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Kingdom: PROTISTA (PROTOZOA) Phylum: Sarcomastigophora (Rhizoflagellata) Phylum:
Apicomplexa (Sporozoa) Kingdom: CHROMALVEOLATA Phylum: Heterokontophyta Phylum: Haptophyta Phylum: Cryptophyta
Phylum: Ciliophora Kingdom: ANIMALIA SubKingdom: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera SubKingdom: Metazoa (Eumetazoa) Phylum: Ctenophora (Previously
under Coelenterata) Phylum: Cnidaria (Previously
under Coelenterata) Phylum: Platyhelminthes (Superphylum Platyzoa) Phylum: Nemertinea (Nemertera) Phylum: Acanthocephala |
Phylum: Rotifera Phylum: Gastrotricha Phylum: Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) Phylum: Brachiopoda Phylum: Phoronidea Phylum: Nematoda (
Nemathelminthes Phylum: Nematomorpha (Gordiacea) Phylum: Echinodermata Phylum: Mollusca Phylum: Annelida Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
Subphylum: Chelicerata Subphylum: Myriapoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Subphylum: Crustacea
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum: Cephalochordata |
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Kingdom: PROTISTA
(PROTOZOA) Phylum: Sarcomastigophora (Rhizoflagellata) Plate 2 =
Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Amoebina: Amoeba proteus Plate 3 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda:
Foraminifera & Radiolaria Plate 4 = Protista:
Mastigophora: Eglenoidea: Euglena viridis Plate 5 = Protista: Mastigophora: Phytomastigina:
Volvocina: Volvox globator Plate 6 = Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Mastigophora &
Apicomplexa (Pandorina sp., Trichonympha sp., Trypanosoma
rhodesieusi & Plasmodium vivax ------------------------------------------------ Phylum:
Apicomplexa (Sporozoa) [Additions pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Kingdom: CHROMALVEOLATA Phylum: Heterokontophyta
[Additions
pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Haptophyta [Additions
pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Cryptophyta [Additions
pending)] ------------------------------------------------
Phylum: Ciliophora Plate 7 =
Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Paramecium multimicronucleatum Plate 8 =
Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Nyclotherus sp., Opalina sp.,
Didinium nasutum & Paramecium sp. Plate 9 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata &
Phyllopharyngea (Euplotes patella & Ephelota sp.) ------------------------------------------------ Kingdom: ANIMALIA SubKingdom: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera -- Sponges Plate 10 =
Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Scypha sp. Plate 11 = Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Calcarea &
Hexactinellida (Scypha sp., Hyalonema sp. & Euplectella
sp.) Plate 33 =
Phylum: Porifera: Noteus sp. & Asplancha amphora ------------------------------------------------ SubKingdom: Metazoa (Eumetazoa) Phylum: Ctenophora (Previously
under Coelenterata) [Additions pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Cnidaria (Previously under Coelenterata) Plate 12 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Obelia sp. Plate 13 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Gonionemus sp. Plate 14 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanula sp., Hydra sp., Eudendrium
sp., Gonionemus sp. Plate 15 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubularia sp., Bougainvilla sp. Plate 16 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Aurelia sp. Plate 17 = Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Scyanea sp.
& Aurelia sp. Plate 18 =
Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Figs. A &
B) Plate 19 = Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp.
(Fig. C) ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Platyhelminthes (Superphylum Platyzoa) Plate 20 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis Plate 21 =
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (whole
animal) Plate 22 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia
agilis (cross-section of Plate 21) Plate 23 =
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Proctyla
sp., Bdelloura sp., Leptoplana sp., Dugesia sp. Plate 24 = Platyhelminthes:
Trematoda: Prosthogonimus macrorchia Plate 25 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:
Digenea -- Example Structures & Life Cycle Plate 26 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:
Digenea: Clonorchia sinensis, Distomaria hepatica, Paramphistomum sp.,
Octomacrum sp., Notocotylus sp. &
Clonorchia sp. Plate 27 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Taenia
pisiformis & Taenia serrata Plate 28 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Echonococcus
granulosis, Taenia pisiformis, Dibothria canium ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Nemertinea (Nemertera) Plate 63 =
Phylum: Nemertinea -- Example Structures ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Acanthocephala Plate 29 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. male Plate 30 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. --
Cross-sections Plate 31 =
Phylum: Acanthocephala, Macracanthorhynchus
sp. -- Dissected Female specimen ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Rotifera Plate 1 =
Different body shapes in Rotifera. Plate 32 =
Phylum: Rotifera: Hydatina senta --
Lateral view ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Gastrotricha Plate 60 =
Example Structure of Gastrotricha. ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) Plate 34 = Phylum: Bryozoa: Plumatella sp. & Cristatella mucedo Plate 35 =
Phylum: Bryozoa -- Example Structures:
Pectinatella sp. & Bugula sp. ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Brachiopoda Plate 62 =
Phylum: Brachiopoda: Lingula sp., Laqueus sp. & fossil ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Phoronidea Plate 61 =
Phylum: Phoronidia -- Example Structure ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Nematoda (
Nemathelminthes) Plate 37 = Phylum: Nematoda: Ascaris lumbricoides Plate 38 = Phylum: Nematoda: Dioctophyme
venale, Dracunculus medinense, Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris sp. ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Nematomorpha (Gordiacea) [Additions pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Echinodermata Plate 39 =
Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius
sp. Plate 40 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Asteroidea: Asterius sp. -- Cross-section Plate 41 =
Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. Plate 42 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. -- Aristotle's Lantern Plate 43 = Phylum: Echonodermata --
Example Classes: Echinoidea,
Blastoidea, Ophiuroidea Plate 44 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. Plate 45 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. -- Cross-section Plate 46 =
Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: & Crinoidea -- Examples ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Mollusca Plate 47 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Venus sp. Plate 48 = Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Ostea, Pecten, Ensis, Mytilus, Maja,
Teredo spp. Plate 50 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo
sp. -- General Morphology Plate 51 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo
sp. -- Venous System Plate 52 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo sp. -- Arterial & Digestive
Systems ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Annelida Plate 53 = Phylum: Annelida: Oligochaeta: Lumbricus terrestris -- Dorsal View of
Earthworm Plate 54 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Oligochaeta & Polychaeta: Lumbricus
terrestris & Nereis sp. Plate 69 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Segmental structure of Nereis
showing segmental organs Plate 70 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Blood system of Pomatocerus Plate 71 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Coelomic circulation in Aphrodite Plate 72 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Filter feeding in Sabella Plate 73 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Nephridia & coelomoducts in polychaetes Plate 74 =
Phylum: Annelida -- Class: Polychaeta: Nephridia in tubicolous polychaetes Plate 75 = Phylum: Annelida -- Various
heads found in Oligochaeta ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha Subphylum: Chelicerata Subphylum: Myriapoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Subphylum: Crustacea Plate 49 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda & Ostracoda Plate 55 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- General Morphology Plate 56 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Limb Structure Plate 57 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca: Homarus americanus -- Mouthparts Plate 58 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Malacostraca; Orders: Isopoda, Amphipoda,
Stomatopoda -- Ligia oceanica, Gammarus
neglectus, Squilla sp. Plate 59 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Maxillipoda & Malacostraca -- Lepas anatifera & Mysis relicta ------------------------------------------------
[Additions
pending)] ------------------------------------------------ Phylum: Chordata -- Tunicates, fish,
amphibians, birds, mammals
Subphylum: Cephalochordata ================= Plate 1 = Different body shapes in
Rotifera. Plate 2 =
Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Amoebina: Amoeba proteus Plate 3 =
Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Rhizopoda: Foraminifera & Radiolaria Plate 4 =
Protista: Mastigophora: Eglenoidea: Euglena viridis Plate 5 =
Protista: Mastigophora: Phytomastigina: Volvocina: Volvox globator Plate 6 =
Protista: Sarcomastigophora: Mastigophora & Apicomplexa (Pandorina sp.,
Trichonympha sp., Trypanosoma rhodesieusi & Plasmodium
vivax Plate 7 = Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Paramecium
multimicronucleatum Plate 8 =
Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata: Nyclotherus sp., Opalina sp.,
Didinium nasutum & Paramecium sp. Plate 9 =
Chromalveolata: Ciliophora: Ciliata & Phyllopharyngea (Euplotes
patella & Ephelota sp.) Plate 10 =
Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Scypha sp. Plate 11 =
Animalia: Parazoa: Porifera: Calcarea & Hexactinellida (Scypha sp.,
Hyalonema sp. & Euplectella sp.) Plate 12 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Obelia sp. Plate 13 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Gonionemus sp. Plate 14 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanula sp., Hydra sp., Eudendrium
sp., Gonionemus sp. Plate 15 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Tubularia sp., Bougainvilla sp. Plate 16 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Aurelia sp. Plate 17 =
Animalia: Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Scyanea sp. & Aurelia sp. Plate 18 =
Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Figs. A &
B) Plate 19 =
Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zooantharia: Metridium sp. (Fig. C) Plate 20 =
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia
agilis Plate 21 =
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis (whole
animal) Plate 22 = Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Tricladida: Dugesia agilis
(cross-section of Plate 21) Plate 23 =
Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria: Proctyla
sp., Bdelloura sp., Leptoplana sp., Dugesia sp. Plate 24 = Platyhelminthes:
Trematoda: Prosthogonimus macrorchia Plate 25 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:
Digenea -- Example Structures & Life Cycle Plate 26 = Platyhelminthes: Trematoda:
Digenea: Clonorchia sinensis, Distomaria hepatica, Paramphistomum sp.,
Octomacrum sp., Notocotylus sp. &
Clonorchia sp. Plate 27 = Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Taenia
pisiformis & Taenia serrata Plate 28 =
Platyhelminthes: Cestoda: Echonococcus granulosis, Taenia
pisiformis, Dibothria canium Plate 29 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. male Plate 30 = Phylum: Acanthocephala: Macracanthorhynchus sp. --
Cross-sections Plate 31 = Phylum: Acanthocephala, Macracanthorhynchus sp. -- Dissected
Female specimen Plate 32 =
Phylum: Rotifera: Hydatina senta --
Lateral view Plate 33 =
Phylum: Porifera: Noteus sp. & Asplancha amphora Plate 34 = Phylum: Bryozoa: Plumatella sp. & Cristatella mucedo Plate 35 = Phylum: Bryozoa -- Example
Structures: Pectinatella sp. & Bugula
sp. Plate 36 = Phylum: Nematoda: Ascaris
lumbricoides female Plate 37 = Phylum: Nematoda: Ascaris lumbricoides Plate 38 =
Phylum: Nematoda: Dioctophyme venale, Dracunculus medinense,
Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris sp. Plate 39 =
Phylum: Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Asterius
sp. Plate 40 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Asteroidea: Asterius sp. -- Cross-section Plate 41 =
Phylum: Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. Plate 42 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotus sp. -- Aristotle's Lantern Plate 43 = Phylum: Echonodermata --
Example Classes: Echinoidea, Blastoidea,
Ophiuroidea Plate 44 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. Plate 45 = Phylum: Echinodermata:
Holothuoroidea: Cucumaria sp. -- Cross-section Plate 46 = Phylum: Echinodermata: Holothuoroidea: & Crinoidea --
Examples Plate 47 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Venus sp. Plate 48 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Pelecypoda: Ostea,
Pecten, Ensis, Mytilus, Maja, Teredo spp. Plate 49 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda & Ostracoda Plate 50 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo
sp. -- General Morphology Plate 51 =
Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Loligo
sp. -- Venous System Plate 52 = Phylum: Mollusca: Cephalopoda:
Loligo sp. -- Arterial &
Digestive Systems Plate 53 = Phylum: Annelida: Oligochaeta:
Lumbricus terrestris -- Dorsal View
of Earthworm Plate 54 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Oligochaeta & Polychaeta: Lumbricus
terrestris & Nereis sp. Plate 55 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea:
Malacostraca: Homarus americanus --
General Morphology Plate 56 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea:
Malacostraca: Homarus americanus --
Limb Structure Plate 57 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea:
Malacostraca: Homarus americanus --
Mouthparts Plate 58 = Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea:
Malacostraca; Orders: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Stomatopoda -- Ligia oceanica, Gammarus neglectus, Squilla sp. Plate 59 =
Phylum: Arthropoda: Crustacea: Maxillipoda & Malacostraca -- Lepas anatifera & Mysis relicta Plate 60 = Example Structure of
Gastrotricha. Plate 61 = Phylum: Phoronidia -- Example
Structure Plate 62 = Phylum: Brachiopoda: Lingula
sp., Laqueus sp. & fossil Plate 63 = Phylum: Nemertinea -- Example
Structures Plate 64 = Phylum: Nematomorpha -- Trichinella sp. = Gordian worms Plate 65 = Kingdom: Protista --
Development characteristics Plate 66 = Kingdom: Chromalyeolata,
Phylum: Ciliata -- Paramecium structure Plate 67 = Phylum: Ctenophora --
Transverse section to axis of Corallium
sp. Plate 68 = Phylum: Ctenophora --
Structure of an anemone. Plate 69 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Segmental structure of Nereis
showing segmental organs Plate 70 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Blood system of Pomatocerus Plate 71 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Coelomic circulation in Aphrodite Plate 72 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Filter feeding in Sabella Plate 73 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Nephridia & coelomoducts in polychaetes Plate 74 = Phylum: Annelida -- Class:
Polychaeta: Nephridia in tubicolous polychaetes Plate 75 = Phylum: Annelida -- Various
heads found in Oligochaeta Plate 76 = Phylum: Onychophora -- Peripatus capensis structures Plate 77 = Phylum: Onychophora -- Fossil Terataspis from New York Devonian Plate 78 = Phylum: Crustacea, Class:
Branchiopoda -- Cyclomorphosis in Daphnia Plate 79 = Phylum: Crustacea, Class:
Brachiopoda -- Cyclops sp.
structures Plate 80 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Section of cuticle and hypodermis Plate 81 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Petrobius maritimus mouthparts Plate 82 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta
-- Histology of the insect gut Plate 83 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Section through gut of Rhodnius
prolixus Plate 84 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Trachea & tracheole structure Plate 85 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Closing of spiracles Plate 86 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Regulation of tracheal respiration Plate 87 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta -- Sensillae of insects Plate 88 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Entognatha -- Basic morphology of Collembola Plate 89 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Thysanura -- Lepisma
saccharina & Petrobius
maritimus Plate 90 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Ephemeroptera -- Morphology Plate 91 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Dermaptera -- Forficula
auricularia male Plate 92 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Orders: Mecoptera & Neuroptera -- Panorpa, Sialis & Mymeleon spp. Plate 93 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Neuroptera -- Sialis lutaria Plate 94 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Trichoptera -- Hydroptila, Odontocerum, Hydropsyche,
Halesus guttatipennis & Phryganea spp. Plate 95 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Mouthparts of a mosquito Plate 96 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Calliphora
sp. mouthparts Plate 97 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta
-- Pseudotracheal membrane structure Plate 98 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Diptera -- Calliphora
sp. labellar lobes Plate 99 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Siphonaptera -- Ctenocephalus
mouthparts Plate 100 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera -- Apis sp.
mouthparts Plate 101 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Strepsiptera -- Elenchinus
sp. male & Polistes sp.
host Plate 102 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Anoplura -- Pediculus
humanus Plate 103 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Orders: Hemiptera & Homoptera -- Aradus sp. & Aphanus sp. mouthparts Plate 104 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Insecta, Order: Homoptera -- Psylla sp.
stylet penetration into plant tissue Plate 105 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Arachnida, Order: Pseudoscorpionidea -- Menthus
rossi morphology Plate 106 = Phylum: Arthropoda, Class:
Arachnida -- Koenenia sp. & Galeodes arabs Plate 107 = Phylum: Mollusca -- Example stomach
with grooves for guiding food Plate 108 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class:
Pelecypoda -- Sculpturing on shell surfaces Plate 109 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class:
Amphineura -- Ventral view of Neopilina
galathecae Plate 110 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class:
Gastropoda -- Shells of various genera Plate 111 = Phylum: Mollusca, Class:
Pelecypoda -- Shells of various genera ================== Ward & Whipple. 1918.
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