This document provides information on the classification of animals based on key characteristics like their digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, reproduction type, and fertilization and development features. It discusses 14 animal phyla - Porifera, Coelenterata, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Chordata, and provides details on their defining features. The document also covers topics like symmetry in animals, body cavities, segmentation, and notochord.

1. BASIS OF
CLASSIFICATION
(Animal)
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BY- Mr. Ankit Mishra

2. Phylum
Digestive
system
Respiratory
system
Circulatory
system
Monoecious/
dioecious
Fertilization Development
Porifera Absent Absent Absent Monoecious Internal Indirect
Coelenterata Incomplete Absent Absent Monoecious Internal Indirect
Ctenophora Incomplete Absent Absent Monoecious External Indirect
Platyhelminthes Incomplete Absent Absent Monoecious Internal Indirect
Nematoda Complete Absent Absent Dioecious Internal Direct/indirect
Annelida Complete Present Absent Monoecious/Dioecious External Direct
Arthropoda Complete Present Present Dioecious Internal Direct/indirect
Mollusca Complete Present Present Dioecious External Direct/Indirect
Echinodermata Complete Present Present Dioecious External Indirect
Hemichordata Complete Present Present Dioecious External Indirect
Chordata Complete Present Present Dioecious Internal Direct
Salient features of different phyla in the Animal Kingdom:

4. 4.1 BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION
Inspite of differences in structure and form of different animals, there
are fundamental features common to various individuals in relation to
the arrangement of cells, body symmetry, nature of coelom, patterns
of digestive, circulatory or reproductive systems. These features are
used as the basis of animal classification and some of them are
discussed here.

5. Arrangement of body parts in a balanced geometrical
design, divisible into equal parts by planes of division is
called symmetry. The idea of symmetry is mainly derived
from Ernst Haeckel
An animal is said to be symmetrical only when a plane
passing through its center will divide it into similar halves.
When an animal cannot be divided into similar halves it is
said to be asymmetrical.

6. Level
of
organization
Body Cavity
Cellular
Tissue Organ Organ system
Tissue/ organ/ Organ system

7. 1. Acoelomates, in which no coelomic cavity exists. Examples are
flatworms (Platyhelminthes), coelenterates and sponges. Only a gut,
coelenteron or spongocoel exists in these animals and there is no other cavity.
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
Digestive
cavity

8. 2. Pseudocoelomates, in which a body cavity exists in addition to
alimentary canal, but it is lined by mesoderm only on the outer body wall side
and not around the gut. Examples are round worms (Nemathelminthes) and
some minor phyla grouped under Aschelminthes.
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
Digestive
cavity
Pseudocoelom

9. 3. Coelomates or Eucoelmates. They are true coelomates in which the coelom is
lined both on the inside of the body wall as well as around the gut by mesoderm. Animals
with a true coelom also have mesenteries, which suspend the body organs within the coelom.
Animals higher to round worms such as annelids, arthropods, mollusks, echinoderms and
chordates fall in this category. Tue coelomates are of the following types
Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm
Digestive
cavity
Coelom

10. Protostomic
The mouth of the digestive tract develops
first in the embryo and the anus is formed
later. This occurs in round worms, annelids,
molluscs and arthropods.
Deuterostomic
The anus of the digestive tract develops first in
the embryo and the mouth is formed later. This
occurs in echinoderms and chordates.

11. Body plan
A set of morphological and developmental traits that are generally integrated into a functional
unit is referred to as a body plan. There are three types plan in the animal kingdom:
The cell aggregate plan
simplest animals like sponges. In this body plan, body is made of mereclusters of cells which are
not assembled as tissues. There are no nerve cells and, hence, there is no coordination amongst
the cells constituting the body.
The blind sac plan
This type of body plan is more complex than the cell aggregate plan, as is exhibited by
coelenterates and flatworms except tapeworms. They have a digestive cavity with only one
opening to the outside through which ingestion as well as egestion occurs.
The tube within a tube plan
The tube within a tube plan is exhibited by animals like earthworm, cockroach, man etc. In this
body plan, digestive system forms a continuous tube like structure with an opening at each end
e.g. mouth at the anterior end and ananus at posterior end.

12. 1. Spherical symmetry: It is
found in the animals whose body is ball-like
and all planes passing through the center of
body will cut the animal into equal halves.
This type of symmetry is suited for rolling
movement, for floating in water or in
sedentary habits in which case food is
available in all directions. Body organs like
cilia or tentacles are located all around the
body in a radiating manner. For
example, Volvox, Actinophrys (Heliozoa)
and Thalassicola (Radiolaria)

13. Asymmetrical

14. 2. Radial symmetry: This type of
symmetry is found in Coelenterates and
Echinoderms in which Body parts are arranged
along the main longitudinal axis of body. It is
best suited for sessile existence where food is
planktonic and available in abundance in all
directions. Food capturing organs are therefore
arranged radially and the animal does not have
to move in search of food. Some of the
Echinoderms, like star fishes, have given up
their sessile existence to become hunters in
pursuit of larger prey but not their ancestral

15. 3. Biradial symmetry: Biradial
symmetry is a mixture of bilateral and
radial symmetry. This is found in
Ctenophores which are not sedentary
but floating animals and show a
mixture of bilateral and radial
symmetries.
Animals such as Pleurobrachia have
oval body on which eight comb plates
are radially arranged like bands and
are used for swimming

16. 4. Bilateral symmetry: This type
of symmetry is found in most of
the higher animals above
Platyhelminthes and is best
suited in animals which move in
a definite direction, due to which
the sense organs and nervous
system concentrate on the
anterior side

17. Segmentation:
The segmentation in biology depends upon the
tendency of organisms to replicate their
structural elements and organ, such as legs and
arms.
The segmentation in biology follows the
longitudinal axis and separates the function of
the body into systems including the digestive,
circulatory, and excretory systems. Each
segment has an important role that depends
upon other roles.

18. •Arthropods- Arthropods comprise a
sequence of segments that duplicate each other
in the role. For instance, a lobster comprises a
compartmentalized structure in which the
cephalothorax and abdominal repeat the same
components, often recognized as the throat and
head. This consists of a particular set of feet,
nerves, as well as organs required for respiration.
Segmentation that occurs in arthropods appears
in larger body structures. Segmentation is based
on the concept of evolution. As the organism
develops, its complexity also increases.

19. •Annelids-The annelids have their brain
in the anterior portion of the body. It is joined
with two ventral nerve cords with segmental
ganglia. Annelids are the living organisms
belonging to the phylum “Annelida”. They are
worms and contain various segments on their
body surface. These segments are arranged
one after the other, and they help in the
locomotion of annelids. Therefore, annelids
are organisms that have a segmented body

21. Connections,
repeated
segments, and
specialized
segments:
Notochord
Notochord is a mesodermally derived rod-like structure formed on the dorsal side during
embryonic development in some animals. Animals with notochord are called chordates and
those animals which do not form this structure are called non-chordates, e.g., porifera to
echinoderms.

23. 4.2.1 Phylum – Porifera Members of this phylum are
commonly known as sponges. They are generally
marine and mostly asymmetrical animals
These are primitive multicellular animals and have
cellular level of organisation. Sponges have a water
transport or canal system. Water enters through
minute pores (ostia) in the body wall into a central
cavity, spongocoel, from where it goes out through the
osculum. This pathway of water transport is helpful in
food gathering, respiratory exchange and removal of
waste. Choanocytes or collar cells line the spongocoel
and the canals. Digestion is intracellular. The body is
supported by a skeleton made up of spicules or
spongin fibres.

28. Sexes are not separate (hermaphrodite), i.e., eggs and sperms are produced by the
same individual. Sponges reproduce asexually by fragmentation and sexually by
formation of gametes. Fertilisation is internal and development is indirect having a
larval stage which is morphologically distinct from the adult

30. Coelenterata is an obsolete term encompassing the
animal phyla Cnidaria(coral animals, true jellies, sea anemones, sea pens,
and their allies) and Ctenophora (comb jellies).
The name comes from the Greek"koilos" ("hollow") and
"enteron" ("intestine"), referring to the hollow body
cavity common to these two phyla
They have very simple tissue organization, with only two
layers of cells (external and internal), and radial
symmetry.

31. General Features of Phylum Coelenterata:-
<> Kingdom: Animalia
<> Habitat: aquatic, mostly marine.
<> Habit: solitary or colonial. Each
individual is known as zooid.
<> Symmetry: radially symmetrical
<> Grade of organization: tissue grade of
organization.
<> Germ layer: diploblastic, outer ectoderm
and inner endoderm. Mesogloea separates
these two layer

32. <> The body has a single
opening called hypostome
surrounded by sensor y
tentacles.
<> Coelom: gastrovascular cavity
or coelenteron.
<> Nematocyst: organ for
capturing and paralyzing pray,
present in tentacles
<> Nutrition: holozoic
<> Digestion is both intracellular
and extracellular.

33. cnidoblasts or cnidocytes (which
contain the stinging capsules or
nematocysts) present on the
tentacles and the body. Cnidoblasts
are used for anchorage, defense and
for the capture of prey

34. <> Respiration and excretion are accomplished by
simple diffusion.
<> Circulatory system: absent
<> Nervous system: poorly develop
<> Many forms exhibit polymorphism ie. Polyp and
medusa
<> Polyps are sessile, asexual stage
<> Medusa are free swimming, sexual stage
<> Metagenesis: asexual polypoid generation alternate
with sexual medusoid generation

35. corals have a skeleton composed of calcium
carbonate. Cnidarians exhibit two basic body forms
called polyp and medusa (Figure 4.6). The former is
a sessile and cylindrical form like Hydra, Adamsia,
etc. whereas, the latter is umbrella-shaped and
free-swimming like Aurelia or jelly fish. Those
cnidarians which exist in both forms exhibit
alternation of generation (Metagenesis), i.e., polyps
produce medusae asexually and medusae form the
polyps sexually (e.g., Obelia).

37. <> Reproduction:
<> Asexual: by budding
<> Sexual: by gametic fusion
<> Fertilization: internal or external
<> Development: indirect with larval stage
<>(Koilos: hollow, enteron: cavity)

40. Classification

41. Level
of
organization
Body Cavity
Cellular
Tissue Organ Organ system
Tissue/ organ/ Organ system

42. They have dorso-ventrally flattened body, hence are
called flatworms (Figure 4.9). These are mostly
endoparasites found in animals including human beings.
Flatworms are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and
acoelomate animals with organ level of organisation.
Hooks and suckers are present in the parasitic forms.
Some of them absorb nutrients from the host directly
through their body surface

43. Sexes are not separate.
Fertilisation is internal and development is through many larval stages. Some
members like Planaria possess high regeneration capacity. Examples: Taenia
(Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke)

45. Phylum Aschelminthes (Roundworms)
Phylum – Aschelminthes The body
of the aschelminthes is circular in
cross-section, hence, the name
roundworms (Figure 4.10).
They may be free living, aquatic
and terrestrial or parasitic in
plants and animals. Roundworms
have organ-system level of body
organisation. They are bilaterally
symmetrical, triploblastic and
pseudocoelomate animals.

46. Alimentary canal is complete with a well developed muscular pharynx.

47. An excretory tube removes body wastes from the body cavity through the
excretory pore. Sexes are separate (dioecious), i.e., males and females are
distinct. Often females are longer than males. Fertilisation is internal and
development may be direct (the young ones resemble the adult) or indirect.
Examples : Ascaris (Roundworm), Wuchereria (Filaria worm), Ancylostoma
(Hookworm).

50. Phylum – Annelida They may be aquatic
(marine and fresh water) or terrestrial;
free-living, and sometimes parasitic.
They exhibit organ-system level of body
organisation and bilateral symmetry.
Their body surface is distinctly
marked out into segments or
metameres and, hence, the phylum
name Annelida (Latin, annulus : little
ring) (Figure 4.11).
Tentacle
Eye
Peristomium
Peristomium
Cirri
Parapodia

51. They are
triploblastic,
metamerically
segmented and
coelomate
animals.

52. They possess
longitudinal and circular
muscles which help in
locomotion. Aquatic
annelids like Nereis
possess lateral
appendages, parapodia,
which help in swimming.
A closed circulatory
system is present.

54. The coelomic fluid enters the tubulus, water and nutrients are reabsorbed, and
the metabolic waste such as ammonia, urea, or uric acid is excreted.
Nephridia (sing. nephridium) help in
osmoregulation and excretion. Neural
system consists of paired ganglia (sing.
ganglion) connected by lateral nerves
to a double ventral nerve cord. Nereis,
an aquatic form, is dioecious, but
earthworms and leeches are
monoecious. Reproduction is sexual.

56. Phylum – Arthropoda
This is the largest phylum of Animalia
which includes insects. Over two-
thirds of all named species on earth
are arthropods (Figure 4.12). They
have organ-system level of
organisation. They are bilaterally
symmetrical, triploblastic, segmented
and coelomate animals.

57. Level
of
organization
Body Cavity
Cellular
Tissue Organ Organ system
Tissue/ organ/ Organ system

59. The body of arthropods is covered by chitinous exoskeleton. The body consists of head, thorax
and abdomen. They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint, poda-appendages).
Jointed appendages in arthropodes may include legs, wings and mouth parts.

60. Respiratory organs
are gills, book gills,
book lungs or
tracheal system.

63. Circulatory system is of open type. Sensory
organs like antennae, eyes (compound and
simple), statocysts or balancing organs are
present. Excretion takes place through
malpighian tubules.

65. Compound eyes
provide insects with a
large field-of view
and heightened
sensitivity to motion.

67. They are mostly dioecious.
Fertilisation is usually internal.
They are mostly oviparous.
Development may be direct or
indirect.

68. BUTTERFLY
Dragon fly