WARM UP Why are animals (and other organisms) classified into similar groups? What are two of the characteristics used to classify animals?
Animal Phylogeny
Phylogeny An “tree of life” Based on evolutionary connections
Phylogeny Classification by similar characteristics
Phylogeny Ancestral characteristics shared by distant ancestors Derived characteristics that are new in a group
Clades No Tissues Porifera Tissues All other phyla
Clades Radial Symmetry Cnidaria Bilateral symmetry All others*
Clades Acoelomates Pseudocoelomates Coelomates Platyhelminthes Nematoda Coelomates All others
Clades Protostomes Deuterostomes Mouth first, coelom from outside space Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda Deuterostomes Mouth second, coelom from gut wall Echinodermata and Chordata
WRAP UP List the key adaptations or characters that identify the phylum Echinodermata.