Porifora (sponges)

Levels of organization

Cnidoria (jellyfish)

Platyhelminthes

cellular-lack tissues tissues- lack organs organ system

Nematodes*

Annelids (earthworm)

Mullusca (squid)

three

Oligochaetes,

gastropods, bivalve Animalia, Eumetazo astroidea, crinoidea amphibia, reptillia,

Polychaetes
Germ Layers

no germ layers

2 germ layers

2 cell layers
Symmetry

Cephalizaton*

3 germ layers

three

Arthropoda (grassh Echinodermata (sea ur Chordota (fish, ect)

Ecdysozoa

mammalia

3 germ layers

3 germ layers

3 germ layers

3 germ layers

3 germ layers

endoderm/ectoderm endo/ecto/meso- derm

endo/ecto/meso-

endo/ecto/meso-

endo/ecto/meso-

endo/ecto/meso-

endo/ecto/meso-

radial symmetry

radical symmetry

asymmetrical

bilateral symmetry

bilateral symmetry

bilateral symmetry

bilateral symmetry

radial symmetry

bilateral symmetry

absent

absent

present

present

present

present

centralized brain

absent

present

area- present
Body Cavity

Segmnentation*

no coelom

no coelom

no coelom

canal system

no organs

true organs

absent

absent

absent

absent

seperates mouth

true coelom

present

mantle with cavity

a developed

well developed

well developed

well developed

coelom

coelom

coelom

absent

segmented body

absent

present

and anus
Digestive System

Circulation

Respiration

internally

break down food

tentecles used to

GVC with mouth,

oral cavity lined with complete with

stomach-liver-

complete with crop

seperate mouth and complete with mout

using intracellular

gather food/ GVC

pharynx, intestines

cuticle

mouth and anus

rectum

and gizzard

anus

to anus (humans)

absent

absent

absent

closed

open

3 hearts pump bloo open circulatory

no heart

closed

diffusion

diffusion

diffusion

excretory gland

absent

through body/ gills

system, few vessels

gills/lungs

changes through

cells
Excretion

diffusion and out

diffusion

diffusion

pores
Nervous Systems

Rerproduction

no specialized

responds to stimuli; head ganglia

sensory cells

limited sensory

sexua/asexual

sexual/asexual

sexual/asexual

the subphyla

ammonia through

through kidneys and kidneys

varies on the

body wall

out pores

subphyla

4peripheral nerves

head ganglia

sexual

sexual

(body splits)
Skeleton

diverse/ varying

Mesoglea

Hydraulic skeleton

absent

trachaea, gills, lung gills, lungs

Hydraulic skeleton

well developed

ladderlike with

brain

ventral nerve chords

female has eggs

internal fertilization

male releases sper

(not direct)

pen (like spine)

exoskeleton

lack excretory organ green gland

head ganglia

well developed
brain

sexual

sexual

Chitinous

Bony/ cartilaginous

exoskeleton

endoskeleton