Annelids & Molluscs

3. Construct a comparison table (similarities and differences) between the two phyla that you have
selected.

Annelids Molluscs

Similarities

1. They both have a spiral cleavage.

2. The formation of the mesoderm is recognized.

3. They both have what is considered the Eucoelomate or what is commonly known as the
true coelom.

4. They both have a trochophore larvae that forms that have tufts of cilia at its ends and a
band around the center (Lab 4 - Molluscs and Annelids, n.d).

Differences
 Annelids were the first segmented animals. 
The repeated segment body of an annelid
worm is composed of a series of ring-like
segments running the length of the body,
looking like a stack of donuts or roll of
coins.
Mollusks were among the primary
coelomates. Coelomates, next to the
arthropods, mollusks comprise the second
most various phylum and embrace snails,
clams, and octopuses.

 Specialized segments. The anterior (front)  The mollusk body plan is characterized by
segments of annelids became changed to three distinct sections, a unique rasping
contain specialized sensory organs. Some tongue, and distinctive free-swimming
area unit sensitive to lightweight, and larvae also found in annelid worms.
elaborate eyes with lenses and tissue layer
shave evolved in some annelids. A well-
developed cerebral neural structure, or
brain, is contained in one anterior phase.

 Annelids have a closed cardiovascular system  Many mollusks are considered carnivores.
that carries blood from one phase to a different They find prey exploitation chemosensory
one. A ventral nerve twine connects the nerve structures and inside the mouth of a snail
centers or ganglia in every phase with each are special jaws and a novel rasping
other and also the brain. These neural
tongue referred to as a radula (Mollusks
connections are important options that permit
the worm to operate and behave as a unified
and Annelids, n.d).
and coordinated organism (Mollusks and
Annelids, n.d).
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