1. Invertebrates Bella Johnson, Madison Doyle, and Autumn Funderburgh BJ

2. Arthropods • Definition: An animal, that has a jointed exoskeleton and jointed limbs. • Body Systems: Circulatory system • Reproduction: They reproduce sexually • Food: Fish, shellfish, and other plants • Habitat: They live in oceans • Predators: The Atlantic Cod • Fun Facts: Soft-Shelled crabs are blue crabs that have just molted their shells • Example: Lobsters BJ

3. Platyhelminthes • Definition: An animal, such as a planarian, that has a flattened body, a digestive system with only one opening, and a simple nervous system. • Body Systems: Nervous System • Reproduction: They can reproduce sexually and asexually. • Food: Meat • Habitat: Freshwater Streams, Lakes, And Ponds • Predators: Large Diving Beetle • Fun Facts: Sponges have a mineral skeleton • Example: Planarian • BJ

4. Porifera • Definition: A type of animal that filters the water it lives in to get food. • Body Systems: NONE. • Reproduction: They reproduce asexual • Food: Sponges are filter feeders. They eat tiny, floating organic particles and plankton that they filter. • Habitat: It lives in water. • Predators: Nudibranch Mollusks • Fun Facts: Its DNA is identical to their parents DNA. They are called Sessile as adults. • Example: Red Cup Sponge BJ

5. Annelids • Definition: An animal, such as an earthworm whose body is made up of connected sections or segments. • Body Systems: Circulatory System • Reproduction:They reproduce sexually or asexually. • Food: They eat dead plant material that is found in soil. • Habitat: live in soil. • Predators: many different animals prey on earthworms. Which is one reason why they spend so much time burrowing into and around the dirt. • Fun Facts: They can grow up to 11 feet long. It has no lungs or gills so it breathes through its thin skin. • Example: Earthworms BJ

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