BIOL 2073 Classifications

I combined all of them to make it a bit more of a challenge. Many have hints, most don't. Probably get the most out of learning then flashcards.

Subphylum Chelicerata

Chelicerates (The silly cheli spider went up the water spout)

Class Merostomata

horseshoe crabs (Mero the Mare wears shoes)

Class pycnogonida

sea spiders (The pyc-y nicky spider went to the ocean floor)

Class Arachnida

Spiders (arachnids)

Order Araneae

True spiders (aran = arachnid)

Order Scorpiones

Scorpions (scorpions)

Order Opiliones

Harvestmen/daddy long-legs (Kinda look like a pil)

Order Acari

Ticks and mites (A car mite tick people off if it’s loud)

Subphylum Myriapoda

Myriapods (Myriad of pods[feet])

Class Chilopoda

Centipedes (C for cent, pod for pede)

Class Diplopoda

Millipedes (Diplo makes millions)

Class Branchiopoda

Water fleas (When you hit water with a branch, the water fleas)

Class Ostracoda

Ostracods (Two O’s = two openings[they’re bivalves)

Class Maxillopods

Copepods(Max can Cope)

Thecostraca

Barnacles (The cost of krabby patties are barnacles)

Class Malacostraca

Malacostracans (MEDIA = Malacostraca, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda)

Order Isopoda

Pill and sow bugs (I sow love pillbugs)

Order amphipoda

Scuds and beach fleas

Order euphausiacea

Krill (Eu will krill this midterm)

Order decapoda

Decapods/hermit crabs and lobsters (deca = 10, poda = legs)

Class Asteroidea

Sea stars (Asteroid = star)

Class Ophiuroidea

Brittle stars

Class Echinoidea

Sea urchins (Echin sounds like urchin)

Class Holothuroidea

Sea cucumbers (A holot of sea cucumber salad)

Class Crinoidea (Crinoids)

Sea lilies and sea feathers

Subphylum Urochordata

Tunicates (Ur own Tunic)

Subphylum Cephalochordata

Lancelets (Cepha = head, top of the chordata tree)

Protochordata

Urochordata and Cephalochordata (CUP = Cephalochordata, Urochordata, Protochordata)

Subphylum Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Class Cyclostomata

Jawless fishes/hagfish and lampreys (Cyclo the hag)

Class Chondrichthyes

Cartilaginous fishes/sharks and rays (Carti B is rich)

Class Actinopterygii

Ray-finned fishes (Ray actin-op)

Class Dipnoi

lungfish/Lobe-finned fish (lung dip? no)

Class Actinistia

coelacanths/Lobe-finned fishes (Coela can’t act)

Order Apoda

Caecilians; no limbs (A = no, pod = feet)

Order Caudata / Urodela

Salamanders (Sal and dela sittin in a tree)

Order Anura

Frogs and toads (Anura = FAT, Frogs And Toads)

Order Testudines

Turtles (Turtles test my patience)

Order Squamata

Lizards and Snakes (Lizards and snakes squam when you hold them)

Order Crocodilia

Crocodiles and Alligators

Class Aves

Birds (Birds are Aviary animals)