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Echinoderms and Invertebrate Chordates
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Arthropoda,
Tree of Life
Access this site to learn more about the classification of arthropods. Besides spiders, what organisms are known as arachnids?
Echinodermata
Access this site for photographs and taxonomic information about echinoderms. For what type of studies is the sea urchin ideal?
Chordata
Access this site for photographs and taxonomic information about chordates. What is an Anguilla rostrata?
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Echinodermata: Morphology,
UC Museum of Paleontology
Follow the link for information about echinoderms, including an SEM image of a sea urchin plate. What are pedicellaria?
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The Mid Tide Zone
The Mid Tide Zone gives information on various animals in a tide pool, including sea stars. Visit this site to read about sea stars' hydraulic pressure system. How do other Chordates
attach to rocks?
Echinoderms - The
Spiny Animals
This page has a nice summary of echinoderms and very colorful photos of many species. Select two of the groups of echinoderms featured at this site and make a Venn diagram comparing
the characteristics of the two groups.
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Tree of Life Web Project
Access this site for more information about living organisms. Visit the "popular pages" section and choose a group of invertebrate animals to report on. Design a poster or
bulletin board about the group using what you learn from this site.
Wonders of the
Seas
This page describes different creatures you will find in the sea. Use the images and information on this page to design your own Web page for animals found in this unit.
Ask Orkin
Follow the link to this site for information about the natural history of termites, ants, roaches, fleas, and other arthropod pests. Gather information about the different arthropod
pests and make a brochure explaining each of these organisms.
Invertebrate
Studies, Sevilleta LTER
Research on terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. With a partner, make a tree showing the different phyla and select species of invertebrates on this page.
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