Asterzalia: Difference between revisions

{{Taxonomy

|name=Asterzalia

|caption=extant

|Classification=Phylum

|Prime Species=[[Lilstar]]

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[[File:Extant.jpg|right]]'''Asterzalia''' is the most primitive [[Asterzoa|asterzoan]] phylum, yet ironically the most "advanced" in terms of intelligence and lifestyle. All extant members have four arms (one of which is modified for waste disposal), a nervous system, chemoreceptive skin patches, and the ability to swim. Though they ancestrally had four-point radial symmetry, some have evolved bilateral symmetry by differentiating their arms as they mature; all bilateral species, particularly those within Lagnodactylia, have radially symmetric larval or embryonic stages.

 

==Subgroups==

''Radially symmetric filter-feeding asterzalia which have nervous systems and a waste disposal system, but otherwise lack complex internal organs.''

 

 

''Asterzalia which have mouths for eating larger prey, bilateral symmetry in adulthood, and flexible digits on their arms used for copulation and sometimes locomotion.''