1.6.1.9 Small animals

Use this domain for the names of worms, animals with shells, and other animals that do not fit into any of the other categories.

OMC Codes: 
136g Amphibian, worm
136j Fish and Mollusk
Louw Nida Codes: 
4E Fishes and Other Sea Creatures
  • What general words refer to small animals such as worms?
    worm, shellfish
  • What words refer to one-celled animals (phylum Protozoa)?
    bacteria, germ, virus
  • What words refer to sponges? (phylum Porifera)?
    sponge
  • What words refer to water animals with tentacles (phylum Coelenterata)?
    coral, sea anemone, Portuguese man-of-war, jellyfish, hydra, medusa
  • What words refer to flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes)?
    flatworm, liver fluke, intestinal worm, tapeworm
  • What words refer to roundworms (phylum Nematoda)?
    roundworm, hookworm, pinworm
  • What words refer to rotifers (phylum Rotifera)?
    rotifer
  • What words refer to mollusks (phylum Mollusca)?
    mollusk, snail, slug, abalone, oyster, scallop, mussel, clam, nautilus, cuttlefish, octopus, squid, conch
  • What words refer to segmented worms (phylum Annelida)?
    segmented worm, earthworm, leech
  • What words refer to walking worms (phylum Onychophora)?
    velvet worm, walking worm
  • What words refer to crustaceans (phylum Arthropoda, class Crustacea)?
    crustacean, shrimp, barnacle, pill bug, lobster, crab, crawfish, crayfish
  • What words refer to centipedes--animals with a body with many segments and two legs on each segment (phylum Arthropoda, class Chilopoda)?
    centipede
  • What words refer to millipedes--animals with a body with many segments and four legs on each segment (phylum Arthropoda, class Diplopoda)?
    millipede
  • What words refer to horseshoe crabs (phylum Arthropoda, class Merostomata)?
    horseshoe crab
  • What words refer to brachiopods--animals with two shells and two arms (phylum Brachiopoda)?
    brachiopod, lampshell
  • What words refer to animals with spiny skins (phylum Echinodermata)?
    echinoderm, sea cucumber, sea urchin, sand dollar, sea star, starfish, brittle star
  • What words refer to arrow worms (phylum Chaetognatha)?
    arrow worm