Amoeba Sisters
Animals: Tour of 9 Phyla
Join the Amoeba Sisters in exploring some general animal characteristics, major vocabulary used in classifying animals (such as symmetry, protostome vs deuterostome, cephalization, and coelom), and take a general tour of 9 major animal...
Crash Course
Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses - Crash Course Biology
Hank introduces us to the "simplest" of the animals, complexity-wise: beginning with sponges (whose very inclusion in the list as "animals" has been called into question because they are so simple) and finishing with the most complex...
Curated Video
What is an Invertebrate?
Invertebrates are animals without a backbone – but that’s the only thing they all have in common! Learn more about some of the many different types of invertebrate, from arthropods to sponges. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points....
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Mollusca Part 5: The Lesser Known Classes
It's time to wrap things up with the mollusks, so let's look at five smaller classes consisting of lesser known species. These are Polyplacophora, Monoplacophora, Scaphopoda, Solenogastres, and Caudofoveata. What kinds of creatures are...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Mollusca Part 4: Class Cephalopoda (Squids, Nautiluses, Cuttlefish, and Octopuses)
We now arrive at the most famous of the mollusks, the cephalopods. These include squids, nautiluses, cuttlefish, and the fascinating octopuses. These creatures are the largest and most intelligent invertebrates on Earth. Let's learn all...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Mollusca Part 3: Class Bivalvia (Clams, Oysters, Mussels, etc.)
With gastropods covered, let's move to our next class within phylum Mollusca, the bivalves. These include clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and shipworms. What are these organisms all about? What can we say about bivalve aquaculture?...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Mollusca Part 1: General Introduction
We've covered most of Spiralia, but now it's time to dive into the final subclade, Lophotrochozoa. This contains several phyla, the most diverse of which is Mollusca. This phylum includes snails, slugs, octopuses, squids, oysters,...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Mollusca Part 2: Class Gastropoda (Slugs and Snails)
With an overview of phylum Mollusca complete, let's dive into the classes within this phylum, starting with the most diverse, Gastropoda. This one contains familiar creatures like snails and slugs, as well as lesser known organisms like...
Visual Learning Systems
Simple Animals: Investigating Mollusks
Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...
Mazz Media
Phylum
This live-action video program is about Phylum. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Curated Video
Filo
Este programa de video de accion en vivo es sobre la palabra filo. El programa esta disenado para reforzar y apoyar la comprension y retencion del estudiante de la palabra mediante el uso de secuencias de video, fotografias, diagramas y...
Ancient Lights Media
Biological Classification - Nine Major Phyla of the Kingdom Animalia
Biological Classification Set: This clip introduces the nine major phyla of the animal kingdom.
Professor Dave Explains
Major Divisions of Kingdom Animalia and the Problem With Animal Phyla
Soon we are going to dive into a study of all the different kinds of animals, but first we need some kind of road map. What are all the major divisions of Kingdom Animalia? Below kingdom is phylum, so how many animal phyla are there, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Spiralia and Lophotrochozoa
It's time to start digging into Nephrozoa, which is going to take a really, really, really long time to cover. The first major clade within that we will tackle is Spiralia. This includes well-known phyla like Mollusca and Annelida, but...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Mollusks
This video provides a brief introduction to mollusks, a diverse group of invertebrate animals that includes clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, squid, and more. Additionally, it highlights the unique characteristics of cephalopods, such...
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CU Wormsnail reeling in mucous, possibly Serpulorbis grandis or Dendropoma maxima
CU Wormsnail reeling in mucous, possibly Serpulorbis grandis or Dendropoma maxima
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BCU mouth of Violet Sea Snail (Janthina), Bermuda
BCU mouth of Violet Sea Snail (Janthina), Bermuda
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MS Sea slug, Spanish dancer, swimming, low angle view, looking up at sunburst, Israel
MS Sea slug, Spanish dancer, swimming, low angle view, looking up at sunburst, Israel