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- Echinodermatastarfish, sea urchins, and relatives
- Molluscabivalves, cephalopods, snails, and relatives
- Platyhelminthesflatworms
- Poriferasponges
- Chondrichthyesrays, sharks, and relatives
- Actinopterygiiray-finned fishes
- Amphibiafrogs, salamanders, and caecilians
- Reptiliaturtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
- Avesbirds
- Mammaliamammals
- Insectainsects
- Crustaceacrustaceans
- Cheliceratachelicerates
- Cnidariajellyfish, sea anemones, corals, and relatives
- Nematodaroundworms
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ADW Mission
The Animal Diversity Web is an online database and encyclopedia of animal natural history, built through contributions from students, photographers, and many others.
It is a rich and flexible resource designed both as an encyclopedia for exploring biodiversity and for use in formal, inquiry-based education.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grants DRL 0089283, DRL 0628151, DUE 0633095, DRL 0918590, and DUE 1122742. Additional support has come from the Marisla Foundation, UM College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Museum of Zoology, and Information and Technology Services.
The ADW Team gratefully acknowledges their support.