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Explain the phylums ..

Porifera
Coelenterata
Platyhelminthes
Aschelminthes
Annelida

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Phylum 1: Porifera or sponges

Following are its basic features:

Cellular level of organization.

Non motile animals.

Holes on body which led to a canal system for circulation of water and food.

Hard outside layer called as skeletons.

Examples - Sycon, Spongilla, Euplectelia.



 

Phylum 2: Coelenterata

Following are its basic features:

Tissue level of organization

No coelom

Radial symmetry, Diploblastic

Hollow gut

Can move from one place to another.

Examples: hydra, sea anemone, jelly fish( solitary) ; corals (colonies)


 

Phylum 3: Ctenophores

Following are its basic features:

Tissue level of organization

No coelom present

Radial symmetry, Diploblastic

Have Comb plates for locomotion

Aquatic

Examples- Pleurobrachia



 

Phylum 4: Platyhelminthes

Following are its basic features:

Also called flat worms.

No coelom present

Bilateral symmetry, Triploblastic

Free living or parasite

Digestive cavity has one opening for both ingestion and egestion.

Example - Planaria (free living), Liver fluke (parasitic).



 

Phylum 5: Nematode

Following are its basic features:

False coelom

Bilateral symmetry, Triploblastic

Cylindrical

Many are parasitic worms living inside human body, and can cause various diseases, like Filarial worm causes elephantiasis, Round worms and Pin worms live in human intestine.

Example - Ascaris, Wulchereria.



 

Phylum 6: Mollusca

Following are its basic features:

Coelom present

Triploblastic, bilateral symmetry

Soft bodies sometimes covered with shell

Generally not segmented

No appendages present

Muscular foot for movement

Shell is present

Kidney like organ for excretion

Examples - Chiton, Octopus, Pila, Unio.



 

Phylum 7: Annelida

Following are its basic features:

Second largest phylum

Coelom present

Bilateral, triploblastic

Segmented ( segments specialized for different functions)

Water or land

Extensive Organ differentiation

Examples - Earthworm, Leech, Nereis


Phylum Aschelminthes:

Some of the general characters of phylum Aschelminthes or Nemathelminthes are as follows:

1. Habitat:



Many roundworms live as parasites in plants and animals. They cause serious agricultural, veterinary and human health problems. Round worms are also free living and occur in fresh water, sea water and soil.

2. Body Form:

They are called round worms because they appear circular in cross section. They are un-segmented.

3. Body wall:

It consists of firm, non living resistant cuticle, syncytial epidermis (a continuous layer of cytoplasm with scattered nuclei) and muscle layer.

4. Body cavity:

The body cavity is called pseudocoel or pseudocoelom as it devel­ops from the blastocoel of the embryo. Pseudocoel is filled with pseudocoelomic fluid.

5. Digestive Tract:

Alimentary canal is complete with muscular pharynx.

6. Skeletal, respiratory and circulatory systems are absent:

Pseudocoelomic fluid present in the pseudocoelom maintains body shape and forms hydro skeleton. Gas­eous exchange in aerobic respiration occurs by diffusion through the body surface. The pseudocoelomic fluid transports materials.

7. Excretory System

The excretory system consists of gland cells, or of canals or of both. In Ascaris, ‘H’ shaped excretory system of canals and complicated “giant cell” called “renette cell” is present. Ammonia is main excretory matter. However, Ascaris also excretes urea.

8. Nervous System:

It consists of a circumpharyngeal ring that gives rise to nerves forwards as well backwards.

9. Sense Organs:

(i) Papillae (raised structures) occur on the lips, on the sides of anterior end in both male and female and in front and behind the cloacal aperture. All papillae are tactile in function,

(ii) Amphids (pits) are present on the lips and are chemoreceptors.

(iii) Phasmids are unicellular glands located upon lateral sides of the posterior end and are glandulosensory in nature.

10. Sexes:

Sexes are separating (dioecious). Generally they show sexual dimorphism; often females are longer than males. Fertilization is internal. There is no asexual reproduction.

11. Development:

Development may be direct or indirect. During indirect development a larva is present. Filariform larva is present in Ancylostoma (hook worm), microfilaria larva is found in Wuchereria (filarial worm) and Rhabditiform larva is present in Ascaris and Enterobius (pin worm).

Unique Features:

(i) Syncytial epidermis,

(ii) Muscle layer of body wall consists of longitudinal fibres only,

(iii) Pseudocoel.

Advancement over Flatworms:

(i) Pseudocoel.

(ii) Complete digestive tract,

(iii) Uni­sexual condition.

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