Answer: Different species within a phylum all have the same basic characters, anatomical and functional integrity, common ancestry.
Explanation: The animals having same phylum but different species have similar basic structural pattern. That means the anatomical features are constructed on the same ground plan. This individuals have similar functional integration. All animals of a phylum work as a functional machines with similar functional integration.
Another important feature is they have common ancestry. Evolutionary study have confirmed all members of a similar phylum have been derived directly or indirectly from a common primitive ancestry.
