INVERTIBRATES

Sponge
Animal

Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and
channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin
layers of cells.

Cnidaria
Animal

Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic and mostly marine
environments. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing
prey.
 Flatworm
Animal

The flatworms, or Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian,
unsegmented, soft-bodily.

Nematodes
Animal

The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a
very broad range of environments.
 Annelid
Animal

The annelids, also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 17,000 extant
species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches.

Mollusks
Animal

The molluscs or mollusks /ˈmɒləsks/ compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca.
Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized.

Arthropod
Animal

An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda, and include the insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crusteans.
 VERTIBRATES

Amphibian
Animal

Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. Modern amphibians are all
Lissamphibia.

Fish
Animal

A fish is any member of a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic craniate
animals that lack limbs with digits.
 Reptile
Animal

Reptiles are a group of tetrapod animals comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards, tuatara, and
their extinct relatives.

Bird
Animal

Birds are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-
shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a lightweight but strong skeleton.

Mammal
Animal

Mammals are any members of a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles and birds by the
possession of hair, three middle ear bones, mammary glands, and a neocortex.