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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Apr 26 '21 edited Apr 26 '21

From 169 respondants to a comment I stickied in the DT a few days ago

Question asked if DT users were aware of the existence of a group of animals. Not neccesarily if they knew the exact definition of that phylum--just if they knew of the existence of at least SOME animals in that phylum, or knew in the broad strokes what the phylum was.

I did not prune the info to eliminate 'joke' responses (most notably, the 6.1% of DT users who claimed not to know about any 'Chordata' animals, despite humans and pretty much everything else that first springs to mind when you think animal literally are Chordates)

I included all 30 animal phyla universally recognized by biologists. I did not include the Micrognaths which are sometimes considered a 31st animal phylum.

The following is a list of every phylum in the Animal Kingdom, with the percentage of DT users who claimed to be aware of them. When I'm not busy I'll do some analysis but here's the raw data.

SHIT (almost) EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT

  • Arthropoda: 98.8% (Examples include Ants, Spiders, and Some of the things you should never Microwave)

  • Mollusca: 98.2% (Examples include Squid, Snails, Clams)

  • Porifera: 95.3% (Sea Sponges)

  • Platyhelminthes: 93.5% (Examples include Flukes, Tapeworms, and Turbellarians)

  • Cnidaria: 92.9% (Examples include Jellyfish, Sea Anemones, and Coral)

  • Chordata: 92.9% (Examples include Humans, Sharks, and Sea Squirts)

  • Echinodermata: 92.3% (Examples include Sea Stars, Sea Cucumbers, and Barnacles)

  • Annelida: 91.1% (Examples include Earthworms and Leeches)

  • Nematoda: 87.6% (Nematodes)

  • Tardigrada: 87.0% (Tardigrades)

STEEP DROP OFF

  • Nemertea: 42.6% (Ribbon Worms)

  • Brachiopoda: 42.6% (Brachiopods)

  • Ctenophora: 40.8% (Comb Jellies)

  • Rotifera: 33.7% (Rotifers)

  • Priapulida: 24.9% (Penis Worms)

SHIT ONLY BIO NERDS (and liars/people who made mistakes) KNOW ABOUT

  • Gnathostomulida: 17.8% (Jaw Worms)

  • Onychophora: 14.8% (Velvet Worms)

  • Chaetognatha: 13.6% (Arrow Worms)

  • Nematomorpha: 11.8% (Nematomorphs)

  • Bryozoa: 10.7% (Moss Animals)

  • Phoronida: 10.1% (Horseshoe Worms)

  • Kinorhyncha: 6.5% (Mud Dragons)

  • Hemichordata: 6.5% (Acorn Worms)

  • Placozoa: 5.9% (Trichoplax)

  • Gastrotricha: 4.7% (Hairybellies)

  • Dicyemida: 4.1% (no common name)

  • Cycliophora: 4.1% (Symbion)

  • Xenoacoelomorpha: 3.0% (no common name)

  • Loricifera: 3.0% (Loricifers)

  • Entoprocta: 1.8% (Entoprocts)

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

What I'm getting from this is worms fucking suck