DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS

NEMATODA

The nematode body is also bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic. However, the body is cylindrical rather than flattened. There are tissues, but no real organs, although a sort of body cavity or a pseudocoelom, is present. These are very familiar as parasitic worms causing diseases, suchas the worms causing elephantiasis (filarial worms) or the worms in …

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PORIFERA

The word Porifera means organisms with holes. These are non-motile animals attached to some solid support. There are holes or ‘pores’, all over the body. These lead to a canal system that helps in circulating water throughout the body to bring in food and oxygen. These animals are covered with a hard outside layer or …

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ANGIOSPERMS

This word is made from two Greek words: angio means covered and sperma– means seed. These are also called flowering plants.The seeds develop inside an ovary which is modified to become a fruit. Plant embryos in seeds have structures called cotyledons.Cotyledons are called ‘seed leaves’ because in many instances they emerge and become green when …

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BRYOPHYTA

These are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom. The plant body is commonly differentiated to form stem and leaf-like structures. However, there is no specialised tissue for the conduction of water and other substances from one part of the plant body to another. Examples are moss (Funaria) and Marchantia