{"id":1622,"date":"2016-05-16T23:50:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/?page_id=1622"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:48:07","slug":"animal-phylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/animal-phylum\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Phylum &#8211; Phyla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"Content\" align=\"center\" class=\"Body\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Kingdom  Animalia &#8211; Phylum (Phyla = plural): (within the animal kingdom there are some  36 phyla but of these phyla there are nine that are most commonly used. These  nine are listed first)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#What-are-Phyla-Phylum\">What are Phyla or Phylum?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Most-Common-Phyla\">The Most Common Phyla<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Annelida\"> Annelida<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Arthropoda-Arthropods\">Arthropoda or  Arthropods<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Chordata\">Chordata<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Cnidaria\">Cnidaria<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Echinoderms\">Echinoderms<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Mollusca\">Mollusca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Nematoda\">Nematoda<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Platyhelminthes\">Platyhelminthes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Porifera\">Porifera<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Less-Common-Phyla\">Less Common Phyla<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Acanthocephala\">Acanthocephala<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Acoelomorpha\">Acoelomorpha<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum Brachiopoda\">Brachiopoda<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Bryozoa\">Bryozoa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Chaetognatha\">Chaetognatha<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Ctenophora\">Ctenophora<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Echiura\">Echiura<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Entoprocta\">Entoprocta<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"><a href=\"#Phylum-Gastrotricha\">Gastrotricha<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height:115%; font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"What-are-Phyla-Phylum\" id=\"What-are-Phyla-Phylum\"><\/a>What are Phyla or Phylum?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Phyla \u2013 the plural of  phylum- is the name for a hierarchical grouping in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/taxonomy\/\" title=\"Taxonomy - The Classification of Organisms\">taxonomy<\/a>. All living  organisms can be placed into groups based on their evolutionary path (or  physical characteristics as it was before our understanding of evolution). Each  organism belongs to a kingdom &#8211; animal, plant, bacterium or fungus \u2013 and these  organisms can then be grouped into sub-groups. The process can be continued  until you find the species of the organism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">The Phyla of an organism  is the subgroup of organisms from the animal kingdom (Kingdom Animalia). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Most-Common-Phyla\" id=\"Most-Common-Phyla\"><\/a>The Most Common Phyla<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Annelida\" id=\"Phylum-Annelida\"><\/a>Phylum Annelida<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Earth worm-1140767__180.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Annelida - Earth Worm\" width=\"274\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"> Annelida (commonly known as segmented or ringed worms contains 3 classes (class  Polychaeta, class Hirudinea and class Clitellata (also known as class  Oligochaeta) This Phylum has two main morphological features. One feature is  their segments or metamerism each with separate respiratory, excretory and  locomotary organs that are repeated in each segment. The number of segments  increases with age; the youngest of which are found at the posterior of the  animal. The second common features are the &lsquo;chaetae&rsquo; which are little bristles  that can be found on each segment and may be thin tubular structures or hooks);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Arthropoda-Arthropods\" id=\"Phylum-Arthropoda-Arthropods\"><\/a>Phylum  Arthropoda or Arthropods<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/scorpion-651142__180.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Arthropoda - Scorpion\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Arthropoda or Arthropods (contains 15 classes (Class Arachnida, Class  Branchiopoda, Class Cephalocarida, Class Chilopoda, Class Diplopoda, Class  Entognatha, Class Insecta, Class Maxillopoda, Class Ostracoda, Class Pauropoda,  Class Pycnogonida, Class Remipedia, Class Symphyla and Class Xiphosura) This  taxa contains invertebrates with exoskeletons (skeletons on the outside) and  jointed legs and get their name from the greek words &lsquo;arthron&rsquo; meaning joint  and &lsquo;podos&rsquo; meaning foot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Chordata\" id=\"Phylum-Chordata\"><\/a>Phylum Chordata<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Mammals.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Chordata Mammals\" width=\"252\" height=\"192\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Chordata (contains 15 classes (class Actinopterygii, class Amphibia, class  Appendicurlaria, class Ascidiacea,&nbsp;class Aves, class Elasmobranchii, class  Holocephali, class Leptocardii, class Mammalia, class Myxini, class  Petromyzontida, class Reptilia, class Sarcopterygii, class Sorberacea and class  Thaliacea). Phylum Chordata contains more than 75,000 living species and  arguably contains the most successful animals on Earth. This includes three  groups of animals called Tunicates, Lancelets and vertebrates (animals with  backbones) but all chordatas have something called a notochord. A notochord is  a semi-flexible rod that works as a support for the animal&rsquo;s basic structure  (which in vertebrates develops into the backbone in the latter part of it&rsquo;s  embryonic development). Chordata include some of the most familiar classes of  animals including birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/mammals\/\" title=\"Mammals\">mammals<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Cnidaria\" id=\"Phylum-Cnidaria\"><\/a>Phylum Cnidaria<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/jelly-fish-1275881__180.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Cnidaria - Jelly Fish\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Cnidaria (contains 8 Classes (class Anthozoa, class Cubozoa, class Hydrozoa,  class Malacosporea, class Myxosporea, class Scyphozoa, class Staurozoa and  class Polypodiozoa) from the Greek word &lsquo;Cnido&rsquo; meaning stinging nettle). This  Phylum is designated to organisms that contain stinging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth-site.co.uk\/Education\/cells-and-cell-structure\/\" title=\"Cells and Cell Structure\">cells<\/a> called  nematocysts such as corals, jelly fish and other aquatic stinging organisms);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Echinoderms\" id=\"Phylum-Echinoderms\"><\/a>Phylum  Echinoderms<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Star Fish.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Echinoderms - Star Fish\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Echinoderms (contains 5 classes (class Asteroidea, class Crinoidea, class  Echinoidea, class Holothuroidea and class Ophiuroidea). From the Latin meaning  &lsquo;spinny-skin&rsquo; (although most echinoderms do have spiny skin some do not) All  echinoderms are marine animals meaning they are not found on land or in fresh  water. This phylum includes sea urchins, starfish, brittle stars and sea  cucumbers among others);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Mollusca\" id=\"Phylum-Mollusca\"><\/a>Phylum  Mollusca<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Snail.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Mollusca - Snail\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Mollusca (coniains 8 classes (class Bivalvia, class caudofoveata, class  cephalopoda, class Gastropoda, class monoplacophora, class polyplacophora,  class Scaphopoda and class Solenogastres). One major characteristic of Mollusks  is their soft bodies and their name comes from the Greek word &lsquo;mollus&rsquo; meaning  soft. Usually this soft body has some kind of protective shell made of calcium  but some molluscs have lost this shell through evolution (such as octopi) or  this protective shell has become internal as with squid. Mollusks have a fluid  filled cavity called a &lsquo;Coelom&rsquo; which suspends the internal organs and acts as  a &lsquo;hydrostatic skeleton&rsquo;. This allows molluscs to change shape for use as  transportation and allows octopi to fit in very tight crevasses&rsquo;.&nbsp;Mullusca  include sea snails, snails, octopuses, squid, clams, scallops, oysters, and  chitons);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Nematoda\" id=\"Phylum-Nematoda\"><\/a>Phylum  Nematoda<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Hookworms.JPG\" alt=\"Phylum Nematoda - Roundworm\" width=\"235\" height=\"157\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Nematoda (contains 3 classes (class Adenophorea, class Chromadorea and class  Secernentea) This group includes roundworms which have a tubular digestive  system and openings at either end); The image is of hookworms, a species of  roundworm, which is a parasitic bloodsucking worm that lives in mammals,  including humans, and can cause growth problems in their host or a foetus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Platyhelminthes\" id=\"Phylum-Platyhelminthes\"><\/a>Phylum Platyhelminthes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/flatworm-380032__180.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Platyhelminthes - Flatworm\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Platyhelminthes (contains 4 classes (class Cestoda, class Monogenea, class  Trematoda, class Turbellaria) they get their name from the Greek  words&nbsp;&lsquo;Platy&rsquo; meaning flat and &lsquo;helminth&rsquo; meaning worm. This Phylum is  designated for the flatworms. They have no circulatory or respiratory organs,  but their flat shape helps them obtain the nutrients and oxygen required  through diffusion);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Porifera\" id=\"Phylum-Porifera\"><\/a>Phylum Porifera<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Sea Sponge-738664__180.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Porifera - Sponge\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Porifera (contains 3 classes (class Calcarea, class Demospongiae and class  Hexactinellida). The name comes from the Greek word meaning &lsquo;pore bearer&rsquo;. This  group has minute pores throughout its body allowing water to flow through. They  have no circulatory or digestive system and so rely on the current the water to  pass food and oxygen through its cells. Sponges are members of the Porifera  Phylum);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Less-Common-Phyla\" id=\"Less-Common-Phyla\"><\/a>Less Common Phyla<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"style83\">The following are some of the less common Phyla of the animal kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Acanthocephala\" id=\"Phylum-Acanthocephala\"><\/a>Phylum Acanthocephala<\/span><span style=\"line-height:115%; font-size:12.0pt; \"> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Thorny or Spinny headed worm.JPG\" alt=\"Phylum Acanthocephala - Thorny-headed worm\" width=\"262\" height=\"181\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Acanthocephala (contains 3 classes (class Archiacanthocephala, class  Eoacanthocephala and class Palaeacanthocephala) \u2013 This group of parasitic  organism is characterised by its spinney proboscis (a protruding tubular  appendage used for feeding, as found on a butterfly) which it uses to pierce  the hosts gut from which it feeds. Members of this Phylum are the thorny-headed  worms);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Acoelomorpha\" id=\"Phylum-Acoelomorpha\"><\/a>Phylum  Acoelomorpha<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/small 150x150\/Acoela-Monoporus_rubropunctatus- public domain.png\" alt=\"Phylum Acoelomorpha\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Acoelomorpha  (contains 2 classes (class Acoela and class Nemertodermatida) &#8211; a disputed  phylum designated for soft bodied marine animals that were traditionally  thought to be part of the platyhelminthes phyla. Further study placed these  animals in a separate phylum altogether (Bagu\u00f1\u00e0 &amp; Riutort 2004));<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Brachiopoda\" id=\"Phylum-Brachiopoda\"><\/a>Phylum  Brachiopoda<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/small 100x100\/Brachiopod-PlatystrophiaOrdovician.png\" alt=\"Phylum Brachiopoda\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Brachiopoda (contains 3 classes (class Craniforma, class Lingulata and class  Rhynchonellata) Brachiopods are a group of marine organisms that have a hard  shell (also called a valve) that in cases the animal from above and below. They  are filter feeders that use cilier (hair like organelles) that collect the food  as the water filters through. Examples of Brachiopods are lamp shells);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Bryozoa\" id=\"Phylum-Bryozoa\"><\/a>Phylum  Bryozoa<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/small 150x150\/Bryozoa public domain.png\" alt=\"Phylum Bryozoa\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Bryozoa (contains 3 classes (class Gymnolaemata, class Phylactolaemata and  class Stenolaemata). There are about 5000 living species of Bryozoans, more  commonly known as moss animals, with many more fossil species found. Individual  bryozoans are normally less than a millimetre in length but are found in  colonies of many thousands of interconnected individuals. These interconnected  colonies resemble coral-like structures and are found in marine rocks or the  underside of ships);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Chaetognatha\" id=\"Phylum-Chaetognatha\"><\/a>Phylum  Chaetognatha<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/arrow worm.png\" alt=\"Phylum Chaetognatha\" width=\"372\" height=\"264\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Chaetognatha (They are predatory, marine worms that find their prey through  vibrations and use neurotoxins to disable them. They have no circulatory,  respiratory or excretory organs but instead use cilier (hair like organelles)  to circulate nutrients etc through their body. There are about 125 species of  Chaetognaths (more commonly known as arrow worms));<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Ctenophora\" id=\"Phylum-Ctenophora\"><\/a>Phylum  Ctenophora<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Comb Jelly.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Ctenophora - Comb Jelly\" width=\"277\" height=\"215\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Ctenophora (contains 2 classes (class Tentaculata and class Nuda) The name  Ctenophora comes from the Greek meaning &lsquo;comb bearers&rsquo; but are commonly known  as comb jellies. Ctenophores resemble some types of Cnidaria such as jelly fish  but they have a very distinct difference. Jelly fish have small stinging cells  which they use to subdue their prey while Ctenophores have sticky cells called  &lsquo;Colloblasts&rsquo;. Some Ctenophores have long lines of Celia which vibrate creating  propulsion in the water).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Echiura\" id=\"Phylum-Echiura\"><\/a>Phylum  Echiura<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Spoon worm.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Echiura - Spoon Worm\" width=\"190\" height=\"130\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Echiura (A close  relative of annalids but no longer thought part of the annelid phylum due to  having no segmentation of the body. Also known as spoon worms Echiurans have a  small proboscis and set of small hooks at their prosterior. It is this feature  which gave them the name Echiura after the Greek word meaning &lsquo;spinny tail&rsquo;.  Some Echiura create mucus nets which they use to filter the water and catch  plankton);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Entoprocta\" id=\"Phylum-Entoprocta\"><\/a>Phylum  Entoprocta<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Barentsa_discreta_suzukokemusi02.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Entoprocta - Goblet Worm\" width=\"163\" height=\"217\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\"  style=\"margin: 0px 20px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Entoprocta (plural = Entoprocts) &#8211; (contains one class (class entroptica) and  around 180 known species (Iseto and Hirose 2010). Also known as goblet worms,  nodding heads and kamptozoans; Entoprocts resemble Bryozoans but are a separate  phyla. They fix themselves to substrate and feed on small food particles such  as phytoplankton filtrated from the currents produced by the vibrating cilia on  their tenticles);<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Image of Entoprocta,  Barentsa discreta &#8211; created by Keisotyo and released under CC Attribution \u2013  ShareAlike License.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:14.0pt; \"><a name=\"Phylum-Gastrotricha\" id=\"Phylum-Gastrotricha\"><\/a>Phylum  Gastrotricha<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Education\/Images\/Biology\/Animals\/Phylum Gastrotricha.jpg\" alt=\"Phylum Gastrotricha\" width=\"145\" height=\"154\" hspace=\"12\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px\"\/><span style=\"font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size:12.0pt; \">Gastrotricha (from the Greek &lsquo;gaster&rsquo; meaning stomach and &lsquo;thrix&rsquo; meaning hair,  they are very small, colourless, aquatic worms. These tiny creatures can grow  to about 3mm in length although most are only about 1mm long; they live in the  tiny gaps between sand\/sediment at the bottom of the water. Gastrotrichs have  combinations of spines and hairs along their bodies as well as their heads and  these bristles are used for tactile sensory perception of their surroundings.  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