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Invertebrates
Invertebrates
1. Animals without a backbone
2. Come in many different shapes and sizes
Can be compared by looking at:
1. Type of body plan
2. Whether or not the animal has a head
3.The way food is digested
Body Plans
Invertebrates have 2 basic body types or
types of symmetry
Definition of Symmetry
exact reflection of the form on opposite sides of a
dividing line or plane
Bilateral Symmetry
1. Bilateral symmetry
2 similar halves
If you draw a line there
are 2 similar halves on
each side
Radial Symmetry
2. Radial symmetry
Body parts are
arranged in a circle
around a central point
Asymmetrical
3. Asymmetrical
No symmetry
3 Types of Symmetry
Presence or Absence of Head
1. All animals except for sponges have
nerves
2. Nerves- carry signals to control
movements of the body
3. Simple invertebrates have nerves
arranged in nerve cords throughout the
body
These simple animals have no brain or head
Presence or Absence of Head
Some invertebrates have
A. Dozens of nerve cells that come together
and are called GANGLIA
B. Ganglia
Are found throughout the body controlling different
parts
Presence or Absence of Head
C. More complex
animals have a
brain and a
headwhere
the brain is stored
D. Brain controls
many different
nerves in different
parts of the body
Bell Work
1. What are nerves cells that help to
control movement of different body parts?
c. anemones and
corals usually have
polyps forms
Cnidarians
Catching Lunch
7.All cnidarians have
long tentacles
covered in stinging
cells that catch small
fish and other
organisms by having
these stinging cells
that release
paralyzing toxin
Cnidarians
8. Cnidarians do not
think
9.They have a simple
network of nerve cells
called a nerve net that
controls movement
10. Medusa have a
nerve ring that allows
them to swim
Flatworms
1. Simplest group of
worms Planarians
2. Bilateral symmetry
3. Have a head and
eye spots
4. 2 sensory lobes on
each side of its head
used for finding food
Planarians
5. Small- usually size of
your fingernail
6. Live in water and land
7. Predators (eat on other
animals or their parts)
8. Has head, eyespots,
sensory lobes and a
small brain
Flukes and Tapeworms
1. Parasites
2. Live inside other
animals bodies
3. Host is usually killed
4. Have heads without
eyespots or sensory
lobes
5. No stomachs, they
absorb nutrients of their
host
Roundworms
1. Have a simple
nervous system and a
primitive brain
2. Parasites
3. Live in their host
4. Pinworms and
hookworms infect
humans!
Mollusks and Annelid Worms
Mollusks and Annelid Worms
More complex than
the invertebrates that
we have studied so
far
Have a
1. Coelom
2. Circulatory system
Mollusks
1. Phylum: Mollusca
2. Second largest
phylum of animals
3. Includes
Snails
Slugs
Clams
Oysters
Squid
Octopuses
Mollusks
3 Classes
1. Gastropods (slugs and
snails)
3. Cephalopods (squids
and octopuses)
Mollusks Characteristics
1. Most mollusks live
in the ocean
2. Some live in fresh
water
3. Soft body
4.Usually covered by
a shell
4 Main Parts of Mollusks
1.Foot- large muscle that mollusks use to move
Gastropods foot secrete mucus to help it slide
2.Visceral mass-contains gills, gut, and other
organs in the coelom
3.Mantle- covers the visceral mass and protects
the body of mollusks that dont have a shell
4. Shell- protects the mollusks from predators and
keeps them from drying out
How do mollusks eat?
1. Clams and bivalves
stay in one place and
filter tiny plants,
bacteria and other
particles from the
water
How do mollusks eat?
2. Octopuses and
squids use tentacles
just like we use our
fingers
How do mollusks eat?
3. Snails and slugs
eat with a tongue
covered in curved
teeth called radula
4. Slugs and snails
use the radula to
scrape algae off
rocks, or pieces of
leaves off plants
Circulatory System
Cephalopods have a
more complex nervous
system than any other
mollusk
Brain
3. Octopus can find
their way through a
maze, pick out
different shapes and
colors, and when
given bricks or stones
will build a cave to
hide in
SCARY!!!!!!!!!
Annelid Worms
Phylum: Annelida
Characteristics
1. Segments- identical or almost identical
repeating body parts
2. Have a coelum
3. Have a closed circulatory system
4. Ganglia in each segment
5. Brain found in the head and a nerve cord that
connects the brain to the ganglia
Annelid Worms (3 Classes)
1st Class are Earthworms
A. Most common are annelids
B. Some segments are specialized for eating
and reproduction
C. Break down matter in the soil and excrete
wastes called castings
D. When they burrow in soil, they allow water
and air to reach deep in the soil
E. Stiff bristles on the outside of their body help
them move
Bristle Worms
2nd Class is Bristle Worms
A. Come in many and bright colors
B. Live in water and burrow through sand
and mud to find food
C. Some crawl on the bottom and eat
mollusks and other small animals
Leeches
3rd Class are leeches
A. Some are parasites and suck other
animals blood, others eat dead animals
B. Doctors used to use them to suck the
bad blood out of patients
C. Today some doctors use them to
prevent swelling near a wound
D. Leeches also make a chemical that
keeps blood from clotting
Bell Work
1. What are the 3 main classes of
mollusks?
Characteristics of arthropods
1. Jointed limbs
2. Segmented body with specialized
parts
3. Well-developed nervous system
Jointed Limbs
1. Jointed limbs gives
arthropods their names
2. Arthro means joint
3. Pod means foot
4. Jointed limbs are arms,
legs, or other similar
body parts
5. Jointed limbs let
arthropods to move
easily
Segmented and Specialized
1. Most segments in arthropods are
identical
2. Some segments include specialized
parts such as
A. wings
B. antenna
C. gills
D. pincers
E. claws
Segmented and Specialized
3. These specialized parts form during the
animals development
A. head
B. thorax
C. abdomen
Segmented and Specialized
4. Exoskeleton- external
(outside) skeleton on
arthropods made of protein
and chitin
A. does the same thing as
an internal skeleton
B. allows the animal to
move
C. all muscles attach to
the exoskeleton and move
that part of the animal when
the muscles contract
D. acts like a suit of armor
to protect internal organs and
muscles
Segmented and Specialized
5. All arthropods have a head and a well
developed brain
6. Some arthropods can detect light but
can not form an image
7. Some arthropods can see images
because they have compound eyes
Compound eyes- are made of identical light-
sensitive cells
Kinds of Arthropods
1. Arthropods are
classified according to the
kinds of body parts they
have
3. What is an exoskeleton?
Echinoderms
1. Phylum: Echinodermata echinoderm
means spiny skinned
Includes star fish, sea urchins, sea
cucumbers, brittle stars, and sand dollars
Echinoderms
Characteristics
1. Live on the sea floors
2. Endoskeletons
3. Echinoderm embryos form a mouth
like vertebrates when they first start to
develop (this makes echinoderms more
closely related to vertebrates than any
other invertebrates)
Echinoderms
Characteristics
4. simple nervous system that contains
nerve rings around the mouth and
radial nerves that controls arms
5. water Vascular System- uses water
pumps to help the animals move eat,
breathe, and sense the environment
The End!
Invertebrates
Test Review
Words all 7th graders should know
about invertebrates!
Ganglia Osculum
Medusa Characteristics of
Polyp Invertebrates
Open circulatory system Porifera
Closed circulatory Mollusca
system Arthropods
Exoskeleton Annelids
Coelum Cnidarians
Collar cells Echinoderms