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1 Hydrostatic skeletons

2 The concept Fluid volume acting as a skeleton Because it is contained
The material containing the fluid can contract against it and change the configuration of the container

3 cnidaria Two layered Ectoderm Endoderm
Basal segments of the cells making up both layers have muscle fibers that are at right angles to each other

4 Platyhelminthes Two fluid containers Muscles Digestive tract
Acoelomate, mesoderm is a mesenchyme (parenchyma) Muscles Circular, longitudinal, and dorso-ventral

5 Nematoda Pseudocoelomate-only one layer of mesoderm around outside
Only longitudinal muscles Cuticle of fibers in all directions Must moult in order to grow. Rather inefficient outside of their normal environment

6 Another form of pseudocoelomate
Rotifera Muscles for body contraction--inch worm kind of pattern of motion Cilia wheels on oral surface for both feeding and movement


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