Characteristics
- These organisms can have either diploblastic or triploblastic tissue level organization.
- Organisms in ctenophora have biradial symmetry.
- Like cnidarians, organisms in ctenophora also have a mesoglea in between the epidermis and gastrodermis.
- The mesoglea of these organisms have true muscle cells.
- These organisms have a gastrovascular cavity.
- Like cnidarians, organisms in ctenophora also posses a nervous system in the form of a nerve net.
- These organism have colloblasts, adhesive structures.
- These organisms have eight rows of ciliary bands, known as comb rows, which help in movement.