1. Classification Lab 2. Animal Phylogenetic Tree 3. Animal Phyla Survey 4. Sponge Coloring 5. Cnidarian Coloring
Mar 11, 2016
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.