animal phylum naming/desc

Phylum Porifera

sponges, asymmetrical

Phylum Placozoa

a single scab-like representative, Trichoplax; asymmetrical

Phylum Ctenophora

comb jellies, radially symmetrical

Phylum Cnidaria

jellies, anemones, and corals; radially symmetrical

Deuterostomes

(phylum) echinodermata and chordata

Phylum Echinodermata

the “spiny-skinned” animals (sea stars, sea urchins, sea lilies, sea cucumbers, and sand dollars); bilaterally symmetrical

Phylum Chordata

all animals with a notochord (a backbone of sorts; the lancelets, tunicates, and vertebrates), third largest animal phylum, bilaterally symmetrical

Lophotrochozoans

(phylum, please never regret buying me bunny animals) platyhelminthes, nemertea, rotifera, brachiopoda, mollusca, bryozoa, annelida

Phylum Platyhelminthes

the flatworms; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Nemertea

the ribbon worms; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Annelida

the segmented worms; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Rotifera

the rotifers; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Brachiopoda

the lamp shells; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Bryozoa (or Ectoprocta)

the moss animals; lophotrochozoans

Phylum Mollusca

the slugs, snails, bivalves (clams, mussels, etc.), and cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish, chambered nautilus), second largest animal phylum; lophotrochozoans

Ecdysozoans

(phylum, tan) tardigrada, anthropoda, nematoda

Phylum Nematoda

the roundworms; ecdysozoans

Phylum Tardigrada

the microscopic water bears; ecdysozoans

Phylum Arthropoda

the “joint footed” animals with exoskeletons (insects, arachnids, crustaceans); ecdysozoans, largest metazoan phylum

Phylum Porifera

(Porus-) "pore" + (-fera) "bearing"

Phylum Placozoa

(Plakos-) "flat" + (-zoa) "animals"

Phylum Ctenophora

(Cteno-) "comb" + (-phora) "bearing"

Phylum Cnidaria

(Cnidos-) "stinging nettle"

Deuterostomes

(Deutero-) "second" + (-stoma) "mouth"

Phylum Echinodermata

(Echino-) "spiny" + (-dermata) "skin"

Phylum Chordata

(Chord-) "string" + (-ata) "having"

Lophotrochozoans

(Lophos-) "crest" + (Trochos-) "wheel"

Phylum Platyhelminthes

(Platy-) "flat" + (-helminthes) "worms"

Phylum Nemertea

(Nemertes-) "thread-like"

Phylum Annelida

(Annel-) "ring" + (-ida) "having"

Phylum Rotifera

(Rota-) "wheel" + (-fera) "bearing"

Phylum Brachiopoda

(Brachi-) "arm" + (-poda) "foot"

Phylum Bryozoa

(Bryo-) "moss" + (-zoa) "animals"

Phylum Mollusca

(Mollus-) "soft" + (-sca) "having"

Ecdysozoans

(Ecdysis-) "shedding" + (-zoa) "animals"

Phylum Nematoda

(Nema-) "thread" + (-toda) "having"

Phylum Tardigrada

(Tardus-) "slow" + (-grada) "stepping"

Phylum Arthropoda

(Arthro-) "joint" + (-poda) "foot"