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Ch. 32 - An Overview of Animal Diversity

Chapter 32, Problem 2

The distinction between sponges and other animal phyla is based mainly on the absence versus the presence of a. a body cavity. b. a complete digestive tract. c. mesoderm. d. tissues.

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Hello everyone here? We have a question that says blank body symmetry is two sponges, as blank body symmetry is to animals. So an animal or a sponge, if we look at the bottom of it is going to be a circle because they're long cylinders. So there's a central access point from which its body poets radiate out of. So it has radial body symmetry. Now, animals like a human. If we look at has bilateral symmetry, meaning if we draw a line down the middle there will be mere image is like having an arm on both sides. So our answer here is a radial and bilateral. Thank you for watching. Bye.