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Animal Classification by Phylum Overview

The document provides a classification of animals based on various biological features such as symmetry, coelom, segmentation, and their respective digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems. It categorizes animals into different phyla including Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminthes, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Hemichordata, and Chordata, highlighting their distinctive characteristics. Each phylum is described in terms of its organizational level and key physiological traits.

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Animal Classification by Phylum Overview

The document provides a classification of animals based on various biological features such as symmetry, coelom, segmentation, and their respective digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems. It categorizes animals into different phyla including Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Aschelminthes, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Hemichordata, and Chordata, highlighting their distinctive characteristics. Each phylum is described in terms of its organizational level and key physiological traits.

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6/30/24, 2:14 PM Animal Classification

Animal Classification

Level of Digestive Circulatory Respiratory Distinctive


Phylum Symmetry Coelom Segmentation
Organisation System System System Features

Water Spicules or
Porifera Cellular Asymmetrical Acoelomate Absent Intracellular Absent transport spongin fibers,
system Choanocytes

Cnidocytes,
Extra and
Coelenterata Tissue Radial Acoelomate Absent Absent Diffusion Alternation of
intracellular
generation

Ciliated comb
Extra and
Ctenophora Tissue Radial Acoelomate Absent Absent Diffusion plates,
intracellular
Bioluminescence

Flame cells,
Platyhelminthes Organ Bilateral Acoelomate Absent Incomplete Absent Diffusion
Parasitic forms

Roundworms,
Aschelminthes Organ-system Bilateral Pseudocoelomate Absent Complete Absent Diffusion Muscular
pharynx

Metamerism,
Annelida Organ-system Bilateral Coelomate Present Complete Closed Skin/gills
Nephridia

Chitinous
Gills, book
exoskeleton,
Arthropoda Organ-system Bilateral Coelomate Present Complete Open lungs,
Jointed
trachea
appendages

Mollusca Organ-system Bilateral Coelomate Absent Complete Open Gills Mantle, Radula

Radial
Water Calcareous
(adult),
Echinodermata Organ-system Coelomate Absent Complete Reduced vascular ossicles, Water
Bilateral
system vascular system
(larvae)

Hemichordata Organ-system Bilateral Coelomate Absent Complete Open Gills Stomochord

Notochord,
Chordata Organ-system Bilateral Coelomate Present Complete Closed Gills/lungs Dorsal nerve
cord

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