Tag: protonephridia

Cephalochordata (subphylum of Chordata)

— Lancelets (Amphioxus / Branchiostoma) General Features Exclusively marine animals, superficially like fish.Capable of swimming, but are usually buried in sand with only their anterior end exposed.Body small and fish…

Platyhelminthes: General features

Free living, commensal or parasitic forms.Tissue level grade of organisation.Triploblastic: Body derived from 3 embryonic germ layers.Bilaterally symmetrical with definite polarity of anterior and posterior ends.Dorsoventrally flattened, with a well…