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Most of the asymmetrical acoelomates belong to phylum?
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Options:
  • A Porifera
  • B Ctenophora
  • C Cnidaria
  • D Echinodermata
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The correct answer is: Porifera
Types of animals on the basis of symmetry -

1. Asymmetrical - No particular symmetry. Examples : Most of sponges.

2. Radially symmetrical - When any plane passing through the central axis of the body divides the organism in 2 equal halves. Examples : Few sponges, coelenterates, ctenophores, and adult echinodermates.

3. Bilaterally symmetrical - Body of organism is divisible into 2 equal halves only in one plane. Examples : Platyhelminthes, aschelminthes, annelids, arthropods, molluscs, echinodermates and chordates.

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