Suppose You Came Across a Novel Organism You Suspected Belonged

question 36

Multiple Choice

Suppose you came across a novel organism you suspected belonged to one of the following animal phyla:
Porifera,Cnidaria,Ctenophora,or Acoelomorpha.Which of the following characteristics would not be helpful in placing the organism into the correct phylum?

• A)the organism's feeding strategy
• B)the organism's habitat
• C)whether the organism has a coelom
• D)whether the organism has a gut
• E)whether adults are sessile or motile

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