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Has a long body with many segments, name means "one thousand legs"
A marine animal with 5 or more arms, star shaped, undersides of arms have tube feet for movement.
A phylum of invertebrates. Includes: coral, jelly fish, sea anemones, etc.
Small insect that lives in colonies, many types such as red, black,fire, carpenter, etc.
In the phylum Coelenterata, a hard stony object that usually forms in large reefs in warm seas.
A phylum of invertebrates. Includes: earthworms, leeches, sandworms, etc.
In the phylum Coelenterata, a free-swimming marine animal, has no brain, is an umbrella shape with tentacles hanging down.
A crustacean with a wide body and 5 pairs of legs ( first two are pincers), lives on sea shores in tropical places.
A large marine crustacean, has a long cylindrical body and has 5 pairs of legs ( first two are pincers).
Common insect has two sets of clear wings (only used on set for flying). Types include; house, fruit, horse, etc.
Has a long flat body, name means " one hundred legs
In the phylum Mollusca. This animal creates pearls.
A common mantis, long-bodied, rests on forelimbs as if praying.
In the phylum Annelida, type of worm that lives on land or in water, has suckers on both ends, many species are blood-sucking parasites.
In the phylum Arthropod, has eight legs. Name for species such as; black widow, daddy-long-legs, etc.
In the phylum Mollusca, live in shells, used in escargot.
In the phylum Annelida, a type of worm that burrows and lives in the soil.
An animal lacking a backbone
A phylum of invertebrates. Includes: insects, scorpions, mosquitos, etc.
A hard external body covering for some invertebrates. Provides support and protection.
In the phylum Coelenterata, has a flower like shape and many stinging tentacles around its mouth, a marine animal.
In the phylum Arthropod, has lobster-like pincers, and a poisonous sting on the end of tail
In the phylum Arthropod, a small insect that flies and bites and sucks blood from humans and animals.
An insect with two pairs of large wings, goes from caterpillar, into a cocoon, and then into its final form.
Terrestrial mollusk, like a snail but lacks a shell, a pest to plants.
A free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body. Used as a food frequently. Ex: scampi
A fast-flying, long bodied insect with two pairs of transparent wings.
A type of invertebrate. In the phylum Mollusca. Typically has eight tentacles.
This animal lives in water, stays attached to underwater rock or a coral reef, take in food by drawing it into their bodies.
A fast swimming cephalopod mollusk with eight arms and two long tentacles.

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