Lower Invertebrates Lab BI 101

Lower Invertebrates

Porifera – Sponges

Cnidaria

    Corals, Hydroids, Jellyfish

Platyhelminthes

    Various representatives of the flatworms

Annelida

    Various representatives of the segmented worms

Arthropoda

    Various representatives

Exercise: To properly identify morphological characteristics of each group, ecological niches that these species have exploited, and the Taxonomic groups that these species belong to of the Animalia or animal kingdom.

Materials: Microscope, various slides