KINGDOM ANIMALIA

PHYLUM SYMMETRY LEVEL OF GERM LAYERS COELOM SPECIFIC FEATURES EXAMPLES

ORGANISATION

1.PORIFERA( ASYMMETRICAL CELLULAR NO GERM ACOELOMATE 1.Marine sedentary multicellular Euplectelea,

COMMONLY CALLED LAYERS-ONLY (ABSENT) organisms. spongilla
SPONGES) CELLS 2.pores in the body that lead to a water
canal system that circulates water that
brings food and water.
3.Hard outside layer
2.CNIDARIA/COELENTRA RADIAL TISSUE DIPLOBALSTIC ACOELOMATE 1.possess stinging cells(cnidoblasts) Hydra,sea
TA (ABSENT 2.nervous tissue present anemone,jelly
3.Can live in colonies(corals) or Solitary fish
(hydra)
3.PLATYHELMINTHES BILATERAL ORGAN TRIPLOBLASTIC ACOELOMATE 1.body dorso-ventrally flat Planaria, tape
(FLATWORMS) (ABSENT) 2.hermaphrodites. worm, liver
3.mostly endoparasites.(Tapeworm) but flukes.
can be free living too(Planaria)
4.NEMATODA/ASCHELM BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC PSEUDOCOEL 1.body cylindrical-round worms Ascaris,
INTHES(ROUND OMATE 2.endoparasites and are pathogens
WORMS) 3.unisexual(sexes separate)
5.ANNELIDA BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE 1.Metameric segmentation. Earthworm,leech
2.nervous system developed
6.ARTHOPODA(LARGEST BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE 1.open circulatory system All insects, crabs,
GROUP OF ANIMALS) (BODY CAVITY 2.jointed legs lobsters etc.
FILLED WITH 3.exoskeleton of chitin
BLOOD-
HAEMOCOEL)

7.MOLLUSCA BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE( 1.soft body protected by shell Unio, pila, squid,
REDUCED 2.fleshy muscular foot used for octopus( has a
BODY CAVITY) locomotion hard bone within
3.open circulatory system head region)
8.ECHINODERMATA RADIAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE 1.spiny skinned Star fish,sea
2.tube feet for locomotion(special water urchin
driven feet)
3.calcium carbonate structures used as
skeleton.
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9.PROTOCHORDATA BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE Notochord persists in adults. Herdmania’
ALL MARINE balanoglossus

10.CHORDATA(VERTEBR BILATERAL ORGAN SYSTEM TRIPLOBLASTIC COELOMATE 1.notochord forms vertebral column in Aves, fish,
ATA) adults. mammals.
2.internal skeleton present(bony or amphibians
cartilaginous) reptiles
3.have paired pharyngeal gill pouches
/slits(openings in the pharynx that
develop into gill arches in bony fish and
into the jaw and inner ear in terrestrial
animals.)
4.Dorsal nerve cord

NOTOCHORD is a rod like structure that separates the nervous tissue from the gut.It provides a place for muscles to attach.