Suppose you discover a new species of animal that does not have body segments, but is triploblastic, eucoelomate, and cephalized. Under the molecular phylogenetic scheme, you would allocate it to which phylum?

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Houston Kelley

Biology

17 November, 10:58

Suppose you discover a new species of animal that does not have body segments, but is triploblastic, eucoelomate, and cephalized. Under the molecular phylogenetic scheme, you would allocate it to which phylum?

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Alexus Myers · Answer 1

Mollusca

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A triploblastic, cephalized and eucoelomate organism but not segmented could belong to the phylum Mollusca. They are triploblastic, eucoelomates (with true coelom), and cephalized. The chordates have heteromeric segmentation while in molluscs none.