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Anemones Jellyfish
Radial symmetry,Hydrostatic
skeleton, Dimorphic development
Can sting!
Coral
Anemones
Marine
Need excellent water condition
Most capture animal prey; zooanthellae
Variable but specific temperature requirements
dependent upon species
Asexual reproduction
Interspecific Aggression
Jellyfish
Marine
Water flow patterns
Predators have stingers!
Sexual reproduction
Lots of species variability
Coral
Marine
Water Quality Important!
Zooxanthellae; Most capture animal prey
Sexual & Asexual Reproduction
Can exhibit contact inhibition and interspecific
aggression in the tank
Hermatypic vs Ahermatypic
Phylogeny
Echinoderms
Marine http://www.studentreader.com/files/purplestarfishonrocks.jpg
90% of all
urochordates
Gastropods
Marine & freshwater
Sessile and mobile
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/photos/SeagrassMolluscs.jpeg
Filter feeders
Tank Management
Substrate
Dioecious or hermaphroditic
Cephalopods
Marine Aquatic
Varied diet
Active hunters http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/images/olc/nautilusj.baecker
_berlin_zoo_aquarium_pd600.jpg
Tank Management
Dioecious
Phylogeny
Pogonophora & Vestimentifera
Deep sea dwelling worms!
Often grouped together
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
www.nsf.gov
Phylogeny
Annelids
Mostly parasitic
Environment Management
Dieocious or parthenogenic
Phylogeny
Tardigrades
Marine, freshwater
& terrestrial
Water bears http://www.uea.ac.uk/~b444219/images/TNWP_Echiniscus%20madonnae%20(SEM).jpg
Cryptobiosis
Phylogeny
Onychophora
Tropical, terrestrial
Velvet worms or walking worms
Prey on smaller arthropods
Phylogeny
Crustaceans
Tank Management
Dieocious
Economic importance
Phylogeny
Insects
Predominantly terrestrial
Varied Diet
Environmental Management
Reproduction
Social Systems
Economical & Ecological Importance
Phylogeny
Myriapods
Terrestrial
Diet dependent on species
Well defined environmental
requirements
Dieocious; some parthenogenic
Myriapods
Millipedes Centipedes
Mostly herbivorous Mostly carnivorous
Two pairs per body One pair of legs per body
segment segment
Non-aggressive; slow Aggressive; fast!
Easy to handle Extremely hard to handle;
venomous
http://cordially.narod.ru/album/insect/images/home-centipede.jpg
http://www.garden-city.org/zoo/animalinfo/images/milipede_76pic.jpg
Millipedes
Substrate: 8-10cm of soil with
3-4cm of leaf litter on top
Temperature
Humidity
Diet: leaf litter, fruits & vegetables
Reproduction
Centipedes
Soil covered with leaf litter or mulch
Temperature
Humidity
Light
Diet: mix of live and dead invertebrates, dead
pinky mice, day old chicks, adult mice, etc.
Reproduction
Phylogeny
Horseshoe Crabs
Marine, Aquatic
Captive diet http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/33-28-HorseshoeCrabs.jpg
Various habitats
Dieocious
Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) extracted from
hemolymph- Pharmaceutical use
Phylogeny
SPIDERS!
Arachnids
Scorpions
Terrestrial
Carnivorous
Environment: mostly
desert
Sexual reproduction
Spiders
Aquatic & terrestrial
Carnivores
Diverse Environments
Sexual Reproduction
Silk!
Terrestrial Spiders
Arboreal vs. Non-arboreal
Diet
Substrate
Temperature & humidity
Lighting
Aquatic Spiders
Natural environment
Diet
Water Quality
Underwater air bells
Silk
Made of Amino Acids
Very stable
Very Strong
Genetic Isolation
Production
Application
Resources
Lewbart, Gregory (ed.). 2006.
Invertebrate Medicine.Blackwell
Publishing, Ames, Iowa.
Frye, Fredric L. 1992. Captive
Invertebrates. Krieger Publishing
Company, Malabar, Florida.
Pechenik, Jan A. 2000. Biology of
the Invertebrates. McGraw-Hill.
[5th ed is 2005.]