Trichoplax

a. is a small, flattened, soft-bodied marine animal.
b. is placed with sponges on the animal family
tree.
c. has the smallest genome of all the animals.
d. has no mouth but rather uses extracellular
digestion and absorption.
e. fits all of these descriptions.


Answer: e

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