Animal Species
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Giant Barrel Fish
Jellyfish
Tapeworm
The Giant Barrel Sponge is also known as Xetoshpongia Muta and lives in Marine Aquatic environments attached ot the surface of the ocean floor. It has no nervous system or organs, andis a filter feeder. It is assymetrical and an invertabrate.
The jellyfish's scientific name is Medusozoa and lives in tropical and subtropical parts of the west Atlantic ocean. It can be larger than humans, has eyes, and can be bigger than humans. It is radialand an invertabrate.
The tapeworm, or Cestoda lives in moist environments and only has a mouth. It's bodies are only a few cells thick, and it has a simple brain. It is biliaterl and an invertabrate.
Hookworm
The hookworm,AKA Anclylostoma Duodenale lives in an organism's small intestine and is an invertabrate. It has hook-like teeth to attach it's body to an organism, lives 4-6 years and infects humans, dogs, cats, and foxes. It is also bilateral.
Blue-Ringed Octopus
The Hapalochlaena, better known as the Blue-Ringed Octopus is a bilateral invertabrate. It lives in the pacific ocean, and has blue rings around it's body, even when camoflauged. It has no skeleton, and it's body is about 8 inches.
Black Widow Spider
The Black Widow Spider, or Latrodectus live all over the world. It is Bilateral and an Invertabrate. It has an exoskeleton, 8 legs, and a segmented body.
Earthworm
Long-Spined Sea Urchin
The earthworm, also known as Lumbricina lives everywhere in the soil. They have a soft body, repeating segment, and two openings in a digestive system. They are bilateral invertabrates.
A long spined sea urchin is a radial invertabrate with spikey skin. The scientific name is the Diamdema Antrillarum. The have hard plates covering their body and tubular feet to move.