Species Profile
Crocodylus
Crocodile
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Crocodylus inhabits freshwater and brackish water.
It is a powerful predator.
Important member of aquatic ecosystems.
Size & Structure
01
Long streamlined body
02
V-shaped snout
03
Thick scaly skin
04
Powerful tail
Crocodylus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, euryhaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Pulmonary respiration
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (bony)
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Apex predator
Controls fish and animal populations
Maintains wetland balance
Economic Importance
Leather industry
Ecotourism
Ecological importance