Ctenophora
Ctenophora:
Organization: Tissue level
Symmetry: Radial
Coelom: Absent
Segmentation: Absent
Arrangement of embryonic layers: Diploblastic
Digestive system: Incomplete (both intercellular and extracellular)
Circulatory system: Absent
Respiratory system: Absent
Habitat: Marine
Sexuality: Hermaphrodite (sexes are not separate, egg and sperm are produced in same individual).
Notochord: Absent
Reproduction: Sexual
Fertilization: External and indirect
Distinctive features:
- Commonly known as sea walnuts or comb jellies.
- The body bears eight external rows of ciliated comb plates, which help in locomotion .
- They show a distinct property of Bioluminescence (the property of a living organism to emit light).
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