Sponges | Cnidarians | Arthropods | Roundworms | Flatworms | Annelids | Mollusks | Echinoderms | Chordates | |
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Levels of Organization | Specialized Cells | Specialized Cells, tissues | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs | Specialized Cells, tissues, organs |
Body Symmetry | Absent | Radial | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | Bilateral | Radial (as adults) | Bilateral |
Germ Layer | Absent | Two | Three | Three | Three | Three | Three | Three | Three |
Body Cavity | Acoelom | True coelom | Pseudocoelom | Acoelom | True coelom | True coelom | True coelom | True coelom | |
Embryological Development | Protostome | Protostome | Protostome | Protostome | Protostome | Deuterostome | Deuterostome | ||
Segmentation | Absent | Absent | Present | Absent | Absent | Present | Absent | Absent | Present |
Cephalization | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent (as adults) | Present |