Protozoans - are tiny and can only be seen
through a microspcope
- live in the water
Paramecium - a
protozoan that's shape Euglena - has a
like a the bottom of a whip-like tail
Amoeba - is microscopic
slipper or shoe
and looks like a blob of
jelly.
Poriferans - have pores or holes on their bodies
tube sponge
Coelenterates - It is an invertebrate with stinging
tentacles.
Examples:
Jellyfish - an animal Clownfish can live Great Barrier Reef - The
with long stinging among the largest coral reef in the
tentacles of a world.
tentacles and a body
made entirely of
sea anemone
water.
Echinoderms - have spiny skin
Examples:
starfish or sea star sea urchin brittle star
sea cucumber
sand dollar
Molluscs - have soft bodies and most have shells
- most are marine but some live in fresh
water and on land
snail
slug
octopus
squid
mussels clams oyster
Annelids - are also called Ringed Worms
- have soft and moist skin/body
- their bodies are divided into little segments
like rings joined together
- they breathe through their skin
- they live in wet places
Examples:
leech
sandworm
Earthworms - these it is a blood-
worms are good to have sucking worm
in our garden.
Platyhelminthes - These worms are flat.
Examples:
tapeworm planaria
You may get this fluke
worm by eating
uncooked meat.
Roundworms or Nematodes
- have bodies that are like pieces of thread
- bodies are shaped like the letter S
- most are very small
- some live inside the bodies of animals, plants,
and humans
Examples:
hookworm
pinworm
ascaris
- you may get this
worm by not washing
your hands before
eating
Arthropods
- have segmented bodies with pairs of jointed legs
and exoskeleton
- live almost everywhere
Examples:
Insects – have six legs
Arachnids – have eight legs
Crustaceans– have ten legs
Myriapods– have many legs
centipede
millipede
