Channel Islands
December 5th-7th
MEMORY AID
King
Phillip
Came
 Over
 From
 Great
 Spain
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HIERARCHY OF TAXONOMIC
CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
 Order
 Family
 Genus
 Species
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PHYLUM
MEMBERS
Porifera
 Cnidaria
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Ctenophora
 Platyhelminthes
 Ectoprocta
 Mollusca
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Annelida
 Arthropoda
 Echinodermata
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Chordata
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sponges
corals, hydroids, sea anemone, jellyfish, sea
pens
comb jellies
flatworms
Bryozoans
abalone, nudibranchs, octopi, squid, scallops,
mussels, oysters, clams, chitons, snails
plume worms
barnacles, shrimp, crabs, lobster
sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars,
sea cucumbers
tunicates, sharks, rays, skates, bony fish,
mammals
CORALLINE ALGAE
PALM KELP
GIANT KELP
(Macrocystis pyrifera)
FLOATS
HOLD FAST
ORANGE PUFFBALL
ENCRUSTING
SPONGE
WHITE SEA PEN
TUBE ANEMONE
RED GORGONIAN
CLUB TIPPED
ANEMONE
CLUB TIPPED
ANEMONE (detail)
WHITE-SPOTTED
ROSE ANEMONE
WHITE-SPOTTED
ROSE ANEMONE
AGGREGATING
ANEMONE
KEYHOLE LIMPET
HILTON’S AEOLID
SPANISH SHAWL
EGG CASING
YELLOW
POROSTOME
MAC FARLAND’S
PROMODORID
Anisodoris nobilis
LIMBAUGH’S
CADLINA
SEA HARE
CHESTNUT COWRY
EXTENDED MANTLE
SQUID ROE
COLONIAL SAND
TUBE WORM
SPINY LOBSTER
GIANT ACORN
BARNACLE
WARTY SEA
CUCMBER
CROWNED SEA
URCHIN
SHORT SPINED SEA
STAR
BRITTLE STAR
BAT STAR
BRITTLE STAR
JUVENILL SEA STAR
SUNFLOWER STAR
Picnopodea
helianthoides
STALKED TUNICATE
Class - Urochordata
BAY GOBY
KELP ROCKFISH
CABEZON
THORN BACK
(Platyrhinoidis
triseriata)
Member of the guitarfish
family
HORN SHARK
ALPHA PREDATOR
Kristin Capurso
John Froehlich
Doug Huskins
John Mc Coy