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Classification of Invertebrates

Invertebrates are animals without backbones that have economic importance as sources of food, medicine, and for scientific research. They help maintain balance in the environment. There are several classifications of invertebrates including poriferans like sponges, coelenterates like jellyfish and corals, platyhelminthes like flatworms, nematodes like roundworms, annelids like earthworms, mollusks like snails and clams, echinoderms like starfish, and arthropods like insects, arachnids, and myriapods. Arthropods make up the largest group and include crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and myri

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Classification of Invertebrates

Invertebrates are animals without backbones that have economic importance as sources of food, medicine, and for scientific research. They help maintain balance in the environment. There are several classifications of invertebrates including poriferans like sponges, coelenterates like jellyfish and corals, platyhelminthes like flatworms, nematodes like roundworms, annelids like earthworms, mollusks like snails and clams, echinoderms like starfish, and arthropods like insects, arachnids, and myriapods. Arthropods make up the largest group and include crustaceans, insects, arachnids, and myri

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Science

Quarter 2 Week 5

Invertebrates are animals without backbones. They have economic importance. They are sources of
food, medicine, and are used in scientific investigations and contribute to the harmony of organisms
in the environment.

Classification of Invertebrates:

 Poriferans are marine animals full of pores or holes. Its body is a hollow tube with many
pores or openings. These holes serve as passage for water which carries nutrients and gases.
The wall of the body is made of two walls.
Example: Sponges or pore-bearing animals
 Coelenterate/Cnidarian are hollow-bodied or soft-bodied animals. Their bodies are made up
of two layers of cells which form a hollow tube.
Example: Fresh water hydras, hydroids, jellyfish, sea fans, sea anemones, and corals
 Platyhelminthes have bodies that look like ribbons. They have no space inside so they have
no digestive system.
Example: Flatworms and Tapeworms
 Nematoda or Nematodes consist of animals called roundworms. They are unsegmented
bodies long, thin, round, and pointed at one or both ends. Some of them are also parasites.
Examples: Ascaris and Hookworm
 Annelids are segmented worms. They are the most complex among the worms. Their bodies
are divided into segments.
Examples: Earthworm and Leeches
 Mollusca or Mollusks are soft-bodied or shelled animals. Most animals like the clams, oysters
and snails have shells that protect their soft bodies.
Examples: snails, slugs, clams, mussels, oysters, squids and octopuses
 Echinodermata or Echinoderms are spiny-skinned sea animals. They have hard shells
covered with prickly spines or needles.
Examples: Starfish, sand dollars, sea urchins, and sea cucumber
 Arthropoda or Arthropods are joint-legged animals. They make up the largest group in the
animal kingdom. Their legs are jointed. Their bodies and legs are made up of sections. They
have an outside shell called the exoskeleton.
Four groups of Arthropods:
 Crustaceans have a hard-outer body covering divided into sections.
Examples: Crabs, lobsters and shrimps
 Insects are small, six-legged animals or have three pairs of walking legs.
Examples: Bees, ants, wasps, butterflies, cockroaches, ladybugs, fireflies, termites,
moths and grasshopper
 Arachnids have four pairs of walking legs. Have two body segments and no
antennae.
Examples: scorpions, mites, ticks and spiders
 Myriapods are animals with many legs.
Examples: Centipede means “hundred feet” while
Millipede means “thousand feet”

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