Porifera

Cnidaria

Annelida

Mollusca

Arthropoda

Body Plan

Asymmetrical
central cavity

Radial
symmetrical
gastrovascular
cavity

Segmented and
bilateral
symmetry, has
organ systems

Foot, mantle,
shell, visceral
mass

Segmented,
appendages,
wings, walking
legs

Feeding

filter feeders
and
intracellular

Extracellular
gastrovascular
cavity,
paralyze prey

Filter feeders or
predators. Crop,
gizzard, pharynx,
esophagus,
intestine,
extracellular

herbivores
carnivores
filter feeders,
detritivores
parasites,
produce
toxins,
siphons

Herbivores,
carnivores,
omnivores,
bloodsuckers,
filter feeder,
detritivores,
parasites

Respiration

Diffusion

Diffusion

Gills or diffusion

gills, diffusion

Tracheal tubes,
gills, spiracles

Circulation

Diffusion

Diffusion

Closed
circulatory
system, blood
vessels, aortic
arches

slow movingOpen
circulatory
system
fast movingclosed hearts

Open circulatory
system, arteries

Excretion

Diffusion

Diffusion

Waste excreted
out anus,
cellularly is
eliminated by
nephridia

Diffusion
through
nephridia

Dispose of
nitrogenous
wastes using
Malpighian
tubules

Response

No NS,
produce toxins
to protect

Nerve net:
cells that
sense gravity
and light

Have
NS,centralization
and
cephalization,
sense organs

Complex
nervous
system, some
cephalization
and
centralization

Complex
nervous system,
brain, has
cephalization,
ganglia, taste
receptors

Sexually or
Assexually,
external
fertilization

Sexually,external
fertilization,
hermaphrodites

Sexually by
external
fertilization,
separate
sexes

Internal
fertilization and
external
fertilization,
separate sexes

Reproduction Sexually or
Assexually and
internal
fertilization