Animal Biodiversity Traits

Question 1

Porifera

Answer 1

Continuous Growth, Multicellularity, Asymmetrical, Diploblastic

Examples: Sponges

Question 2

Cnidaria

Answer 2

Continuous growth, radical symmetry, diploblastic, no coelom, no true tissue

Example: Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals

Question 3

Platyhelminthes

Answer 3

Loss of coelom, protostome, bilateral, triploblastic, continuous growth, multicellularity

Example: tapeworm, flukes

Question 4

Annelida

Answer 4

Bilateral Symmetry, Segmented body, continuous growth, triploblastic, protostome, coelom

Example: Earthworms, Leeches

Question 5

Mollusca

Answer 5

Multicellularity, continuous growth, bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, protostome, coelom

Example: Gastropods, clams, mussels

Question 6

Nematoda

Answer 6

Molting, protostome, bilateral, triploblastic, multicellularity, no coelom, no true tissue
Examples: Roundworms

Question 7

Arthropoda

Answer 7

Molting , coelom, protostome, bilateral, multicellularity, triploblastic, true tissue
Examples: Insects, crustaceans

Question 8

Echinodermata

Answer 8

Deuterostome, adults are radical, larvae is bilaterally, triploblastic, multicellularity, coelom, true tissue

Example: Sea star, sea urchins, sea cucumbers

Question 9

Chordata

Answer 9

Deuterostrome, bilateral, coelom, triploblastic, multicellularity, continuous growth, true tissue

Example: Bony fish, reptiles