- a diverse molluscs body plan consists of: foot, visceral mass, mantle, radula, circulatory system
- Antigen: a protein on the surface of bacteria that the body recognizes so it can later remember it
- arthropoda: jointed appendages, hard exoskeleton, head, thorax, abdomen, open circulatory system
- bivalves: shells divided into 2 halves hinged together, mantle cavity with gills
- cephalopods: shell can be small/missing/internal, and mouth is at base of foot, and radula
- chelicerates/arachnids: scorpions, ticks, spiders, insects, mites
- Cnidaria: radial symmetry + 2 tissue layers
- crustaceans: aquatic, lobsters, crayfish, crabs, shrimps, barnacles, krill...
- echinodermata: sea stars, sand dollars, slow moving, sessile marine animals, water vascular system
- foot: muscular, functions in locomotion
- gastropods: belly foot, single spiraled shell
- gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods are all: the major classes of molluscs
- gastrovacular cavity: digestive compartment where waste exits the mouth
- Insects: 3 part body- head, thorax, abdomen, has a pair of antennae, 3 pairs of legs
- mantle: fold of tissue that drapes over the visceral mass like a shell
- medusa: umbrella shape, fringe of tentacles around lower edge (jelly)
- mollusca: snails, slugs, oysters, clams, octopuses, squids
- nematoda: roundworms
- platyhelminthes: flatworms w/ a gastrovacular cavity
- polyp: cylindrical body w/ tentacles projecting from one end
- radula: unique rasping organ that scrapes food
- sessile: anchored in place and cannot escape predators
- spiders have 8 legs and therefore:: they are NOT INSECTS....insects have 6 legs
- visceral mass: contains most of the internal organs