Give two salient features or any unique feature, each of the following division or phylum:
A. Division Thallophyta.
B. Division Pteridophyta.
C. Division Gymnosperms.
D. Phylum Coelenterata.
E. Phylum Annelida.
F. Phylum Arthropoda.
G. Phylum Protochordata.
H. Phylum Vertebrata.
(A). Division Thallophyta
• The plant body is thalloid are not divided into true root, stem or leaves
• Conducting elements are absent in thallophytes
(B) Division Pteridophyta
• Pteridophyta are first true land plants
• They are seedless, vascular cryptogams
(C) Division gymnosperms
• They have naked seeds, that is, its seeds are not covered by fruit. Formation of the flower is absent.
• The seeds are pollinated by wind
(D) Phylum Coelenterata
• Presence of cnidoblast cells, therefore, phylum also known as cnidaria
• All the members of phylum Coelenterata are aquatic, mostly marine.
(E) phylum Annelida
• Body is metamerically segmented
• First Phylum having a true coelom
(F) phylum Arthropoda
• Animals having jointed appendages
• Largest and most successful phylum on the Earth
(G) subphylum protochordate
• Pharynx perforated by Gill slits.
• A post-anal tail is present. Brainbox is absent.
(H) subphylum Vertebrata
• The notochord is replaced by a cartilaginous or bony vertebral column in the adult
• Presence of dorsal hollow nerve cord