Porifera

Cnidaria

Annelida

Mollusca

Arthropoda

Body Plan

Sponges are
asymmetrical,
and form a
wall of cells
around a
central cavity.

Radially
symmetrical,
with tentacles
that extend
from the
body.

Annelids
have
segmented
bodies, have
bilateral
symmetry

Molluscs
have bilateral
symmetry,
and some
cartilage for
support.

Have three
regionshead, thorax
and
abdomen.

Feeding

Sponges filter
feeders and
filter
microscopic
food particles
from the
water.

They
paralyze their
prey, and pull
it into their
gastrovascular
cavity. Extracellular
digestion.

Worms ingest
ditl and
absorb
organic
nutrients out
of the soil

They grab
their prey and
pull them into
their mouth.
They then
use digestive
acids that
break down
the food in
the stomach.

Feed my
crushing prey
in between
mandibles in
their mouths.

Respiration

Sponges rely Nutrients

on water
transported
movement.
by diffusion.
Oxygen from
water diffuses
into cells.

Breathe
through thier
skin

gills inside
thier mantle
cavity.

Breath
through pores
located
around their
head

Circulation

Sponges rely
on water
movement.

Diffusion
through cell
walls.

Have a semiclosed
circulatory
system

have an open
or closed
circulatory
system

have an open
circulatory
system

Excretion

Sponges rely
on water
movement.

Diffusion
through cell
walls.

Different
openings for
mouth and
anus

nephridia
remove
waste from
blood and
excrete to
outside body

have an anus
to excrete
waste

Response

No nervous
system, but
produce
protective
toxins.

Information
gathered
from nerve
net.

Have a
nervous
system

nervous
systems vary
greatly
among
mollusks

have sensory
organs such
as simple and
complex eyes
and
antennae.

Reproduction

Sponges
reproduce
sexually or
asexually.

Reproduce
sexually or
asexually.
External

Reproduce
sexually,
external
fertilization

sexual
reproduction,
either internal
or external.

Reproduce
sexually, with
internal
fertilization.

fertilization.