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Animal Project Notes
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Sponges
Characteristics:
*most are marine
*covered in pores- small holes that allow water in.
*do not move
*most are filter feeders- getting food from the water
*often have tube shaped bodies with no brains
*tend to live in quiet, clear waters
*no backbone
*simplest of all animals
Subgroups:
Calcarea
Glass Sponges
Demosponges
Examples: Venus Flower Sponge, Hippospongia, Spongia (used to make bath sponges)
Worms
Characteristics:
*have long cylindrical bodies with no legs
*no backbones
*vary in size
*have bristles or hairs that help them move
Subgroups:
Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
Nematoda (threadworms, roundworms and hookworms)
Annelida (earthworms)- segmented worms
Examples: flatworms, earthworms, roundworms, hookworms, threadworms
Mollusks
Characteristics:
*Generally have soft bodies
*many have shells
*has a muscular foot attached to the bottom to help it move
*breathe with gills
Subgroups:
Bivalves (2 shells, like clams)
Gastropods (snails and slugs)
Cephalopod (squid, cuttlefish and octopus)
Examples: Cone snail, Clam, Blue spotted octopus
Echinoderms
Characteristics:
*Marine animals
*Have body parts in 5’s
*use a water vascular system to move their bodies
*name means spiny skinned
Subgroups:
Eleitherozoa (Sea Stars, brittle stars , etc.)
Pelmatazoa (Sea lilies or feather stars)
Examples: Sea Stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins
Cnidarians
Characteristics:
*have stinging cells that capture food for the animal
*2 basic body types- polyp and medusa
*Mouths are surrounded by tentacles
*Radial symmetry
*Often have tentacles
Subgroups:
Hydrozoa - Hydras
Scyphozoa - Jellyfish
Cubozoa- Box jellyfish
Anthozoa - Sea anemones, corals
Examples: Sea nettle, sea anemones, coral, jellyfish, hydras
Arthropods- Insects
Characteristics:
*Exoskeleton made of chitin
*3 part body composed of a head, thorax and abdomen
*3 pairs of legs (6 altogether)
*Compound eyes
*2 antennae
*Most hatch from eggs
*Largest group
Subgroups:
Apterygota- wingless insects
Pterygota- winged insects
Examples:: bees, ants, termites, moths, butterflies
Arthropods- Non insects
Characteristics:
*invertebrate
*exoskeleton made of chitin
*jointed limbs
*repeated body sections each with a pair of limbs
*compound eye
Subgroups:
Chelicerates - spiders , mites , scorpions and related organisms.
Myriapods - millipedes , centipedes , and related organisms
Crustaceans -include lobsters , crabs , barnacles , crayfish , shrimp and many other.
Examples: Spiders, mites, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, lobsters and crabs
Fish
Characteristics:
*vertebrate
*Lives in water
*two sets of paired fins
*Cold blooded
*Scales and gills
Subgroups:
Jawless fish- hagfish and lamprey
Cartilaginous fish- shark, skate or ray
Bony fish-Herring, salmon, carp, catfish
Examples: Herring, salmon, carp, catfish, shark, skate or ray, hagfish and lamprey
Birds
Characteristics:
*Have wings
*Lay eggs
*Have 2 feet
*Warm blooded
*Feathers
*Beak with no teeth
Subgroups:
Neognaths- almost all living species of birds
Paleognaths- emus, ostrich, rheas, kiwis
Examples: Robins, penguins , chickens, ostrich
Amphibians
Characteristics:
*Cold blooded
*Transform from a water breathing form as a juvenile to an air breathing adult
*The word amphibian means “both life” meaning life in water and life on land
*Eggs have no shells
Subgroups:
Anura (frogs and toads )
Caudata (salamanders and newts ),
Gymnophiona (caecilians, limbless amphibians that resemble snakes).
Examples: Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, caecilians
Reptiles
Characteristics:
*Dry, scaly skin
*Breathes using lungs
*Cold blooded
*Lay eggs (amniotic)
Subgroups:
1. Lizards, amphibanians, and snakes,
2. Turtles
3. Crocodilians
4. Tuataras (look like lizards, but are more like dinosaurs)
Examples: Crocodiles , turtles, alligators,
Mammals- Marsupials
Characteristics:
* give birth to tiny, under developed offspring. Immediately after birth, the babies attach themselves to the mother's nipples until they are more developed
*The nipples of most female marsupials are in a pouch
*Most female marsupials have a pouch.
*All are mammals- have hair, mammary glands , warm blooded, larger and more well developed brain, provide for and protect their young
Subgroups:
1. Didelphimorphia, the American opossums
2. Paucituberculata, the caenolestids
3. Microbiotheria, the monito del monte
4. Dasyuromorphia, the dasyurids
5. Peramelemorphia, the bandicoots
6. Notoryctemorphia, the marsupial moles
7. Diprotodontia, the diprotodonts.
Examples: Kangaroo, koalas, wombats, wallabies, opossums
Mammals- Marine (monotreme)
Characteristics:
* all are mammals- have hair, mammary glands, warm blooded, larger and more well developed brain, provide for and protect their young
*all marine mammals live in the ocean
*Breathe air
*have layers of blubber that keep marine mammals warm in cold water
Subgroups:
Sirenians- manatees and dugong
Cetaceans- Baleen whales and Toothed whales
Pinnipedia - true seals, eared seals , walrus
Mustelidae - sea otter s
Examples: Manatees, dugong, baleen whales, toothed whales, seals, sea otters
Mammals- Placental
Characteristics:
*Have a temporary organ called a placenta during pregnancy
*placenta attaches to the uterus and provides food and oxygen to developing fetus
*all are mammals- have hair, mammary glands, warm blooded, larger and more well developed brain, provide for and protect their young
Subgroups:
Boreoeutheria ,- humans , badgers , rabbits, guinea pigs , dogs , dolphins , etc.
Atlantogenata ,- sloths , hyraxes , aardvarks , tenrecs , armadillos , anteaters
Examples: humans , badgers , rabbits, guinea pigs , dogs , dolphins , sloths , hyraxes , aardvarks , tenrecs , armadillos , anteaters
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