1. Classification Lab2. Animal Phylogenetic Tree3. Animal Phyla Survey4. Sponge Coloring5. Cnidarian Coloring

Animal Phylum Survey

I. Purpose: To observe representative animals form various animal phyla

II. Materials: Preserved animal specimens

III. ProcedureLook at all twenty-four specimens. Record common name, phylum, whether it is a vertebrate orinvertebrate, characteristics, and observations.

IV. Data

Common Name Phylum Vertebrate or Invertebrate

Characteristics Observations

Dragonfly Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryExoskeleton

Made of Repeating Segments

Large EyesScaly Wings

Garden Spider Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryExoskeleton

Open Circulatory System

Eight LegsMany Eyes

Portuguese Man O' War

Cnidaria Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryNerve Net

Stinging Tentacles

Pouch of AirBalloon-Shaped

HeadTransparent

Jellyfish Cnidaria Invertebrate Radial SymmetryNo SkeletonNerve Net

Edges Have Tentacles

Folds VisibleTransparent

Chicken Chordata Vertebrate Bilateral SymmetryCephalizedBackbone

Undeveloped Feathers

Two LegsWings

Waterbug Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryVenomous

Made of Repeating Segments

Forelegs Made For Grasping

Brown Color

Leech Annalida Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryTube-like Body

Segmented Body

Rusty ColorVisible MouthSanguivorous

Lancelet Chordata Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryNo Backbone

Repeating Segments

Gold ColorTransparent Fins

Crayfish Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryFused Segments

Feelers

Fan-Shaped TailGills

Mottled Brown Color

Frog Chordata Vertebrate Bilateral SymmetryBackbone

Closed Circulatory System

Leopard PatternMuscular LegsWebbed Feet

Starfish Echinodermata Invertebrate Radial SymmetryRough Skin

Central Mouth

Small Feet on Bottom

Gray ColorFive Appendages

Sponge Porifera Invertebrate No SymmetryPorous

No Tissues

FuzzyBrown Color

Pig Chordata Vertebrate Bilateral SymmetryHeart

Closed Circulatory System

PinkLong SnoutShort Tail

Snail Mollusca Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryShell

Eyes on Stalks

Wrinkled SkinSpiral Shell

Turtle Chordata Vertebrate Bilateral SymmetryShellScales

Webbed FeetPattern on Shell

TailHoneybee Worker Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral Symmetry

WingsStinger

FuzzyLarge EyesAntennae

Sand Dollar Echinodermata Invertebrate Radial SymmetryCircular

Central Mouth

SlitsFuzz on Body

Horsefly Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetrySanguivorous

Open Circulatory System

Transparent WingsLong Mouth

Six legs

Sea Anemone Cnidaria Invertebrate Radial SymmetryStinging Tentacles

Central Mouth

Black BottomPink Color

Vase-Shaped, Long Body

Roundworm Nematoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryBreathes Through its

SkinSegmented

Long BodyBlack Color

Painted Lady Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryScaly Wings

Segmented Body

Colorful WingsSlender Body

Mouse Chordata Vertebrate Bilateral SymmetryTail

Closed Circulatory System

White ColorFurry

Whiskers

Earthworm Annelida Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetrySegmented Body

Breathes through its Skin

Long BodyPinkish Color

Lubber Grasshopper

Arthropoda Invertebrate Bilateral SymmetryExoskeleton

Open Circulatory System

Long LegsAntennae

Black and Orange Color

V. Analyze and Conclude1. Compare and contrast any two invertebrates.See Separate Sheet.

2. Compare and contrast any two vertebrates.See Separate Sheet.

3. Compare and contrast an invertebrate and a vertebrate.See Separate Sheet.