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Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life, Eighth Edition, James L. Sumich and John F. Morrissey  
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Chapter 5: Marine Protozoans and Invertebrates

Marine Protozoans and Invertebrates
“The Tree of Life Web Project” should be every student’s first stop when searching for information about Earth’s incredible biodiversity.
Visit the The Tree of Life web site
Animal Beginnings -- The Protozoans
An introduction to radiolarians (from the University of California-Berkeley).
Visit the Radiolarians web site
Animal Beginnings -- The Protozoans
An introduction to foraminiferans (from Berkeley).
Visit the Foraminiferans web site
Defining Animals
One of the few places on the web to learn about the unusual Placozoa.
Visit the Placozoa web site
Defining Animals
An introduction to sponges (from Berkeley).
Visit the Sponges web site
Radial Symmetry
An introduction to corals, sea anemones, jellyfishes, and other cnidarians (from Berkeley).
Visit the Cnidarians web site
Radial Symmetry
An introduction to comb jellies and other ctenophores (from Berkeley).
Visit the Ctenophores web site
Marine Acoelomates and Pseudocoelomates
An introduction to flat worms and other platyhelminths, click on Platyhelminthes. For an introduction to ribbon worms click on Nemertini.
Visit the Patyhelminths and Nemertini web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to the polychaete annelids (from Berkeley).
Visit the Bristle Worms web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to the crustaceans (from Berkeley).
Visit the Crustaceans web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to marine chelicerates, the horseshoe crabs (from Berkeley).
Visit the Horseshoe Crabs web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to the lophophorate phyla (from Berkeley). For an introduction to clams, snails, chitons, and cephalopods click on Mollusca.
Visit the The Lophophorate web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to tunicates, salps, and other urochordates, click on Urochordata. For an introduction to Amphioxus and other cephalochordates click on Cephalochordata. For an introduction to acorn worms and other hemichordates, click on Hemichordata.
Visit the The Deuterostomia web site
Marine Coelomates
An introduction to seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and other echinoderms (from Berkeley).
Visit the Introduction to the Echinodermata web site

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