| RIBBON | ___ worm, invertebrate in the phylum Nemertea (6) |
| SPONGE | Aquatic invertebrate in the phylum Porifera; one of Earth's most simple animals (6) |
| FLATWORM | Simple invertebrate in the phylum Platyhelminthes (8) |
| INSECT | What type of creature makes up the largest class of the phylum Arthropoda? (6) |
| AMOEBA | Protozoan of the phylum Rhizopoda able to change shape because of the movements of cell processes (6) |
| CLAUSE | Grammatical unit that can be dependent or independent ticellular aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, having a soft body supported by a porous fibrous skeleton (6) |
| ECHINODERM | Any of the marine invertebrate animals in the phylum that includes starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers |
| PEANUT | ___ worm is tough with large bulbous end (*ante up) (6) |
| SPONGES | Soft-bodied marine creatures in the phylum Porifera (7) |
| SEAANEMONES | Soft-bodied marine predators in the phylum Cnidaria (3,8) |
| CANKER | _______ worm |
| OYSTER | Shellfish in a phylum that includes the clam, cockle, mussel, periwinkle and scallop, once a cheap food, now considered a delicacy (6) |
| COLOSSALSQUID | The largest known living invertebrate in the world (8,5) |
| ACANOF | ___ worms |
| EARTHWORM | Tube-like invertebrate in the garden (9) |
| CLASS | Social division or the rank in taxonomy that comes between the phylum and order of a plant or animal |
| MOLLUSC | Any invertebrate of the phylum that includes the snails, slugs, mussels, octopuses etc. (7) |
| ANNELID | Any segmented worm of the phylum that includes the earthworm, leech etc. (7) |
| CHORDATA | The phylum of the animal kingdom to which vertebrates belong (8) |
| AVES | Class of vertebrates that comprises the birds, belonging to the phylum Chordata (4) |
