Title: Classify this – Deep Sea
Key stage: Key stage 2 and 3
Summary:
This activity introduces the major classification of animals which are found on the
Deep Sea. Work out which invertebrate
Activity
1. Lay out 10 images of Deep Sea creatures (see below for examples) images
out flat on a table.
2. Brief the children on the key features of each group of animals (see
descriptions below).
3. In pairs children should try to name the animal, work out which group it
scientific group it belongs to and how it feeds (i.e. Predator, grazer or filter
feeder).
4. Correct the children’s answers.
Resources needed
 Good pictures (or preserved examples) of the following creatures, number the
pictures 1 to 10.
 Anglerfish (Lophius Piscatorius)
 Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea)
 Acorn Worm (Saccoglossus
 giant isopod bathynomus
kowaleskii)
giganteus)
 Basket Star (Gorgonocephalus
 Barrel Eye Fish (Macropinna
eucnemis)
microstoma)
 Spiny King Crab (Paralithodes
 Stalked Barnacle (Lepas
rathbuni)
anatifera)
 Sea Angel (Gymnosomata)
 The red paper lantern medusa
(Pandea rubra)
Answers to quiz
Animal Name
Anglerfish
Basket Star
Acorn Worm
Spiny King Crab
Sea Angel
Sea Cucumber
Giant Isopod
Barrel Eye Fish
Stalked Barnacle
Red paper lantern medusa
Scientific Group
Feeding method
Fish
Echinoderm
Annelid
Crustacean
Mollusc
Echinoderm
Crustacean
Fish
Crustacean
Cnidarian
Predator
Predator/filter feeder
Filter Feeder
Predator
Predator
Scavenger
Scavenger
Predator
Filter Feeder
Filter Feeder/Predator
Classify this
Animal Name
Scientific Group
Feeding method
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Identifying the Scientific Group
Scientific
Group
A
B
C
D
E
F
Annelids
Mollusc
Echinoderm
Cnidaria
Crustacea
Fish
-Segmented worms
-Usually a well developed
head
-Five part body plan
-Jellyfish group
-Hard shell
- Gills
-Tube feet
-Soft body
-Antenna
- Fins
-No obvious head
-Specialized feeding
tentacles
-Segmented legs
-Soft body
Description
-Usually hard shell