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Nonameeee Nonameeee
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3 years ago
Mollusca, Arthropoda, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Platyhelminthes, or Porifera?



This isn't for a grade, but I am asking you guys because I suspect this to be a very tricky question. My knowledge tells me Mollusca.... because sponges (Porifera) always have asymmetry, unless I am mistaken. However, the Mollusca is a bit of a precarious answer (I'm hoping someone clears this up for me) when you consider what "body plan" means. Mollusca can have asymmetry after the process of torsion, but  does torsion technically alter the "body plan", which I assume is predetermined genetically?

What do you guys think?
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3 years ago
Porifera
Nonameeee Author
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3 years ago
Can Mollusca not have asymmetry though? The wording of the question is, what phylum CAN have asymmetry? Porifera can certainly and always does, but I am wondering about Mollusca too.
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3 years ago
Phylum Porifera (sponges) is the answer, I believe. Mollusks have bilateral symmetry, that is, they two halves of the body mirror each other.
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