1. what special structures are specific to the phylums of porifera, cnidaria, ctenophora, and platyhelminthes?

some of the special structures in the members of these phylum as follows:

Members of porifera are sponges. they have collar cells and cellular -level body organization. Cnidarian have stinging cells present on the tentacles around the mouth. Ctenophorans have comb-like plate cells for swimming. Platyhelminthes - members are first to have sensory and nervous tissue in the head region.

spiders belong to a group of arachnids.

arachnids have the following traits :

they have two body parts.

they have eight legs unlike insects which have 6 legs.

they have no wings.

these traits distinguish them from insects.

the information that antonio is doubting us the statement that spiders differences are as a result of being first to evolve.

this is because the evolution of one species is independent of the other species.

stimulus is a change in the environment that causes an organism to react. the response is the reaction to the stimulus. some examples of stimuli for zebras are drought, to many predators, and bad feeding grounds such as dead grass or plants. zebras respond to stimuli just like all other living organisms