- Ctenophores are commonly known as sea walnuts or comb jellies.
- Habitat -
- They are exclusively marine animals.
- Body symmetry -
- They are radially symmetrical.
- Body wall -
- They are diploblastic organisms.
- Level of organization -
- Ctenophores exhibit tissue level of organization.
- Digestion
- is both extracellular and intercellular.
- Locomotion -
- The body bears eight external rows of ciliated comb plates, these help in locomotion.
- Bioluminescence
- is a property of living organism to emit light is well-marked in ctenophores.
- Reproduction
- - Sexes are not separate, reproduction is by sexual means only.
- Fertilization
- is external with indirect development.
- Example: Pleurobrachia
Friday, 29 January 2016
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