MarineInvert Phyla/Classes

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Across
  1. 10. the bivalve that we dissected in class, part of the phyla Molllusca
  2. 12. Class; sea cucumbers
  3. 15. Class; urchins, sand dollars
  4. 20. corals and sea anemones are part of this class of Cnidaria
  5. 21. Phyla that is characterized by jointed appendages and an exoskeleton
  6. 23. Class; brittle stars, serpent stars, basket stars
  7. 24. Class; true sea stars
  8. 26. made famous by the Bobbit worm Eunice, these raptorial worms have large jaws
  9. 27. phylum characterized by nematocysts
Down
  1. 1. Water bears are in this phyla, and are some of the most extreme animals—have even visited outer space!
  2. 2. common name for animals of Platyhelminthes (singular)
  3. 3. Some of the most numerous animals and have significance as parasites aka roundworm (singl.)
  4. 4. known for having a retractable lophophore, these colonial feeding animals can be confused with algae (singular)
  5. 5. fire worms (have many sharp chaetae that cause burning skin irritation)
  6. 6. a kind of pycnogonid in which males carry the eggs! Use a proboscis for feeding.
  7. 7. Hydrozoans include this kind of colonial animal which includes Portuguese man o’ war and velella velella (by the wind sailors)
  8. 8. comb jellies are in this phylum, and known for their rows of ctenes
  9. 9. known for its grasping spines, this is a pelagic animal that is an ambush predator (singl.)
  10. 11. includes feather duster worms and Christmas tree worms
  11. 13. a kind of animal that can be in the class
  12. 14. Nemerteans are known as _______ worms and pretty on polychaetes with their proboscis and stylet
  13. 16. squids, cuttlefish, octopus, and nautilus are all this kind of animal, a kind of mollusk
  14. 17. _____ jelly, Aurelia aurita, is a live scyphozoan that we sketched.
  15. 18. you can tell the difference between a bivalve and this by its lophophore and the way it is hinged (dorso-ventral flattening), and the pedicle (singular)
  16. 19. phoronida, also known as _______________ worms, also have a beautiful lophophore for feeding
  17. 22. known for their ciliated corona for feeding, strong jaws and toes, we observed these tiny animals in class (plural)
  18. 25. Phyla name of sponges, where demosponges have the greatest diversity