INVERTEBRATES

Group of animals that do

not have backbones.
There are eight large groups or
subgroups of invertebrates:

-Porifera
-Coelenterates
-Platyhelminthes
-Nematoda
-Annelida
-Mollusca
-Echinoderms
-Arthopods
1. Porifera

The Poriferans are marine

animals full of pores or
holes. These holes serve as
passage for water which
carries nutrients and gases.

Sponges or pore-bearing
animals belong to this
 Bath sponge

Bath sponge Venus flower basket

2. Coelenterata (Coelenterates)
The Coelenterate or
Coelenterates are hollow-bodied
or soft-bodied animals. Their
bodies are made up of two layers
of cells which form a hollow
tube. Examples of animals in this
group are the fresh water
hydras,hydroids, jellyfish, sea
fans, sea anemones, and corals.
Sea anemone hydra
jellyfish coral
3. Platyhelminthes

Platyhelminthes have bodies

that look like ribbons. They
have no space inside so they
have no digestive system.
Flatworms belong to this
group.
The tapeworm and flukes are
examples of flatworms. The
tapeworm lives in the human
intestine and feeds
completely on the digested
food of its host. Flukes stay
in the liver. They are
parasites.
tapeworm
4. Nematoda (Nematodes)

Nematoda or Nematodes consist

of animals called roundworms. They
are long, thin, round, and pointed at
one or both ends. Some of them are
also parasites. The ascaris lives in
the intestines of the human beings.
The hookworm, another parasite,
enters the human body by boring
through the skin
in the feet.
hookworm
5. Annelida

Animals belong to this group

are segmented worms. They
are the most complex among
the worms. Their bodies
are divided into segments.
Examples of the animals in
this group are the
earthworms and leeches.
earthworm

leech
6. Mollusca (Mollusks)
Mollusca or Mollusks are
softbodiedor shelled animals.
Snails, slugs,clams, mussels,
oysters, squids and
octopuses are mollusks. Most
animals like the clams,
oysters and snails have
shells that protect their soft
bodies.
mollusks
7. Echinodermata
(Echinoderms)
Echinodermata or Echinoderms
are spiny-skinned sea animals.
They have hard shells covered
with prickly spines or needles.
Starfish, sand dollars, sea
urchins, and sea cucumber
are the most common
examples of this group.
starfish sea urchin
8. Arthropoda (Arthropods)

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.
There are four groups of
animals (Arthropods)
in this group. These are:

a. Crustaceans have a hard

outer body covering divided
into sections. Crabs, lobsters
and shrimps belong to this
group.
Crab lobster
b. Insects are small, six-legged
animals or have three pairs of walking
legs, one or two pairs of wings and a
pair of antennae. Their bodies
are divided into three parts: the head,
the thorax, and the abdomen. They
change their form as they grow. They
are the most numerous animals on
earth. Bees, ants, wasps, butterflies,
cockroaches, ladybugs, fireflies,
termites, moths and grasshopper are
insects.
grasshopper

butterfly
c. Arachnids have four pairs
of walking legs. They have
possess spinnerets with
which they spin silk thread
into webs, cocoons and
nests. Examples of arachnids
are scorpions, mites, ticks
and spiders.
spider

tick
scorpion
d. Myriapods are animals
with many legs. They are the
millipedes(diplopods) which
have two pairs of legs in
every segment of their
body and the centipedes
(chilopods) which have one
pair of legs in every segment
of their body.
centipede

millipede
Identify the characteristics of the
different invertebrates by completing
the Chart using the following
descriptions.

Classification - arthropods, mollusks,

echinoderms, coelenterates
Movement - fly, crawl, swim
Description - with exoskeleton, spiny skin,
soft and segmented body,enclosed in a shell,
hollow-body stinging cells or tentacles
 ANIMALS CLASSIFICA MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION
TION

Snails

Earthworms

Lobsters

Starfish

Jellyfish
Cross the animal which does not
belong to the group.

1. Starfish Snail Sea cucumber

2. Snail Squid Sea urchin
3. Fly Spider Hookworm
4. Earthworm Leech Ascaris
5. Ascaris Hookworm Tapeworm
6. Tapeworm Fluke Ascaris
7. Jellyfish Hydra Sponge
Identify and give the name of the
group of the following invertebrates.
Ref.
LM in Sc...2nd Quarter