Biology 242: Lecture 2Spring 2001

Invertebrates I

  1. "Kingdom Protista"
    1. Characteristics
    2. Major groups
      1. Candidate Kingdom Archaezoa
      2. Candidate Kingdom Euglenozoa
      3. Candidate Kingdom Alveolata
        1. Apicomplexans = sporozoans
        2. Ciliates = ciliophorans
      4. Candidate Kingdom ????
        1. Rhizopods = amoebas
        2. Actinopods = heliozoans, radiozoans
        3. Foraminifera = forams
      5. Candidate Kingdom Stramenopila
      6. Candidate Kingdom Rhodophyta = red algae

  2. Phylum Porifera = sponges

  3. Phylum Cnidaria
    1. Characteristics
    2. Major groups
      1. Class Hydrozoa
      2. Class Scyphozoa
      3. Class Anthozoa

  4. Phylum Ctenophora = comb jellies

  5. Phylum Platyhelminthes = flatworms
    1. Characteristics
    2. Major groups
      1. Class Turbellaria = planarians
      2. Class Trematoda = flukes
      3. Class Cestoda = tapeworms

  6. Phylum Nemertea = ribbon worms/proboscis worms


"What's going on inside me?
I despise my own behavior.
This only serves to confirm my suspicions
That I'm still a man in need of a Savior."		dc Talk, In The Light