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PhylogenyTerminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animalia | pretty much everything |
| Cnidarians | an aquatic invertebrate |
| Actinopterygii | ray-finned fish |
| Monotremes | mammal that lays eggs (think platypus) |
| Mammals | have hair and produce milk |
| Hominoid | new and old world monkeys |
| Hominids | primate family consisting of the great apes and humans |
| Vertebrates | possess a backbone for structural support |
| Chordata | any animal with a notochord or supply in its back in any of its life stages |
| Eumetazoans | any group besides sponges (subs into radial and bilaterians) |
| Ecdysozoan | morphological group of animals that molt through growth |
| Sarcopterygii | lobe-finned fish |
| Bilaterian | contains bilateral symmetry (all excluding sponges and cnidarians) |
| Porifera | aquatic sponges |
| Deuterostome | anus forms first, then mouth |
| Osteichthyes | class of fish that have a bony skeleton |
| Amniotes | animal whose embryo develops in an amniotic sac (mammal bird or reptile) |
| Lophotrochozoan | feeding apparatus and larval type (snails, molluscs and annelids) |
| Chondrichthyes | class of fish that contain cartilaginous skeletons (sharks and rays) |
| Tetrapoda | four-footed animal that is part of all vertebrates higher than fishes |
| Marsupials | mammal that are born incompletely developed and are carried in a pouch |
| Jawed vertebrates | contain moving jaws in the mout |
| Mollusc | an invertebrate which includes snails, mussels, and octopuses |