Patrick Bylis and Augustine Caoile
The Excretory System
What Is It?
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Protist
Fungi
Plant
Animalia
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Porifera
Cnidarians
Platyhelminthes
Nemotoda
Mollusca
Annelids
Arthropoda
Echinodermata
Chordata
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Fish
Amphibians
Amniotes
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Birds
Mammals
Mollusca
Tridacna Maxima
(Maxima Clam)
The Maxima Clam has dedicated excretory organs. It contains a nephridium and an anus. The Nephridium has two glandular tubes which are connected tot he anus. From here, metabolic wastes are able to be secreted and water washes it away.