Invertebrates Bella Johnson, Madison Doyle, and Autumn Funderburgh

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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

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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

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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

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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

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