FSc Notes Class XI Biology Phylum Hemichordata 1st Year Biology Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11
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GENERAL CHARACTERS
- It is a small group of animals, which include about 90 species.
- They are soft-bodied animals, which usually live in shallow “U” shaped burrows in the sandy or muddy sea bottom.
EXTERNAL FEATURES
- They are cylindrical or vase shaped animals, bilaterally symmetrical and lack any segmentation.
- They may be solitary or colonial and usually range between a few millimeter and 250 cm in length.
- Sexes are separate in hemichordates.
INTERNAL FEATURES
- Circulatory system is open and coelom is divided into three chambers.
- A dorsal and a ventral nerve cord are present.
LARVA
Tornaria larva
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