Q. While trying to find out the characteristic of a newly found animal, a researcher did the histology of adult animal and observed a cavity with presence of mesodermal tissue towards the body wall but no mesodermal tissue was observed towards the alimentary canal. What could be the possible coelome of that animal?
A) Acoelomate
B) Pseudocoelomate
C) Schizocoelomate
D) Spongocoelomate
Explanation
[Solution by Claude - not from source] In pseudocoelomates the mesoderm is present only as scattered pouches on the body-wall side, not lining the gut. Answer (2).
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