Animal Classification Phylum Vocabulary

organisms that obtain food by taking it from the water that passes through them

This Phylum means "Spiny Skin"

Segmented Worms

Flat worms

A long, slender, flexable, arm-like structure found around the mouth or head of an animal

an animal that lives in or on another organism

Round worms

An organism with a backbone

Sharp glass or chalk-like structures that support and form the skeliton of a sponge

remaining attatched to one place

Phylum meaning "Pore-bearing"

Cup of vase shaped body of a cnidairian, stays in one place

A primary group found in the animal kingdom

An organism without a backbone

They line the inside of a sponge

A system of organization that outs things into groups

Term meaning Stinging Cells

Phylum meaning "Stinging Cells"

Whip-like structures that move water through a sponge

A phylum of organisms with a soft body and a muscular foot

Bell shaped body form of a cnidarian; free mmoving

A group of mollusks, most have a shell

an organism that doesn't depend on other organisms for food or a place to live

Mollusks with a slit or tenticled foot

internal skeliton

external skeliton