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The document provides a comparative overview of various animal phyla, including Annelida, Mollusca, Cnidaria, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and Vertebrates, highlighting their features, environments, body structures, and reproductive methods. It details specific characteristics such as symmetry, germinal layers, and skeleton types across these groups. Additionally, it categorizes vertebrates into Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia, emphasizing their adaptations to different environments and physiological traits.

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Format of Invertebrate

The document provides a comparative overview of various animal phyla, including Annelida, Mollusca, Cnidaria, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and Vertebrates, highlighting their features, environments, body structures, and reproductive methods. It details specific characteristics such as symmetry, germinal layers, and skeleton types across these groups. Additionally, it categorizes vertebrates into Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia, emphasizing their adaptations to different environments and physiological traits.

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Short Note by - Chandana Jayasinghe

Annelida Mollusca
Cnidaria (
Features (Segmented (Soft bodied Arthropoda Echinodermata
Coelenterata)
Worms) animals)
Environment All are aquatic (Marine Marine, fresh Mostly marine or Terrestrial or aquatic Exclusively marine
and fresh water) water and damp fresh water. Some (Fresh and marine)
soil terrestrial
Germinal layer 2 germinal layers Triploblastic
( Diploblastic) (3 germinal layers)
Symmetry Radial symmetry Bilateral symmetry Adult-Penta radial
Larvae- Bilateral
Body structure Cavity present within the Possess a slender Body divided in to Body is segmented Seperated in to five
body called coelenterons worm like body head, muscular foot Several segments radial arms.Possess
act as the digestive tract. visceral mass called tagma( sharp spiny body.
head,Thorax,abdomen)
Coelom - Well develop Reduce coelom Coelum gratly reduced Large coelom.
coelom
Body segments No segmentation External and A little trace of Externally No segmentation
Two forms internal segmentation segmented body
Polyp Medusa segmentation (Each segment bear
pair of appendages)
Feeding/Reprod Asexual Reproduce Sexual Sexual reproduction Show sexual
uction All are predators. asexually some reproduction They are separated dimorphism and
Attack small organisms by sexually. to male and female. carryout sexual
to paralyze them using reproduction
nemotoblast.
Skeleton Corals consists of limey Hydrostatic Many have Exoskeleton Endo skeleton
exoskeleton skeleton of exoskeleton.
coelomic fluid. Some have
endoskeletons
Eg: - Sea anemone, Hydra Leach. Nereis, Earth Snail,Slug,Cuttle fish Butterfly, Bees, Millipede, Star fish,Sea cucumber,
Jelly fish, Obelia worm Bivalve,Octopus,Chiton Spider, Scorpian ,Prawn Sea urchin, Sea
lily,Brittle star, Sand
doller

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Vertebrates
Pisces Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia
 Live in water  Live in both  Well adopted to  Adopted for  Nourish young
land and water. live on land. flying. with milk.
 Posses a bone or  Dry skin without  Consists of light  Streamline body
a cartilage  First organism
glands. bony shape
endoskeleton. to invade land
 Streamline body during  Possess scales endoskeleton.  Skin covered
shape evolution. on skin.  Streamline body with hairs which
 Body covered  Locomotion by adopted for is present inside
with scales  Water is pentadactyle flying. the hair
 Possess fins for essential to limbs.  Skin covered by follicles.
swimming and complete the feathure.  Possess
balancing life cycle.
 Scales are mammary
 Possess a lateral
line to detect  Has thin restricted only to glands, sweat
vibration in mucous skin legs. glands and
water. with glands. sebaceous
 No scales on glands.
 Two chambered the skin.  Heat with 2 atria  Four chambered
heart. and heart with two
 Three incompletely artria and two  Four chambered
chambered ventricles heart with two
divided
heart, with two artria and two
artria and s ventricle.
ventricles
single
ventricles.

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