Animal Diversity 1 (Phylum Porifera, Cnidaria and Platyhelminthes)

Part I - Phylum Porifera (Sponges)

Representative Sponges (many shapes, sizes, colors)

Sponge Spicules

Grantia (sponge) cross section - 4x

Grantia cross section - 10x

Part II. Phylum Cnidaria

(Class Hydrozoa = Hydra, Obelia, portugese man o' war; Class Anthozoa = corals and anemones; Class Scyphozoa = jellyfish)

Hydra

Hydra adult with bud

Hydra

Obelia Hydroid colony with feeding (tentacles) and reproductive (medusae) polyps

Obelia

Obelia medusa

Obelia medusa

Class Anthozoa (Corals and Anemones)

Coral

Corals - many shapes, sizes, colors

Anemone

Class Scyphozoa (Jellyfish)

Cabbage head / Cannonball jellyfish

Part III. - Phylum Platyhelminthes (Class Turbellaria = Planarians, Class Cestoda = tapeworms, Class Trematoda = flukes)

Class Turbellaria: Planaria

Planaria

Class Trematoda (Flukes):

Clonorchis - Fluke - front end

Clonorchis (Fluke) tail end

Class Cestoda: Tapeworm

Tapeworm segment

Tapeworm scolex

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