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Chapter 21.2, Problem 2MC
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The fashion in which a sponge body adapted to its aquatic habitat and sessile life.
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Sponges are the animals which do not contain true tissue. Sponges are included under the phylum Porifera of sub kingdom Parazoa. They are asymmetrical or radial symmetry. They have specialized cells in their body which do not interact to form tissue.
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