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11 years ago
Do cnidarians have three germ layers? Ectoderm, endoderm, and...?
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11 years ago
Mesoderm is present in triploblastic animals.
Diploblastic animals have mesoglea, instead of mesoderm.

Cnidarians (Coelentrates) are diploblastic animals, thus they have a mesoglea.
They have only ectoderm and endoderm (no mesoderm).

Porifera, Cnidarians and Ctenophores are DIPLOBLASTIC.

Platyhelmithes, Aschelminthes, Annelids, Arthropods, Molluscs, Echinoderms, Hemichordates and Chordates are TRIPLOBLASTIC.
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11 years ago
The origin of both mesoderm and muscle are central questions in metazoan evolution. The majority of metazoan phyla are triploblasts, possessing three discrete germ layers. Attention has therefore been focused on two outgroups to triploblasts, Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Modern texts describe these taxa as diploblasts, lacking a mesodermal germ layer. However, some members of Medusozoa, one of two subphyla within Cnidaria, possess tissue independent of either the ectoderm or endoderm referred to as the entocodon. Furthermore, members of both Cnidaria and Ctenophora have been described as possessing striated muscle, a mesodermal derivative. While it is widely accepted that the ancestor of Eumetazoa was diploblastic, homology of the entocodon and mesoderm as well as striated muscle within Eumetazoa has been suggested. This implies a potential triploblastic ancestor of Eumetazoa possessing striated muscle. In the following review, I examine the evidence for homology of both muscle and mesoderm. Current data support a diploblastic ancestor of cnidarians, ctenophores, and triploblasts lacking striated muscle.
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