| THEY
HAVE/ARE |
THEY DON'T
HAVE |
| Body shape is
plate-like |
Symmetry |
| Reproduction is sexual and
asexual by budding and fission. |
Tissues |
| Marine |
Organs. |
| Very small - 2 - 3
mm |
A nervous system |
| |
Body cavity |
| |
Digestive cavity |
|
This is a very small group
(only one or two species have been described) that have been linked to the
Mesozoa and the Cnidaria
in the past. Their phylogenetic position is not clear, but they seem to closer
to the Porifera than to other Phyla. They are all
very small; usually only two or three millimetres across. They glide over the
substratum on flagellated cells. Their dorsal surface also has gland cells
which secrete enzymes to digest their prey. |