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A new body plan The pseudocoelomates
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The pseudocoelomates Tube with in a tube plan
Gut has separate entrance and exit Body space is lined by mesoderm, but only on the outer side, the endoderm lacks a mesodermal covering Constant cell number, growth of cell size rather than cell number
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The pseudocoelmate phyla
Nematoda Caenorhabditis elegans Rotifera Acanthocephala
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The Nematoda Bilaterally symmetrical round worms
Lack a cellular epidermis, but instead have a cuticle. Need to molt cuticle for growth to occur Use a hydrostatic skeleton, but in this case the fluid skeleton is separate and distinct from the gastrovascular cavity Only have longitudinal muscles
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