Hemichordata
Hemichordata:
Organization: Organ level
Symmetry: Bilateral
Coelom: present (coelomates)
Segmentation: Absent
Arrangement of embryonic layers: Triploblastic
Digestive system: Complete
Circulatory system: Present
Respiratory system: Present
Habitat: Marine
Sexuality: Dioecious (sexes are separate).
Notochord: Present
Reproduction: Sexual (oviparous)
Fertilization: External (indirect)
Respiratory organ: Gills
Excretory organ: Proboscis gland
Distinctive features:
- This phylum has a small group of worm-like marine animals.
- The body is cylindrical and is composed of an anterior proboscis, a collar and a long trunk.
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