Simplest animals Live in shallow and deep ocean Young sponges are motile, adults are attached to rocks b elong to Phylum Porifera SPONGES
Body is supported by a “skeleton” called spicules . used for bathing and washing. SPONGES
Waste water and materials go out of the sponges through the osculum . SPONGES
SPONGES (Examples)
SPONGES (Examples)
b elong to Phylum Cnidaria Tentacles contain stinging ceslls called nematocysts . CNIDARIANS corals jellyfish hydra
These poison-filled structures are used for defense and to capture their prey. CNIDARIANS
CNIDARIANS (Examples) hydra H ydra represents freshwater cnidarians
CNIDARIANS (Examples) jellyfish
CNIDARIANS (Examples) corals Corals form colonies and secrete hard skeleton
CNIDARIANS (Examples) Corals form colonies and secrete hard skeleton . These accumulate to form coral reefs. Coral reef is where fishes and other marine organisms breed.
b elong to Phylum Platyhelminthes Flat and ribbon-like organisms Found in freshwater, in wet places and marine waters. FLATWORMS
FLATWORMS (Examples) planaria tapeworm
FLATWORMS (Examples) Planaria is an example of a free-living flatworm. It lives in moist surfaces, under rocks in ponds, rivers and even aquariums.
FLATWORMS (Examples) Tapeworms are also parasitic flatworms like flukes without a digestive system.
b elong to Phylum Nematoda Also known as nematodes Have long cylindrical and slender bodies ROUND WORMS ascaris
Decomposers in soil in both marine and freshwaters. Other examples include heartworm, trichina worm, hookworm, pinworm ROUND WORMS
b elong to Phylum Annelida Also known as annelids Characterized by a segmented or repeated body parts. Ex. Earthworms, polychaetes , leeches SEGMENTED WORMS
Annelids have nervous, circulatory, digestive and excretory systems. Gas exchange only occurs through diffusion. SEGMENTED WORMS
earthworms leeches
Most polychaetes are marine living in tubes attached to rocks or sand. They get floating food through their feathery gills. Example: sandworms Polychaetes
Are blood-sucking annelids. They have suckers that are also attach themselves to their hosts. They secrete an ati -clotting chemical that has been used in medicine. Leeches