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BIOL212
Majors animal: Animal phyla, subphyla, classes, superclasses (invertebrates)
| Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|
| Class Monoplacophora | Monoplacophorans |
| Class Polyplacophora | Chitons |
| Class Aplacophora | Solenogasters |
| Class Scaphopoda | Tooth/tusk shells |
| Class Gastropoda | Snails, slugs, whelks, nudibranch, limpets |
| Class Bivalvia (Pelecypoda) | Clams, mussels, oyster, scallops |
| Class Cephalopoda | Squid, octopi, nautili, cuttlefish |
| Class Polychaeta (Polychaete Worms) | Clamworm, lug worm, feather-duster/fan worm, plume worm, arachiannelid |
| Class Oligochaeta (Bristleworms) | Earthworms, dung worm, sewage worm |
| Class Hirudinea | Leeches |
| Class Merostomata | Water scorpion, horseshoe crab |
| Class Pycnogonida | Sea spider |
| Class Arachnida | Spider, tick, scorpion |
| Class Branchiopoda | Water flea, fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, claim shrimp, tadpole shrimp, etc. |
| Class Maxillopoda | Ostracoda, Copepoda, Branchiura fish louse, Cirripedia barnacles |
| Class Malacostraca | Isopoda sow bugs and pill bugs, Amphipoda beach fleas and skeleton shrimp, Euphausiacea krill, Decapoda crayfish, lobsters, crabs, fiddler crabs, decorator crabs, etc. |
| Class Diplopoda | Millipedes |
| Class Chilopoda | Centipedes |
| Class Pauropoda | Pauropods |
| Class Symphyla | Garden centipede |
| Class Entognatha | Spring tails, snow fleas, japygids |
| Class Insecta | Mayflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, "true" bugs, mealybugs, beetles, "true" flies, butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, termites, biting lice, etc. (900,000 species) |
| Class Enteroneusta | Entropneusts |
| Class Pterobranchia | Pterobranchs |
| Phylum Sipuncula | Sipunculans |
| Phylum Echiura | Echiurans |
| Phylum Phoronida | Lophophorates (ex: worm-like animals) |
| Phylum Brachiopoda | Lophophorates (ex: bottom-dwelling marine worms) |
| Phylum Ectoprocta | Lophophorates (ex: ectoprocts) |
| Phylum Pentastomida | Pentastomids |
| Phylum Onychophora | Onycophorans |
| Phylum Tardigrada | Tardigrades |
| Phylum Chaetognatha | Arrowworms |
| Class Echinoidea | Sea urchins, sand dollars |
| Class Holothuroida | Sea cucumbers |
| Class Crinoidea | Sea lilies, basket star, feather star |
| Class Asteroidea | Starfish or sea stars |
| Class Ophiuroidea | Brittle stars, Pacific basket star |