Characters Porifera Coelenterata Ctenophor Patyhelminthe Aschehlminth Annelida Arthropoda Mollusca Echinodermata Hemichorda

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1.Habit and Sessile, all Sessile or free Planktonic Terrestrial, Terrestrial, They may be aquatic Inhabit a variety of Are terrestrial or All are marine All are
habitat aquatic mostly living , and aquatic, free aquatic, free {fresh water or marine} habitats like oceans aquatic [fresh marine
marine, in fresh Colonial or exclusively living or living or and terrestrial free living land and air water or marine]
water (spongilla) solitary, marine parasitic parasitic in and sometimes parasitic
aquatic mostly (mostly plants and
marine endoparasite) animals , like
in plants - M
incognita
2. LOO Cellular Tissue loo Tissue loo Organ Loo Organ system Organ system Organ system Organ system Organ system Organ
aggregation Triploblastic
system
3. Germ layer No germ layer Diploblastic Diploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic Triploblastic
4. Body plan Cellular Blind sac Blind sac Blind sac Tube within Tube within tube Tube within tube Tube within tube Tube within Tube within
aggregation tube {protostomes} {protostomes} {protostomes} tube tube
(protostomes) {deutrostomes} {deutrostom
es}
5. Coelom Acoelomate Acoelomate Acoelomat Acoelomate Pseudocoelom Eucoelomate Eucoelomate Eucoelomate Eucoelomate Eucoelomate
e ate [schizocoelomate] [schizocoelomate] [shizocoelomate] [enterocoelom [enterocoelo
ate mate
6. Symmetry Asymmetrical Radially Radially Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral symmetry Bilateral symmetry Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral
mostly, but symmetrical symmetrica symmetry (1st symmetry Assymetrical symmetry symmetry[larva symmetry
some radially l time) [gastropoda ] ]
symmetrical Radial [adult]
7.Segmentatio -nt Absent Absent Absent, pseudo Absent Metameric segmentation Metameric Absent except Absent Absent
n metamerism segmentation neopilina
8.Notochord -nt Absent Absent Absent -nt Absent Absent Absent Absent absent,
stomochord
9.Digestion -nt system, Incomplete, Incomplete Incomplete, Complete, Complete, extracellular Complete, Complete, Complete, Complete,
intracellular both intra and both intra extracellular extracellular digestion extracellular extracellular mouth on extracellular
extra and extra digestion digestion; mouth lower ventral digestion;
is provided with side
 file like rasping
organ called
‘radula’
10.Respiration -nt Absent Absent Absent, -nt, through Primarily through moist 1st time respiratory Respire by gills- Water vascular gills
through body general body skin and through struc develop :- ctenidia [aquatic] system – tube
wall, diffusion surface specialized gills/paired a.book lungs & lungs feet
projections like structure [scorpions & [terrestrial]
in aquatic annelids like spiders]
neris called parapodia B. book gills
{limulus (king
crab)}
c. gills [prawns}
d. tracheal system
{insects}
11.Circulation -nt Absent Absent Absent -nt, coelomic Closed, red blood, Hb Open; homocoel Cephalopods:- Water vascular Open
fluid dissolved in plasma present; colourless closed system – tube
blood due to Noncephalopods feet- open
absence of Hb ; aka :-open
haemolymph ; blood Blood:-
has no role in haemocyanin [cu
respiration containing
pigment]
12.Excretion -nt Absent Absent Flame cells, Rennete cells Three excretory 3 structures : a.Gills [ctenidia] Excretory Proboscis
protonephridia structures :- a.antennary/green b. Organ of system absent, gland
1.Nephridia [earthworm] glands [prawns] bojanus with help of
A] phyrangeal ammonotelic c. Kerber’s organ Water vascular
B] integmentary b. malphigian [pericardial gland] system – tube
3] septal tubules [insects feet
and cockroach]
2. botryoidal cells uricotelic, present
[connective tissue found b/w mid and hind
in coelom of leech gut , 100 – 150 in
no. For excretion
3. chloragogan cells and
 analogous to vertebrae’s osmoregulation
liver in functioning in c. coaxal glands
earthworm [scorpions,spiders]
uricotelic
13.Nervous -nt Apolar Diffused Ladder like, 2, ventral, 2, ventral, solid and nerve 2, ventral, solid and Simple, ganglia Simple type, Two nerve
system neurons, type 2,ventral, solid solid and rings also present nerve rings also and nerves brain less cords- one is
nerve cells nerve cord nerve rings present present dorsal
organized in a also present [chordates]
nervous net Ventral[non
chordates]
14.Reproducti Hermaphrodite, Both uni and Bisexual Bisexual Dioceious,sex Unisexual [neris] & Unisexual and Unisexual and Unisexual and
on asexual and bisexual, both and sexual both asexual ual bisexual bisexual both , bisexual , sexual sexual
sexual both sexual and reproducti and sexual [earthworm] ,sexual sexual reproduction
asexual on reproduction reproduction reproduction
reproduction & parthenogenesis
[without
fertilization like in
honeybees]
15.Fertilizatio Internal Internal and External Internal Internal Internal & external Usually internal Internal & External External
n external (oviparous) external
16.Developme Indirect Indirect and Indirect Indirect Direct and Direct & indirect Direct & indirect Direct & indirect Indirect Indirect
nt direct indirect both [usually – indirect-
oviparous]
17.Special Water canal Sensory Sensory Schistosoma – Direct Locomotion:- 2 types of Largest phylum Sensory Sensory struc- Stomochord
features system, structures:- structures unisexual development:- muscles are present in the 2/3rd of animalia structures :- statocyst ectodermal
endoskeleton tentacles and Statocyst Taneia- coa- coa body wall :- circular and sensory
(spicules statocyst and digestion (eyeworm) longitudinal . Ability to survive tentacles,eyes, Endoskeleton- Link b/w
&spongin fibres) tentacles through body &Wuchereria Setae [chetae- anywhere due to :- statocyst, & calcareous chordates
Cnidocytes (may/may wall earthworms] & parapodia a.Chitinous osphradium [in ossicles and non
present on not) Male ascaris- { neris] may also be exoskeleton mantle cavity – chordates
tentacles (Always Flatworms, has cloaca, present . b. body is usually used to detect Water vascular
paired) dorso ventrally smaller , divisible into :- chemical nature system helps in Initially in
2 body flat posterior tail Direct development in head thorax and of water] :- respiration, chordates
forms :- polyp External curved earthworm abdomen excretion, due to belief
 and Medusa ciliated Parasites Indirect in neris- Cephalopods:- digestion, of similarity
Comb Fasciola- only Female:- trocophore larva different types of looks like they circulation & in notochord
Alternation of plates (8 in suckers posteriortail development :- have their head locomotion
generation no.) For Taneia- both straight , a.ametabolous and legs together Acorn-
between locomotion hooker and longer, cloaca [lepisma[silver worms/
them- suckers absent fish]] Others which tongue-
Metagenisis Biolumines b. donot seem like worms
cence Thick tegument paurametabolous this are non because the
for protection [cockroach] cephalopods are tongue
Also called from host c. holometabolous like
Comb enzymes (butterfly) structures
jellies, sea
walnuts, sensory Body:-
Comb structures;- 1.proboscis
plates a.antennae 2. collar
b. eyes {simple 3. trunk
eye/ocelli &
compound eyes
(actual vision)}
c. statocyst
18.Examples Euspongia Adamsia (sea Ctenoplana Taneia (digenic- Ascaris Neries [sandworm] Economically imp 1.pila [apple snail] 1.asterias [star Balanoglossu
(common bath anemone) Pleurobrac 1° human (common Pheretima [earthworm] insects :- 2. pinctada (pearl fish] s&
sponge) Pennatula hia (sea 2° pig) round worm) Hirudunaria [ blood Apis (honeybee) oyester) 2. echinus [sea- saccoglossus
Sycon (scypha) (sea pen) gooseberry monogenic- sucking leech] Bombyx [silkworm] 3. sepia [cuttle urchin]
Spongilla(fresh Obelia (sea ) Fasciola(liver humans only Lucifer [lac insect] fish ] 3. antedon [sea
water sponge) fur) fluke) 4. luligo [squid] lily]
Meandrina 1° sheep/goat Wuchereria Vectors :- 5. octopus [devil 4. cucumaria
( brain coral) 2° (filarial worm) anopheles[malaria] fish] [sea-
Georgina (sea mollusca(snail) Elephantiasis , Culex (wucheresis/ 6. apylysia [sea- cucumber]
fan) lymph filarias] hare] 5. ophiura
Hydra (fresh Flatworm accumulation Aedes [dengue/ 7. dentalium [brittle star]
water polyp) (dugesia) Digenic- 1° chickengunea ] [elephant tusk
Aurelia (jelly (planaria) human shell]
fish) (lymph) Gregarious pests:- 8. chaetopbura
Physalia 2° female Locusia (locusts – [chitun]
(Portuguese culex group attack but
man of war) mosquito never help each
other)
Rhabditis (free Living fossil-
living) limulus [king crab ]
[no evolution]
Ancylostoma
(hook worm)