Marine Invertebrates |
| Marine invertebrates are animals without a backbone. They make up over 95% of all animals. Invertebrates have evolved a variety of ways to support their bodies in a water environment. Invertebrates are very important components of the marine ecosystem as well as important to humans (mostly for food and economics). |
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Invertebrate Diagrams & Animations |
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| Porifera | sponge anatomy | sponge anatomy | UC Davis: Sponge | |||||||||
| Cnidaria | UC Davis: body plan | UC Davis: nematocysts | UC Davis: nematocysts | |||||||||
| Mollusca | mytillus ext/int | clam internal clam2 | oyster shell & internal | scallop shell & internal | limpet shell | |||||||
| Mollusca | nudibranch ext | nautilus int | squid anatomy | octopus and cuttlefish | snail internal | |||||||
| Arthropoda | crayfish anatomy | |||||||||||
| Echinodermata | starfish internal | sea urchin and sea urchin | Sea Cucumber | |||||||||
Additional Invertebrate Websites |
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| Invertebrates | ||
search animal to get tons of good info |
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| UC Davis: Animal Notes | UC Davis: biology course notes on animal characteristics | |
| Chek Jawa: Palau Singapore | Select group of marine organism to see amazing photos | |
| National Geographic: Invertebrates | Outstanding! | |
| NOAA | Article about aquaculturing or "farming marine organisms" | |
| Sponges | ||
| Cnidarians | ||
| YouTube: Jellies Eating Brine Shrimp | National Geographic: Portugese Man-O-War Video | Deep Sea IMAX: Jelly Fish (1:51) |
| Mollusc Sites | ||
| SeaGrant: Paralytic Shellfish Poinsoning | info and links pertaining to the deadly problem |
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| Wikipedia: mollusc medicines | ziconotide produced from cone snail |
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| Univ. Of Melbourne: | mollusc medicine research |
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| Shell Classes of Molluscs | great general characterisitics and images |
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| Gastropods | organized by common names of gastropods: tons of general info, classification, and images |
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| Bivalves | organized by common names of bivalves: tons of general info, classification, and images |
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| Cephalopods | general info, classification, scroll down to get to other good links | |
| limpets | ||
| molluscs | ||
| YouTube: marine snail on man's hand (:49) | ||
| YouTube: limpet body moving | YouTube: Newscientist info on Cuttlefish (2:50) | |
| Crustaceans | ||
| YouTube: Barnacles Feeding | ||
Man Vs. Wild: Sea Snails |
BBC Video discusses all the important info about the Phylum Mollusca |
