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Marine Invertebrate Phyla

Photographs Courtesy of

Lynn Hansen

MJC Marine Bio

I. Kingdom Protista, Protozoa
II. Kingdom: Animalia (an-i-mail'-ee-uh): multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs.

Invertebrates: animals without vertebral column.

Phylum:
Porifera
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Phylum:
Ctenophora
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Phylum:
Nemertea
Phylum:
Nematoda
Phylum:
Ectoprocta
Phylum:
Phoronida
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Phylum:
Mollusca
Phylum:
Sipuncula
Phylum:
Echiuroidea
Phylum:
Pogonophora
Phylum:
Chaetognatha
Phylum:
Annelida
Phylum:
Arthropoda (Class Crustacea)
Phylum:
Echinodermata

Phylum: Chordata, Subphylum Urochordata