Placozoans (select all that apply)

A. are tiny animals containing only a few
thousand cells.
B. are simple animals, consisting of only 2
tissue layers that sandwich an interior fluid
layer.
C. are, in spite of their morphological
simplicity, genetically complex, sharing many
genes for transcription factors, signaling
molecules, and structural proteins with both
cnidarians and bilaterians animals.
D. are a highly diverse group, consisting of
many species occupying a wide range of
habitats.
E. are large radially symmetrical animals
superficially similar to cnidarians and
ctenophores.


A,B

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