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Phylum Placozoa: The Highly Unusual Placozoans
Introduction to the Placozoans Placozoa – Etymology: From the Greek Plakos for flat and Zoon for animal – hence Placozoa is a ‘flat animal’.…
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Phylum Sipuncula (Peanut Worms)
Phylum Sipuncula (Peanut Worms); Edible Marine Worms Sipuncula; Etymology: From the genus sipunculus, as a variation from the Latin Siphunculus…
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Phylum Rotifera (The Rotifers) Wonderful Wheel Animals
Rotifera Etymology- From the Latin Rota a wheel, and Ferre to bear or carry. Rotifera Species Count: According to The Catalogue of Life there…
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Spoon Worms: The Wonders Of Subclass Echiuroidea (Phylum Echiura)
Echiuran Etymology From the Greek Echis for Viper and Ura a tail. Echiuran Species Count = 172 COL Characteristics of Spoon Worms (Echiura) : Bilaterally…
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Tardigrades: Facts About The Virtually Indestructible “Water Bears”
Etymology: From the Latin Tardus for slow and Gradu a step, meaning ‘slow walker’ – which they are. Characteristics of the Tardigrada: Bilaterally…
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Kingdom Animalia 101
Kingdom Animalia 101: Big List Of The Animal Phyla The Kingdom Animalia is currently divided into 32 phyla (singular phylum).…
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Crinoids: The Weird World of Feather Stars & Sea Lilies
The Crinoidea – or Feather Stars and Sea Lilies – are among the most ancient of the Echinoderms. Most of…
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Echinoderms And Echinodermata
Echinoderms And Echinodermata: The Wonderous World of Starfish & Sea Urchins Etymology: From the Greek Echinos for half, and Derma for skin. Characteristics of…
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Crustaceans
The Crustacea are highly diverse and successful group of animals. They include Crabs, Prawns, Shrimps and Lobsters (but also Woodlice…
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Trilobites: The Amazing Animals We Only Know From Fossils
The trilobites are an extinct group of arthropods that lived in the seas of the world for about 380 million…
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