BIOL 3100 TEST 1 TAXA QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Eubacteria - Answers Prokaryotic organisms.
Archaea - Answers Prokaryotic organisms, specifically Eocytes, which are proposed to be the
ancestors of eukaryotes.
Eukarya (Eukaryota) - Answers Organisms with linear chromosomes and complex organelles.
Ciliophora (Ciliates) - Answers Move via cilia; examples include Paramecium, Stentor, Vorticella, and
Lacrymaria olor.
Amoebozoa - Answers Move via pseudopods; example includes Amoeba proteus.
Foraminifera - Answers Protists that build calcium carbonate tests.
Radiolaria - Answers Protists that build silica tests.
Euglenozoa - Answers Examples include Euglena and Trypanosoma.
Dinoflagellata - Answers Responsible for bioluminescence and red tides; examples include Ceratium
sp., Noctiluca spp., and Karenia brevis.
Choanoflagellates - Answers The sister group to Metazoa; characterized by a collar of microvilli.
Phylum Porifera - Answers Sponges categorized by canal complexity and spicule type.
Class Calcarea - Answers Sponges with calcium carbonate spicules.
Class Demospongiae - Answers Includes Spongia (bath sponges), Pseudoceratina, Aplysina, and
Monanchora.
Class Hexactinellida - Answers Glass sponges with six-rayed silica spicules.
Phylum Ctenophora - Answers Comb jellies or 'sea walnuts'.
Phylum Cnidaria - Answers Unified by cnidocytes.
Class Scyphozoa - Answers 'True' jellyfish.
Class Cubozoa - Answers Box jellyfish; example Carybdea marsupialis.
Class Anthozoa - Answers 'Flower animals' that lack a medusa stage.
Phylum Platyhelminthes - Answers Flatworms.
Neodermata - Answers Parasitic flatworms including Trematoda (flukes) and Cestoda (tapeworms).
Phylum Mollusca - Answers Defined by the HAM model.
Ecdysozoa - Answers Clade containing molting animals (includes nematodes and arthropods).
Deuterostomia - Answers Clade where the blastopore becomes the anus.
Eubacteria - Answers Prokaryotic organisms.
Archaea - Answers Prokaryotic organisms, specifically Eocytes, which are proposed to be the
ancestors of eukaryotes.
Eukarya (Eukaryota) - Answers Organisms with linear chromosomes and complex organelles.
Ciliophora (Ciliates) - Answers Move via cilia; examples include Paramecium, Stentor, Vorticella, and
Lacrymaria olor.
Amoebozoa - Answers Move via pseudopods; example includes Amoeba proteus.
Foraminifera - Answers Protists that build calcium carbonate tests.
Radiolaria - Answers Protists that build silica tests.
Euglenozoa - Answers Examples include Euglena and Trypanosoma.
Dinoflagellata - Answers Responsible for bioluminescence and red tides; examples include Ceratium
sp., Noctiluca spp., and Karenia brevis.
Choanoflagellates - Answers The sister group to Metazoa; characterized by a collar of microvilli.
Phylum Porifera - Answers Sponges categorized by canal complexity and spicule type.
Class Calcarea - Answers Sponges with calcium carbonate spicules.
Class Demospongiae - Answers Includes Spongia (bath sponges), Pseudoceratina, Aplysina, and
Monanchora.
Class Hexactinellida - Answers Glass sponges with six-rayed silica spicules.
Phylum Ctenophora - Answers Comb jellies or 'sea walnuts'.
Phylum Cnidaria - Answers Unified by cnidocytes.
Class Scyphozoa - Answers 'True' jellyfish.
Class Cubozoa - Answers Box jellyfish; example Carybdea marsupialis.
Class Anthozoa - Answers 'Flower animals' that lack a medusa stage.
Phylum Platyhelminthes - Answers Flatworms.
Neodermata - Answers Parasitic flatworms including Trematoda (flukes) and Cestoda (tapeworms).
Phylum Mollusca - Answers Defined by the HAM model.
Ecdysozoa - Answers Clade containing molting animals (includes nematodes and arthropods).
Deuterostomia - Answers Clade where the blastopore becomes the anus.
