Table of Kingdom Animalia

Annelida
Phylum name Platyhelminthes Aschelminthes Arthropoda Hemi-
Porifera Coelentrata (segmented Mollusca Echinodermata Chordata
& characters (flat-worm) (Nematoda) (jointed foot) Chordata
worm)

-Radial (Adult)
Symmetry Lack Radial Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral Bilateral
Bilateral(Larva)

Pinnacoderm
Blast Diplo Triplo Triplo Triplo Triplo Triplo Triplo Triplo Triplo
chanoderm
Coelomate
Body cavity Spongiocoel Enteron Acoelomate Pseudo-coelom Coelomate Coelomate Coelomate Coelomate Coelomate
(Haemocoel)
Metamerical
Segmentation Absent Absent Absent Absent Non-metamerical Absent Absent Absent Absent

Tube-like Tube-like
Digestive Absent Sac-like Sack-like Tube-like Tube-like Tube-like Tube-like Tube-like
(Prostonium) (Mouth-lower)
Flame cell/
Two canals + one Malphagian Paired nephridia
Excretory Absent Absent nephidia one Nephridia Under develop Kidney Kidney
opening tubule + 2 opening
opening
-4 nerves Brain
Nervous Absent Diffuse type Ganglion + nerves Simple Brain Brain Under develop Brain Brain
Nerve ring (Developed)
Open
Circulatory Absent Absent Absent Absent Close Open Under develop Closed Closed
(Haemocyanin)
-tracheal system
air tubule Gills/ lungs
Respiratory Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Gills/ lungs Under develop Gills slits
-gill
-book lungs
-Budding – Sexes are
-fission Sexes are separate Sexes are Sexes are Sexes are Sexes are
Reproductive Hermaphrodite Hermaphrodite separate -Hermaphrodite
-Hermaphrodite (Unisexual) separate separate separate separate
Gammule (Unisexual)
-Walking Tube-feet/
Locomotion Sessile Free + attach Sessile Muscles Chaetae/setae -Running Muscular feet Water vascular Fins/tetrapods
-Flying system
Water current
Carnivores Parasitic + free Parasitic + Free Small plants and Radula → Ingestive
Nutrition Dead 80% Parasitic Ingestive Organic food
(Tentacles) Decaying animal → Detritivores animals Microphagous heterotrophs
Alive 20%
-Scolymastra
-Hydra -Planarian -Earthworm -Land snail -Starfish
Joubini -Pinworm -Cockroach -
Example -Aurelian Tapeworm -Leech -M ussels -Brittlestar -Man
-Sponge -Hook worm -Lady bird Balanoglossus
(jelly fish) -Liver fluke -Nereis -water snail -Sea Urchin

Prepared by: Prof Ahmar Khan Lecturer (Zoology), Higher Education Department, Govt of Punjab