Compare and contrast the three phyla of bryophytes using the specified bases in the Table below. Bases Hepatophyta Anthocerotophyta Bryophyta 1. Growth form (leafy or thallose)       2. Arrangement of leaves on the stem for leafy types       3. Mechanism of spore dispersal       4. Presence of stomata on the sporophytes       5. Presence of primitive conducting cells       6. Presence of chloroplast on the sporophyte       7. Structure of the protonema       8. Presence of symbiotic cyanobacteria       9. Length of the seta

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Compare and contrast the three phyla of bryophytes using the specified bases in the Table below.

Bases Hepatophyta Anthocerotophyta Bryophyta
1. Growth form (leafy or thallose)      
2. Arrangement of leaves on the stem for leafy types      
3. Mechanism of spore dispersal      
4. Presence of stomata on the sporophytes      
5. Presence of primitive conducting cells      
6. Presence of chloroplast on the sporophyte      
7. Structure of the protonema      
8. Presence of symbiotic cyanobacteria      
9. Length of the seta      
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