-Kumudinee, Subject Matter Expert at Edumarz.
Solution: If I am given an animal specimen, then I shall try to classify it on the basis of fundamental morphological features which are common to all animal types in spite of the presence of particular major differences in the structure and form of animals.
The fundamental phenotypic features taken under consideration while classifying animal are as follows:
(i) The pattern of arrangement of cells.
(ii) type of Body symmetry.
(iii) Nature and presence or absence of coelom.
(iv) type of the digestive system.
(v) Type of circulatory system.
(vi) Means of methods of reproduction