Placozoans Feed by

question 51

Multiple Choice

Placozoans feed by

• A) sharing food produced by symbiotic algae in their diffuse tissues
• B) Gliding over their food, secreting enzymes, and absorbing products
• C) Filtering food that moves through them in tiny pores
• D) Taking food in through a ventral tube, digesting it, and expelling wastes back out the tube
• E) Taking food in through a central tube, digesting it, and moving wastes out the anus
• Placozoans lack organs, including digestive organs. They secrete digestive enzymes as they glide over their food. Products of digestion are absorbed by the ventral epithelium.

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