Name:

Animal Phyla

A phylum is a category of life. The plural of phylum is phyla. We will study 8 phyla in the Kingdom Animalia.

Why do you think some animals are placed in the same phylum?

Phylum Name and Translation

Summary of Characteristics

Examples (List the ones in the

lab.)2 Interesting Facts Illustrations

Porifera

Pores Asymmetrical No digestive

system Cells have

flagella to move water and food

Live attached to something

*Magnified Sponge Fibers

Cnidaria

Radial Symmetry

Stinging cells called nematocysts

1 opening for digestive system

Platyhelminthes

Flat bodies 1 opening for

digestive system

Most are parasites

Eyespots, but don’t see images

*Planaria under microscope

Nematoda Cylindrical

(round) worms 2 opening

DomainKingdom

PhylumClassOrderFamilyGenusSpecies

digestives system Separate

males/females

Annelida Segmented

worms hermaphroditic well organized

body systems

Echinodermata spiny skin radially

symmetrical 1 opening for

digestive system

Mollusca soft body many have a shell

made by an organ called the mantle

eat with a special mouth part called the radula

Arthropoda

jointed legs head, thorax,

abdomen most successful

group of animals complex body

systems exoskeleton of

chitin

Chordata

notochord/backbone made of bone or cartilage

most complex many different

classes (next category)