Animal Diversity - Practical 1 - Taxonomy

Covers Lab 1 (Porifera), Lab 2 (Cnidaria), Lab 3 (Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Rotifera, Gastrotricha, Nematophora), and Lab 4 (Annelida).

Phylum Porifera:

sponges

Class Calispongiae:

Calcareous sponges

What class and phylum does this specimen belong to?

Phylum Porifera

Class Calispongiae

Sycon / Scypha / Grantia

Class Demospongiae

Bath sponges / common sponges

These are _____ of a sponge in genus _____ and class _____.

gemmules; spongilla; Demospongiae

What’s this?

Bath sponge (Demospongiae)

What’s this?

Boring sponge/Cliona (Demospongiae)

What’s this?

Rope sponge (Demospongiae)

What’s this?

Tube sponge (Demospongiae)

What’s this?

Goblet sponge (Demospongiae)

Phylum Cnidaria:

Hydrazoans, jellyfish, sea anemonies, corals, and allies

Class Hydrozoa:

Hydrozoans

What’s this?

Hydra

Class Hydrozoa

Phylum Cnidara

What’s this?

Obelia

Class Hydrozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

What’s this?

Portuguese Man-o’-War

Class Hydrozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

What class and phylum does this belong to?

Class Hydrozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

*Stylaster, AKA “lace coral”; a misnomer since it is not actually coral

Class Scyphozoa:

True jellyfish

What is this?

Aurelia

Class Scyphozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

What class and phylum does this belong to?

*Stomolophus

Class Scyphozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

What class and phylum does this belong to?

*Dactylomera

Class Scyphozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

Class Anthozoa:

Anemones and corals

What is this?

Metridium (sea anemone)

Class Anthozoa

Phylum Cnidaria

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Brain coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Eyed coral / Star coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Mushroom coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Staghorn coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Elkhorn coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Finger coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Lettuce-leaf coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Large cactus coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Flower coral — stony (Zoantharian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Organ-pipe coral — soft (Alyconarian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Sea fan — soft (Alyconarian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Sea pansy — soft (Alyconarian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Whip coral — soft (Alyconarian)

What is this? Is it stony or soft?

Sea pen — soft (Alyconarian)

Phylum Platyhelminthes:

Flatworms

Class Turbellaria:

Planarians (free-living flatworms)

What is this? (phylum and class)

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Class Turbellaria

*Bipalium

Class Trematoda:

Trematodes (flukes)

What is this? (phylum, class, common name)

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Class Trematoda

*Schistosoma mansoni — blood fluke

Class Cestoda:

Cestodes (tapeworms)

What is this? (phylum, class, common name)

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Class Cestoda

*Taenia pisiformis — rabbit tapeworm

Flukes and tapeworms are a part of what phylum?

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Phylum Nematoda:

Nematodes

What is this?

Ascaris — roundworm

Phylum Nematoda

What is this?

Phylum Nematoda

*Turbatrix aceti — vinegar eel

Phylum Rotifera:

Rotifers and thorny-headed worms (Acanthocephalans)

What is this?

Rotifer (Phylum Rotifera, *Philodina)

What is this?

Phylum Rotifera

Acanthocephalan (thorny-headed worm)

Phylum Gastrotricha:

Gastrotrichs

What is this?

Phylum Gastrotricha

*Lepidodermella

Phylum Nematomorpha

Nematomorphs / horsehair worms

What is this?

Phylum Nematomorpha

*Gardius

Phylum Annelida:

segmented worms (annelids)

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

*Chaetopterus — parchment worm

(neither in Class Errantia or Sedentaria)

Class Errantia:

Marine polychaete worms

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

Class Errantia

*Nereis

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

Class Errantia

*Aphrodita — sea mouse

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

Class Errantia

*Lepidonotus — scale worm

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

Class Errantia

*Diopatra — plume worm/shelly tube worm

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

Class Errantia

*Hermodice — fire worm

Class Sedentaria:

Burrowing/tube-dwelling annelids

What is this?

Phylum Annelida

CLass Sedentaria

Common earthworm

*Lumbricus terrestris

Family Hirundinidae:

Leeches

What are these?

Phylum Annelida

Class Sedentaria

Family Hirundinidae — leeches