Learning Blog: Identifying Worms

Today we grouped five different worms into the phylum and class in which they belong.
there was the human book worm,earthworm,roundworm,tapeworm,and amphioxus. I learnt that they all belong to different phylum's.

Worm	Phylum	Class	Characteristics
Hookworm	Nemathelminthes	Acanthocephala	Brown, long, thin, stringy
Earthworm	Annelida	Clitellata	pink, round, lots of lines
Roundworm	Nematoda	Echinoidea	thin, white, looks like tapeworm
Tapeworm	Platyhelminthes	Cestoda	resembles tape, white, flat
Amphioxus	Cephalochordata	Branchiostoma	short, pink/brown, tail like

Amphioxus are a little different than the other worms because The characteristics of Cephalochorda are that they are marine animals, segmented, and they elongated bodies with a notochoord that extends the length of the body and cirri surrounding the mouth for collecting food.
  Some other animals that belong to the phylum Cephalochorda are animals such as tiny fish.