Friday 29 January 2016

Phylum Ctenophora :


  • 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

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