Ch 33 Phyla Characteristics Chart

Phylum Porifera - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

none, none, none, n/a, n/a, sponges

Phylum Cnidaria - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

radial, diploblastic, none (GVC), n/a, n/a, corals, anemones, jellies

Phylum Platyhelminthes - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, no coelom (compact), protostomes, lophotrochozoa, flatworms: planaria, trematodes, tapeworms

Phylum Mollusca - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, hemocoel/reduced coelom, protostome, lophotrochozoa, snails, sligs, octopus, squid, clams, oysters, chitins

Phylum Annelida - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, coelom, protostome, lophotrochozoa, segmented worms: earthworms, leeches, plychaetes

Phylum Nematoda - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, hemocoel, protostome, ecdysozoa, round worms: nematodes

Phylum Arthropoda - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, hemocoel/reduced coelom, protostome, ecdysozoa, insects, arachnids, myriapoda, crustaceans

Phylum Echinodermata - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, coelom, deuterostome, n/a, sea cucumber, sea urchin, sea star, brittle star, sand dollar

Phylum Chordata - symmetry, tissue layers, body cavity, development, lophotrochozoa or ecydsozoa, examples

bilateral, triploblastic, coelom, deuterostome, n/a, tunicates, lancelets and vertebrates (birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals)