Brief Description | Scientific Group Name |
Kingdom, single celled of organisms. Some produce shells. | |
Phylum, single celled, secrete shells made of silica. | |
Phylum, single celled, secrete shells made of carbonate | |
Kingdom, multicellular prokaryotes | |
Phylum, tiny animals that generate current with flagella. Often colonial and produce spicules. | |
Phylum, have tentacles with nematocysts. | |
Class, primarily polyp stage, live in large skeletons of calcium carbonate | |
Order, horn corals, usually solitary | |
Order, honeycomb corals, usually colonial | |
Order, true corals, most abundant today | |
Phylum, superficially similar to corals, have lophophore | |
Phylum, superficially similar to clams, have lophophore, individual shells symmetric, shells not mirror images of each other | |
Phylum, segmented bodies, jointed limbs, 3 main body regions | |
Class, segmented bodies, extinct, three lobes | |
Phylum, usually have shell, mantle, nervous system | |
Class, has two shells, single shell is not symmetric, shells are mirror images of each other | |
Class, has single shell, not chambered, helical coil | |
Class, shell is chambered, coils in single plain | |
Phylum, five sided symmetry, posesses water vascular system | |
Class, has five sided symmetry, usually has a stem with discs made of carbonate | |
Class, has five sided symmetry, rounded bodies, often has spines | |
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