Phylum Arthropod (Brown Widow)

Phylum Arthropods

The Brown Widow

                     The genus species for the brown widow is Latrodectus Geometricas.  The venom of the brown widow is more toxic than the black widow, but it doesn't inject as much venom as the black widow.  One person who was bitten by a brown widow says, "It was like getting hit by a sledgehammer."  Some affects of the venom is severe pain everywhere, swelling, and red bumps around where you were bitten.  The brown widow spider is mostly found in Florida and California.  The hourglass mark on the abdomen of the brown widow is yellow or orange.  The color of the brown widow can be from light tan to a blackish brown.  Brown widows look very simalar to the red widow.    http://www.livestrong.com/article/164808-brown-widow-spider-bite-symptoms/

                                          http://www.badspiderbites.com/brown-widow-spider/

Phylum Annelid Worms (Earthworm)

Phylum Annelid Worms

The Earthworm

                     There are 2,700 different types of earthworms.  Earthworms have 5 hearts.  Earthworthms do not have legs, eyes, or arms.  An earthworm can only grow so long.  You can find earthworms where there is food, water, and oxygen.  Earthworms tunnel very deep leaving a slime that contains nitrogen to help plants grow.  Earthworms also leave behind castings which is a good fertlizer for crops.  Earthworms are hermaphrodites, they can also regrow their body parts or regenerate them.

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/worms/facts/index.html 

                                                   

Phylum Echinoderms (Brittle Stars)

Phylum Echinoderms

Brittle Star

                       The genus species name for the brittle star is Amphipholis Squamata.  There are over 2,000 known species of brittle stars.  Most brittle stars are smaller than 1inch.  Brittle Stars have 5 small arms, a small disk as the body and 5 teeth on the disk.  Like the star fish the brittle star pushes its stomach out of its mouth and digest the prey.  You can find brittle stars on the sea floor.  Brittle Stars are not fish, but are related to sea stars.  Like the giant clam brittle stars vary in color.  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/echinoderm/Brittlestar.shtml

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/brittlestars.htm

  

Phylum Mollusca (Giant Clam)

Phylum Mollusca

Giant Clams

                            The giant clam is in the phylum mollusca and the class bivalve.  The giant clam is the biggest organism in the phylum mollusca.  The giant clam can grow up to 4 ft. and weighs about 500 lbs.  Giant Clams live mostly in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.  A fact about the giant clam is that once it finds a home it sits there for the rest of its life.  The giant clam eats by sucking in water with the prey through the siphons.  Every giant clam has its own different colors, meaning every clam is a different color.http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-clam/

                        

Phylum Roundworm (Pinworm)

Phylum Roundworm

The Pinworm



                            The pinworms genus is Entorobius.  The pinworm is a parasitic infection found in many places.  This infection is mostly found in kids.  You can get this infection by touching beds,tables, things at school, and at the park.  This happens by when the eggs or larva on the object you touch is transferred into your small intestine which then travel to the large intestine where they travel from there to your small intestine to your rectum where they plant themselves. It takes a month or two before itching in the rectum begins.  After you itch the rectum the pinworm eggs sometimes can be transfered back into the mouth which from there can travel to anywhere in the body.  There is medicine for this.

                                                                  

    http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/stomach/pinworm.html

    http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/pinworms-topic-overview

                                                                                                                          

                                  

Phylum Flatworms (tapeworm)

Phylum Flatworms

The Tapeworm

                          The tapeworm is a worm that causes infection in the human iuntestines.  You get this infection by eating undercooked pork or beef.  Tapeworms can grow up to 12 ft. and survive a long time.  There are two main types of tapeworms, the Taenia Saginata usually found in beef, and then the Taenia Solium usually found in pork.  A tapeworm can live inside a host for up to 20 years.  Some people inject tapeworms in them to help them lose weight, but beware people that do this can pass eggs from the tapeworm which grow into big tapeworms through food handling.  There are not many symptons of this infection just some stomach pains usually.
http://www.dr-dan.com/tapeworm.htm

Phylum Cnidaria (Moon Jellyfish)

Phylum Cnidaria (Jellyfish, Coral)

Moon Jellyfish





                       There are two types of cnidarians: medausa and polyp.  The moon jellyfish is a medusa.  The species name for the moon jellyfish is Aurelia Aurita.  The moon jellyfish swims horizantilly, the moon jelly moves by pulsating its bell on top of the the stingers.  The moon jelly is found near the coast in warm, tropical waters.  They feed mostly on zooplankton.  The moon jellies range in sizes between 5-40 cm. http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=231

                                                                                   

Phylum Porifera (Barrel Sponge)

Phylum Porifera (Sponges)

Barrel Sponge

Barrel Sponge
http://people.uncw.edu/pawlikj/xmuta.html

The species name is Xestospongia Muta.  The barrel sponge is commonly found in the Caribbean Sea.  Depths iside the sponge can grow up to 10m, a full grown person can fit inside a barrel sponge.   Many barrel sponges are found in small groups on coral.  A nickname for the barrel sponge is "redwood of the deep."  In 2008 the barrel sponge was named one of the oldest animals on Earth.