Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
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The sponges are the animals belonging to the phylum Porifera, in which the sponges are simplest of all animals and have numerous cells but no complex multicellularity.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 24.1 - Can you... list the characteristics that...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 24.2 - describe the different types of body symmetry,...Ch. 24.2 - give examples of animal groups with each type of...Ch. 24.2 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 24.3 - Physicians Assistants Another invertebrate animal...Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 24.3 - If you have ever accidentally walked into a spider...Ch. 24.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 24.3 - list some member organisms in each of these...
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