Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana
AIM High Level Taxa
Parazoa
- Phylum Porifera- sponges
Radiata
- Phylum Coelenterata (Cnidaria) - hydras
Acoelomates
- Phylum Platyhelminthes- flatworms, planarians
- Phylum Rhynchocoela (Nemertea)- proboscis worms
Pseudocoelomates
- Phylum Rotifera- rotifers, wheel animals
- Phylum Nematoda- nematodes, roundworms
- Phylum Nematomorpha- horsehair worms, gordian worms
- Phylum Gastrotricha- gastrotrichs
Schizocoelous Coelomates
- Phylum Mollusca - snails, clams and mussels
- Phylum Annelida - segmented worms
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Subphylum Uniramia or Atelocerata- insects and relatives
- Subphylum Crustacea- crustaceans
- Subphylum Chelicerata- spiders, mites and relatives
- Phylum Tardigrada- water bears
Lophophorate Coelomates
- Phylum Bryozoa (Ectoprocta)- moss animalcules
- Phylum Entoprocta- entoprocts
Updated on 17 NOV 1995 D.L. Gustafson
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