Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, sand dollars, urchins, and cucumbers
That’s right, around these parts we call “star fish” sea stars.
Category: Invertebrates
Phylum Arthropoda: the largest phylum in the animal kingdom
For the people that just can’t get enough crabs and lice in their life!
Worms: Phylum Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Nematoda, and Annelida
Welcome to the worms! (I promise I did not make any of those phyla up).
Lophophorata: Phylum Phoronida, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa
Lophophorata is a clade composed of three Phyla: Phoronida, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. They are grouped like this due to one uniting structure, the lophophore.
Phylum Mollusca: send nudes (nudibranchs)
Mollusca is the second largest invertebrate phylum in the world and includes clams, mussels, sea snails, octopuses, and so many more that I’d need a whole other blog post just to list them for you!
Phylum Ctenophora: is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a jellyfish?
Seriously, wtf are ctenophores?
Phylum Cnidaria: jellyfish, corals, and anemnem… amenome… we give up.
Does anyone know how to pronounce anemone correctly? And what’s with the silent C in Cnidaria? So many questions, so let’s get to it!
Phylum Porifera: aka Spongebob Squarepants and co.
Let’s face it, sponges are an obscure bunch of animals. With no nervous, digestive, excretory, or circulatory system, how on earth are they even classified as a living organism?
The Ocean: Explained 