Beetles, Butterflies, Ants

Subclass Insecta

6 Legged Creatures


Order Coleoptera

  • beetles

Order Dictyoptera

  • Mantid

  • Cockroaches

Order Diptera

  • True Flies

 

Order Ephemeroptera

  • Mayflies

Order Lepidoptera

  • Butterfly

  • moths

Order Hymenoptera

  • Ants

  • Bees

  • Wasp

 

Order Odonata

  • Dragonflies

  • Damselflies

Order Orthoptera

  • Grasshoppers

  • Katydids

Order Phasmida

  • Stick Insect

  • Leaf Insect

Spiders, scorpions

Subclass Chelicerates

Eight Legged Creatures


Order Arachnids


Arachnids

  • Spiders

  • Scorpion

  • Ticks

Horseshoe crab

 

Shrimp, Lobsters and Barnacles

Subclass Crustaceans

Hard Shelled Creatures


Malacostraca

  • Shrimp

  • lobster

  • Crabs

Maxillopoda

  • Barnacles

 

Centipedes, Millipedes

Subclass Myriapoda

Creatures of a thousand legs


Chilopoda

  • Centipede

Diplopoda

  • Millipedes

 

Symphyla

  • Garden Centipede

Pauropoda

 

Squids, slug, snails

Subclass Mollusca

Squishy creatures


Cephalopoda

  • squid

  • Octopus

Gastropods

  • Slugs

  • Snails

  • Periwinkles

bivalves

  • Clams

  • Oysters

  • Mussels

Starfish, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers

Subclass Echinodermata

Pointed Invertebrates


  • Starfish

  • Sea urchins

  • Sea cucumbers

 

Jellyfish, Corals, Sea Anemones

Subclass Cnidaria

wiggily and jiggly


  • Jellyfish

  • Corals

  • Sea anemones

  • Hydras

 

Segmented, Flat and Round

Subclass Worms

Legless creatures


Annelida (segmented worms)

  • Earthworms

  • leeches

  • polychaetes

Onychophora

  • Velvet worms

Platyhelminthes

  • flatworms

Nematoda

  • Roundworm

Nematomorpha

  • Horsehair worms

  • Gordian worms

 

Soft outside, hard insides

Subclass Porifera

Marine Sponges


  • Demospongiae

    • Heteroscleromorpha

    • Keratosa (Horny Sponges)

    • Verongimorpha

  • Homoscleromorpha


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