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I need some help classifying animal phyla, the document attachment has a table with nine images. The images are examples of nine different Animal phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Nematoda, Arthropoda, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Chordata.

Using the Dichotomous Key determine the Class category as shown for each animal (picture), and write the Class names under the Classification Column on the table.
List in column 2, all of the dichotomous key steps chosen when using the key to arrive at the classification for each animal.

Also list the Phylum name for each animal picture in column one using the nine Phyla listed above. Once all the Class category for each animal using the Key has been identified, look up the correct Phylum category using a credible reference.

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This solution will review the major characteristics of the 9 phyla in the animal kingdom.

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Good evening student. Thank you for choosing BrainMass. I will be glad to help you this evening, however, you must take note of 1 thing. This request appears to be an assignment completion request. It is against BrainMass policy for experts to complete a ready to hand in assignment. It would also be academic dishonesty on your part. Therefore, I am not going to give you an assignment which is ready to turn in, rather I will guide you to find the answers. I can give you a general description of all organisms in each of the phyla listed. From there you can determine which phylum each organism falls under.

Porifera
Animals in this phyla are invertebrates, they lack internal organs as we know them, adults have either radial symmetry or no symmetry, there body is supported by spicules and a spongy material called spongin rather than a bony skeleton, there is no ...

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