Se stefn (n.eng. phylum) is gaderung gebrocen in þǣre endebyrdunge līfes, þe of þǣm Grēciscan phylum genumen wæs.
Stefn |
Mǣnung |
Gemǣne nama |
Distinguishing characteristics |
Cynn āscrifen |
Acanthocephala |
Þornighēafod |
Thorny-headed wyrmas |
Eversible spiny proboscis |
ymbe 850 |
Acoelomorpha |
Without gut |
— |
No mouth or alimentary canal |
Annelida |
Little ring |
Segmented worms |
Multiple circular segments |
ymbe 15,000 |
Arthropoda |
Jointed foot |
Arthropods |
Chitin exoskeleton |
1,134,000+ |
Brachiopoda |
Arm foot |
Lamp shells |
Lophophore and pedicle |
betwēonan 300 and 500 extant |
Bryozoa |
Moss animals |
Moss animals, sea mats |
Lophophore, no pedicle, ciliated tentacles |
ymbe 5,000 libbendra cynna |
Chaetognatha |
Longhair jaw |
Arrow worms |
Chitinous spines either side of head, fins |
about 100 modern species |
Chordata |
Cord |
Chordates |
Hollow dorsal nervous chord |
63,000+ |
Cnidaria |
Stinging nettle |
Coelenterates |
Nematocysts (stinging cells) |
ymbe 10,000 |
Ctenophora |
Comb bearer |
Comb jellies |
Eight "comb rows" of fused cilia |
ymbe 100 gengra cynna |
Cycliophora |
Wheel carrying |
Symbion |
Circular mouth surrounded by small cilia |
at least 3 |
Echinodermata |
Spiny skin |
— |
Five-fold radial symmetry, mesodermal calcified spines |
ymbe 7,000 libbendra cynna and 13,000 dēadra |
Echiura |
Spine tail |
Spoon worms |
Set of hooks at posterior end |
ymbe 140 |
Entoprocta |
Innlic ears |
Goblet worm |
Anus inside ring of cilia |
ymbe 150 |
Gastrotricha |
Hair stomach |
Meiofauna |
Two terminal adhesive tubes |
ymbe 450 |
Gnathostomulida |
Jaw orifice |
Jaw worms |
|
Hemichordata |
Half cord |
Acorn worms |
Stomochord in collar |
ymbe 100 living species |
Kinorhyncha |
Motion snout |
Mud dragons |
Eleven segments, each with a dorsal plate |
ymbe 150 |
Loricifera |
Corset bearer |
Brush heads |
Umbrella-like scales at each end |
ymbe 21 |
Micrognathozoa |
Tiny jaw animals |
— |
Accordion like extensible thorax |
1 |
Mollusca |
Thin shell |
Mollusks / molluscs |
Muscular foot and mantle round shell |
ymbe 70,000 |
Myxozoa |
Slime animals |
— |
Polar capsules resembling nematocysts |
at least 12,000 |
Nematoda |
Þrǣdlic |
Round worms |
Round cross section, keratin cuticle |
ofer 20,000 |
Nematomorpha |
Thread form |
Horsehair worms |
|
about 320 |
Nemertea |
A sea nymph |
Ribbon worms |
|
ymbe 1200 |
Onychophora |
Claw bearer |
Velvet worms |
Legs tipped by chitinous claws |
ymbe 110 modern |
Orthonectida |
Straight swim |
|
|
ymbe 20 |
Phoronida |
Zeus' mistress |
Horsscōh wyrmas |
U-shaped gut |
20 |
Placozoa |
Tubular animals |
|
|
1 |
Platyhelminthes |
Flat worms |
Flat worms |
|
ymbe 25,000 |
Porifera |
Pore bearer |
Spyncgan |
Perforated interior wall |
ofer 5,000 modern |
Priapulida |
Penis |
Priapulid worms |
Retractable proboscis surrounded by papillae |
17 |
Rhombozoa |
Lozenge animal |
— |
Single axial cell surrounded by ciliated cells |
75 |
Rotifera |
Hwēolberend |
Rotifers |
Anterior crown of cilia |
ymbe 2000 |
Sipuncula |
Small tube |
Peanut worms |
Mouth surrounded by invertible tentacles |
144-320 |
Tardigrada |
Slow step |
Water bears |
Four segmented body and head |
ymbe 750 |
Xenoturbellida |
Strange flatworm |
— |
Ciliated deuterostome |
2 |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
1,375,000+ |