: Barnacle

  Phylum: Arthropoda

  General: sense organs

  Individual: no heart
• Parasites:

  • Phylum: Annelida; example: leeches
  • Phylum: Nematoda; example: ascaris
  • Phylum: Platyhelminthes; example: tapeworm
  • Phylum: Arthropoda; example: bedbug
• Does the phylum cnidaria have a nervous system, and if so what kind?

  Yes, nerve net
• In which phylum should you classify an animal with the following characteristics: bilateral symmetry, incomplete digestive system, no coelom or appendages or circulatory system or respiratory system?

  Platyhelminthes