Common examples of invertebrates

Examples of Invertebrates

Invetebrates include all animals that do not belong the phylum chordata. Common examples include clams, snails, spiders, cockroach, worms, star fish, octopus.

Porifera -

 Sponges, Sycon (scypha), Spongilla (fresh water sponge) and Euspongia (bath sponge).

Cnidaria -

  Aurelia, Adamis, Hydra, Sea anemones, Physalia (Portugese man-of-war), Pennatula (sea-pen), Gorgonia (sea-fan), Meandrina (brain coral).

Ctenophora -

 Pleurobranchia and Ctenophora.

Platyhelminthes - 

Taenia (tapeworm), Fasciola (liver fluke).

Aschelminthes -

  Ascaris (round worm), Wuchereria (filaria worm), Ancylostoma (hookworm).

Annelida -

  Nereis, Pheretima (earthworm) and Hirudinaria (blood sucking leech).

Arthropoda -

  Apis (honey bee), Bombyx (silkworm), Laccifer (lac insect); Mosquitoes - Anopheles, Culex and Aedes; Locusta (locust) ; Limulus (king crab).

Mollusca - 

Chaetopleura (Chiton), Loligo (squid), Pila (apple snail), Pinctada (pearl oyster), Sepia (cuttlefish), Loligo (squid), Octopus (devil fish), Aplysia (sea hare), Dentalium (tusk shell).

Echinodermata -

  Asterias (star fish), Echinus (sea urchin), Antedon (Sea lily), Cucumaria (sea cucumber), Ophiura (brittle star).

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