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    This document summarizes key characteristics of different phyla in the animal kingdom, including Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Platyhelminths, Aschelminths, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Hemichordata. It describes their common names, habitats, symmetry, organization, coelom presence, segmentation or lack thereof, circulatory and respiratory systems, locomotion, excretion, digestion, reproduction, fertilization, development, and sexual characteristics. The phyla represent a diversity of forms from sponges to worms to mollusks to echinoderms.

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    This document summarizes key characteristics of different phyla in the animal kingdom, including Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Platyhelminths, Aschelminths, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Hemichordata. It describes their common names, habitats, symmetry, organization, coelom presence, segmentation or lack thereof, circulatory and respiratory systems, locomotion, excretion, digestion, reproduction, fertilization, development, and sexual characteristics. The phyla represent a diversity of forms from sponges to worms to mollusks to echinoderms.

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    Porifera to Hemichordata: A Comparison of Animal Phyla

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    This document summarizes key characteristics of different phyla in the animal kingdom, including Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Platyhelminths, Aschelminths, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Hemichordata. It describes their common names, habitats, symmetry, organization, coelom presence, segmentation or lack thereof, circulatory and respiratory systems, locomotion, excretion, digestion, reproduction, fertilization, development, and sexual characteristics. The phyla represent a diversity of forms from sponges to worms to mollusks to echinoderms.

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    Porifera CoelenteratCtenophoraPlatyhelminAschelmint

    Other name sponges Cnidaria sea walnutsflatworms roundworms


    Habitat marine mostly mariexclusively mostly endofree-living,
    Symmetry asymmetrical radial radial bilateral bilateral
    Organisation cellular tissue tissue organ organ-syst
    dip, trip diploblastic diploblasticdiploblastictriploblastictriploblastic
    Coelom acoelomate acoelomateacoelomateacoelomatepsuedocoel
    Segmentation proglotids(tapeworm)
    Circulation water canal system gastrovascular cavity (hypostome)
    Respiration water canal system
    Locomotion sedementary ciliated comb plates
    Excretion water canal system flame cells gland cells
    Digestion intracellular extra & intrextra & intrhooks & sucextra (muscular pharynx)
    Reproduction asexually - framentaasexually - sexually sexual
    Fertilisation internal external internal internal
    Development indirect indirect indirect direct
    sexes monoecious (hermaphrodite) monoecioumonoecioudioecious
    Annelida ArthropodaMollusca EchinodermHemichordata
    roundworms worm like
    aquatic, terrestrial, fr terrestrial, strictly marmarine
    bilateral bilateral bilateral adult-radial,bilaeral
    organ-syst organ-syst organ-syst organ-syst organ-system
    triploblastictriploblastictriploblastictriploblastictriploblastic
    coelomate coelomate coelomate coelomate coelomate
    metamericasegmentedunsegmented with distanterior probosis, collar, long trunk
    closed open open
    gills, book feather likewater vascugilld
    parapodia(spaired appendages water vascular system
    nephridia malphighianfeather likeabsent probosis gland
    extra (muscular pharynx) mouth-radula water vascular system, complete with ventral mouth & dorsal anus
    sexual oviparous oviparous sexual sexual
    internal internal external external
    direct direct/indirindirect indirect wi indirect
    monoecious( dioecious dioecious dioecious dioecious

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