Marine+Animal+Archive

This is the main organizational page for all student-generated marine animal webpages
The marine animal archive is a place where we will organize our major marine animal phyla according to [|taxonomic classification]. One of the major objectives of this course is for you to be able to describe the [|7 major marine animal phyla] below and some of the classes and orders within. You must be able to describe the characteristics shared by animals within these phyla, classes and groups (Why are they grouped together? What do they have in common?) Also, you must be able to provide examples of animals within each phylum, class and order below. Here, the marine animal phyla are arranged according to increasing complexity. For example, members of phylum porifera (the sponges) are generally considered to be the most simple marine animals whereas members of phylum chordata, class mammalia (whales, sea lions, manatees, etc.) are considered to be the most evolutionarily advanced.

Phylum Porifera

Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Class Anthozoa > Class Scyphozoa

Phylum Annelida

Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Class Cephalopoda

Phylum Arthropoda > Class Crustacea

Phylum Echinodermata

Phylum Chordata > Class Chondrichthyes > Class Osteichthyes > Class Reptilia > Class Aves > Class Mammalia >> Order Cetacea >> Order Carnivora >> Order Sirenia