General Animal Classification

Phylum PoriferaTube Sponge

Phylum Ctenophora

Comb Jelly

Not a true jelly fish

Phylum Cnidaria

Sea anemone

-Class Anthozoa

“Flower of the Sea”

-Range from a half inch

to 6 ft across!

-More than 1000 species.

Phylum Cnidaria

• Class Scyphozoa• From the Greek, referring

to a drinking cup…shape of the jelly

• most common stinging

jellyfish in our area• typically 4 to 6 inches in diameter

Sea Nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha

Phylum Cnidaria

Portuguese man of war, Physalia physalis

Class Hydrozoa-colony of many individual animals-named after a 16th century sailing ship

Phylum Cnidaria

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Planarian Free-living, Flatworm

Tapeworm

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Parasitic

Turbellaria

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Free-living, marine Flatworm

Phylum Nematoda

Pin worms

Phylum Nematoda

Heart worms

Apple Snail• Invasive snail from the

Amazon becoming a big problem in Mobile

• Class Gastropoda

Phylum Molluska

Orangefoot PimpleBack Mussel

Phylum Molluska

Oyster

Phylum Molluska

Octopus

Phylum Molluska

Giant Squid

Phylum Molluska

Phylum Annelida

Earthworm

Medicinal Leech, Hirudo medicinalis

Phylum Annelida

http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/19/5/471.fullJournal article, citing how the bacteria in the gut of the leech may cause infections when using leech therapy following Replantation of severed digits

Phylum Arthropoda

Cylinder Millipede

Yellow Garden Spider

Class Arachinda

Phylum Arthropoda

Brown Recluse, Class Arachinda

Phylum Arthropoda

Black Widow,

Class Arachinda

Phylum Arthropoda

TickClass

Arachinda

Phylum Arthropoda

Blue Crab, Class Crustacea

Phylum Arthropoda

Brown Shrimp

Class Crustacea

Phylum Arthropoda

Chattahoochee Crayfish

Phylum Arthropoda

Calico Pennant Dragonfly, Class Insecta

Phylum Arthropoda

Phylum EchinodermataSunflower Sea Star

Sand dollar

Phylum Echinodermata

Phylum Chordata

Bull Shark, Cartilaginous Fish• Travels far up warm

rivers (the Mississippi, the Alabama)!!!… Outdooralabama.com

• Viviparous, with a yolksac-placenta.

• Maximum about 11 ft. (females); males reach about 10 ft

• One of the three most dangerous species

Phylum Chordata

Black Crappie

Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin.

Phylum Chordata

Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes

Bluegill Sunfish (Bream),

Phylum ChordataBony Fish, Class Osteichthyes

Largemouth Bass

Phylum Chordata

Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes

Blue Catfish• State record 111 lbs, in

Wheeler Lake, 1996.• Widespread and

occasionally abundant in the Mobile basin and Tennessee River

Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata

Alligator Gar• 5.9 to 9.8 ft

• 151-pound+, record, Tensaw River.

Phylum Chordata

Bony Fish, Class Osteichthyes

Hellbender Salamader, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Largest salamander in US.

Found in Elk, Flint and Paint Rock rivers among other Creeks and rivers in N. AL

Phylum Chordata

Class Amphibia

Fowler’s Toad, Bufo fowleri.

• Common statewide in a variety of habitats, including disturbed areas.

• Alabama’s most commonly encountered and widely distributed toad; often seen on roads.

Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata

Coral snake • south Alabama only • “red on yellow, kill a

fellow”

Class Reptilia

Compare to Scarlet Kingsnake – “red on black, venom lack”

Phylum Chordata

Water moccasin

Class Reptilia Phylum Chordata

Copperhead

Phylum Chordata

Class Reptilia

(E) Alabama Red-belly Turtle, Pseudemys alabamensis

Phylum ChordataClass Reptilia

American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

• one of the largest reptiles in the world

• You can't see an alligator's teeth when it's mouth is closed…

4-chambered heart Phylum Chordata

Red Tailed Hawk

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Canada Goose, Branta canadensis

• Fairly common in winter, spring, and fall in Inland Coastal Plain

Phylum Chordata Class Aves

Wild Turkey

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Phylum Chordata

Class Mammalia

OrderMarsupialia

Beaver , Castor canadensis

• Largest rodent found in North America

• Lips, nose, & ears can seal so that it can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes

Phylum Chordata

Class Mammalia Order Rodentia

Coyote, Canis latrans

Phylum ChordataClass Mammalia

Order Carnivora

Bobcat, Felis rufus

Class Mammalia

Order Carnivora

Phylum Chordata

Nine Banded Armadillo

Class Mammalia

Order Xenartha

Phylum Chordata

Eastern Cottontail, Sylviagus floridanus

Class Mammalia

Order Lagomorpha

Phylum Chordata

Proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso

Class Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Phylum Chordata

African Elephant, Loxodonta africana

Class Mammalia

Order

Proboscidea

Phylum Chordata

Feral Swine, Sus scrofa

Class Mammalia

Order Artiodactyla

Phylum Chordata

White Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus

Phylum ChordataClass Mammalia

Order Artiodactyla

Phylum Chordata

– Class Chondrichthyes– Class Osteichthyes– Class Amphibia– Class Reptilia– Class Aves– Class Mammalia

Class Mammalia• Order Monotremata Order Cetacea• Order Marsupialia Order Lagomorpha• Order Endentata Order Sirena• Order Chiroptera Order Proboscidea• Order Insectivora Order Artiodactlya• Order Rodentia Order Perissodactlya• Order Carnivora Order Primate