Animal
Locomotion
Support
Porifera
sessile
spicules
Cnidaria
flip, float, false feet
none
Platyhelminthes
secrete mucous trail
hydroskeleton
Nematoda
longitudinal muscles allow for whiplike motion only
hydroskeleton
Annelida
setae; longitudinal and circular muscles
hydroskeleton
Gastropoda
mucous trail
shell secreted by mantle
Bivalvia
muscular foot used to burrow in sand
shell secreted by mantle
Cephalopoda
jet propulsion
internal pen (found in squid); shell (chambered nautilus)
Echinodermata
tube feet
water vascular system
Crustacea
chelipids, walking legs, swimmmerets
chitinous exoskeleton
Arachnida
four pairs of walking legs
exoskeleton
Insecta
three pairs of legs; wings
chitionous exoskeleton
Chondrichthyes
fins for swimming
cartilaginous endoskeleton
Osteichthyes
fins for swimming
bony endoskeleton
Amphibia
muscles for walking, jumping; webbed feet for swimming
bony endoskeleton
Reptilia
ribs attached to scales
bony endoskeleton
Aves
feathers, wings
bony endoskeleton; hollow bones
Mammalia
muscles in appendages
bony endoskeleton

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