You are trying to identify a non-chordate invertebrate with a segmented body, a
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You are trying to identify a non-chordate invertebrate with a segmented body, a crosssection of its body is below:
2. (6 points) You are trying to identify a non-chordate invertebrate with a segmented body, a cross- section of its body is belows List all the phyla this organism could belong to. Muscle layer (mesoderm) Body covering (ectoderm) Digestive tract (endoderm) Name two morphological traits that you could use to assign this organism to a specific taxon, and define each of these morphological traits briefly in your own wordsExplanation / Answer
This non chordate invertebrate either belong to Phylum Annelida or Arthropoda. Both of these phylum animal contain segmented body plan.
To be specifically if this belong to arthropoda phylum then it will definetly contain jointed appendages and chitionus cuticle that serve as an exoskelton.
To be specifically in annelida alomg with metamerically segmented the shape of head ,body covered with external cuticle that never shed. Presence of unjointed appendages in some polychaetes. Well developed coelom. Segments externally recognised as ring like constrictions.i.e metamarism.soft body.
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