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Punjab Board · Class 11 · Biology
What Animal Kingdom covers in Punjab Board Class 11 Biology: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session. Part of the Punjab Board Class 11 Biology syllabus.
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4 Topics · Punjab Board Class 11 Biology · 2026-27
Topics in Animal Kingdom
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Basis of Classification - The Six Key Criteria
- Six fundamental features are used to classify animals: levels of organisation, symmetry, germinal layers, coelom, segmentation, and notochord.
- Levels of organisation progress from cellular → tissue → organ → organ-system level as we move from simpler to more complex animals.
- Cellular level: Porifera (sponges) — cells work together but no tissues formed.
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Non-Chordate Phyla - Porifera to Hemichordata
- PORIFERA (Sponges): Marine, mostly asymmetrical, cellular level, water canal system (ostia → spongocoel → osculum), choanocytes/collar cells line canals, intracellular digestion, skeleton of spicules
- COELENTERATA (Cnidaria): Aquatic (mostly marine), radially symmetrical, diploblastic, tissue level, cnidoblasts with nematocysts on tentacles (for defense and prey capture), gastrovascular cavity with
- CTENOPHORA: Exclusively marine, radially symmetrical, diploblastic, tissue level, 8 rows of ciliated comb plates for locomotion, bioluminescence is marked, sexes not separate, only sexual reproduction
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Phylum Chordata - Subphyla and Vertebrate Classes
- Three fundamental features of ALL Chordates: (1) Notochord, (2) Dorsal hollow nerve cord, (3) Paired pharyngeal gill slits.
- Additional chordate features: Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, coelomate, organ-system level, post-anal tail, closed circulatory system.
- Chordata is divided into three subphyla: Urochordata (Tunicata), Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata.
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Comparative Summary of All Phyla
- Porifera: Cellular, asymmetrical/various, no coelom, no segmentation, no digestive/circulatory/respiratory system — body with pores and canals.
- Coelenterata: Tissue, radial, no coelom, no segmentation, incomplete digestive system — cnidoblasts present.
- Ctenophora: Tissue, radial, no coelom, no segmentation, incomplete digestive system — comb plates for locomotion.
Key Concepts
Animals exhibit different levels of cellularAnimals can be classified based onThe coelom is a body cavitySegmentation is the division ofThe notochord is a flexible
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Key topics in Animal Kingdom include Basis of Classification - The Six Key Criteria, Non-Chordate Phyla - Porifera to Hemichordata, Phylum Chordata - Subphyla and Vertebrate Classes, Comparative Summary of All Phyla. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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