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


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