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Invertebrate crossword

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Include clams, oysters, mussels and scallops. hinged shells divided into two halves
Belong to the Mollusca phylum. have bivalves. use feet for digging and anchoring in the mud or sand
Unique rasping organ...can scrape algae off rocks or drill through shells
Simplest bilateral animal. have three tissue layers
Simplest animals that lack true tissues and organs
Belong to phylum Mollusca. has a mantle which produces a shell.
Fluid filled cavity that is completely lined by tissue that originated in the embryo
Fluid filled body cavity in direct contact with the digestive tract.
The coelom forms from a portion of the digestive tube of the early embryo. (echinoderms and chordates-phylum that includes humans)
Radial animals with stinging cells
Class of annelid that include earthworms. important to soil health
Squids and octopuses. marine predators
Class that includes jellies
Belong to Arthropoda phylum and have exoskeleton
A class of annelid. includes sandworms
Down
Class of annelids which include parasitic leeches.
Umbrella shaped form of cnidarians with fringes of tentacles around the lower edge ex: jellies have this form
Belong in class Trematoda...are parasites that absorb nutrients from body fluids of living host.
Have a muscular mass of tissue called a foot
Multicellular animals with specialized organ systems...have a unique crown of cilia that direct water into the mouth
Outgrowth of the body surface that drapes over the animal...functions in respiration, waste disposal and sensory reception
The coelom forms from solid masses of cells in the embryo (mollusks and annelids)
A small marine sponge measuring only a few centimeters looks lie a simple tube with an opening at one end
Animals without backbones
Hard internal skeleton.
Animals that lack a body cavity...ex flatworm.
Cells that pick up food from the collar cells, digest it and carry nutrients to other cells
Segmented worms,..ex earthworms
Make up the largest group of mollusks. most have single shell that is oftern spiral shaped
Class that includes sea anemones and most coral snimals
Disease caused by the roundworm...acquired by humans who eat undercooked pork or meat infected with worms
Belong to the phylum annelida...segmented worms...body divided into sections by internal walls
Belong to class Cestoidea...also a parasite. absorb nutreints across their body surface...live in intestines
Adult sponge...anchored in place
One body form of cnidarians...cylindrical body with tentacles radiating from one end