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Acanthocephala | Phylum | - | stomach parasites found in carnivores |
Annelida | Phylum | - | terrestrial, freshwater, and marine worms with well developed coelom |
Arthropoda | Phylum | - | segmented animals with paired, jointed appendages |
Brachiopoda | Phylum | - | bottom-dwelling marine animals with two-valved shells |
Chaetognatha | Phylum | - | slender, planktonic, carnivorous animals |
Chordata | Phylum | - | animals with a dorsal hollow nerve chord, dorsal supporting rod (notochord), and gill pouches or slits. |
Cindaria | Phylum | - | symmetrical, with tissues, organs, and nematocysts |
Ctenophora | Phylum | - | aquatic, transparent |
Echinodermata | Phylum | - | marine animals with tubercles for locomotion, and an endoskeleton containing spine barring plates |
Echiura | Phylum | - | unsegmented marine worms burrowing in marine deposits |
Entoprocta | Phylum | - | sedentary marine animal living in colonies |
Euprocta | Phylum | - | small, colonial, aquatic animals |
Gastrotricha | Phylum | - | microscopic marine animals with cilia on bodies |
Gnasthostomulida | Phylum | - | microscopic marine worms |
Hemichordata | Phylum | - | soft-bodied animals inhabiting muddy sea bottoms |
Kinorhyncha | Phylum | - | worm-like marine animals |
Loricifera | Phylum | - | small marine animal covered by lorica |
Mesozoa | Phylum | - | worm-like organisms |
Mollusca | Phylum | - | soft-bodied animals, usually protected by a calcareous shell |
Nematomorpha | Phylum | - | long, parasitic worms found in insects and crustaceans |
Nemertina | Phylum | - | long anterior proboscis used to explore environment and capture prey |
Nemetoda | Phylum | - | cylindrical, parasitic worms |
Onychophora | Phylum | - | soft-bodied, segmented animals with unjointed legs |
Pentastoma | Phylum | - | parasitic worms in the respiratory passage of air-breathing vertebrates |
Phorinda | Phylum | - | tentacled marine worms living in tubes |
Placozoa | Phylum | - | no tissues, organs, or symmetry |
Platyhelmenthes | Phylum | - | ribbon shaped, soft-bodied. least complex animals with head |
Pogonophora | Phylum | - | slender, gutless, tube-living marine worms |
Porifera | Phylum | - | no tissue, organs, or symmetry |
Priapulida | Phylum | - | carnivorous marine worms |
Rotifera | Phylum | - | microscopic marine animals with corona. |
Sipuncula | Phylum | - | unsegmented marine worms living in crevices |
Tardigrada | Phylum | - | small animals living in films of water around mosses and other low terrestrials |