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Marine Biodiversity
Porifera (sponges) |
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Cnidaria
(jellyfish, sea anemones, sea fans, soft corals, hard corals)
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Ctenophora (comb-jellies)
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Bryozoa
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Crustacea
(crabs, lobsters, barnacles, isopods, amphipods)
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Annelida (segmented
worms)
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Pogonophora
Marine worms
living in tubes. Some giant species, 1.5 m long have been found around warm
water vents in the Pacific Ocean. |
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Vestimentifera
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Echiura (spoon worms and innkeepers)
Once placed with the phylum Annelida. |
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Mollusca (snails, mussels, squid, etc.)
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Sipuncula (peanut worms)
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Nemertea (ribbon worms)
Marine worms that in some species can reach 30 m in length! Synonyms:
Nemertini or Nemertina. |
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Platyhelminthes (flatworms, tapeworms)
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Hemichordata
Marine organisms
such as acorn worms. |
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Brachiopoda (lamp shells)
Look superficially like clams in that they have a similar shaped shell
but they are not molluscs. |
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Ectoprocta (bryozoans or moss animals)
Found on rocky shores. |
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Phoronida
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Chaetognatha (arrowworms)
About 70 species known. |
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Echinodermata (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.)
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See the
articles by Bevan Pank, many of which concern marine life.
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