Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 26.7, Problem 1CC
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The difference between nematodes and earthworms.
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The annelids consist of a large group of free-ranging tube worms, marine worms, earthworms and leeches. They vary in size ranging from < 1 mm- 3mm. The nematodes also called roundworms, are small, thin worms whose size varies from < 1 mm- 5 cm. They are present in the soil, marine and freshwater environments, and as
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Principles of Biology
Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.2 - What are the mam members of the Ecdysozoa?Ch. 26.2 - In protostomes the blastopore becomes the mouth....Ch. 26.2 - In triploblastic animals, the inner lining of the...Ch. 26.2 - Pseudocoelomates lack a fluid-filled cavity. have...Ch. 26.3 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1TYK
Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.5 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.6 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.6 - What are some of the advantages of segmentation?Ch. 26.6 - Platyhelminthes possess a lophophore. a coelom....Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.6 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 3CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26.8 - Echinoderms and chordates are both deuterostomes....Ch. 26.8 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.8 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.8 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.8 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26 - Prob. 1TYCh. 26 - Prob. 2TYCh. 26 - Prob. 3TYCh. 26 - Prob. 4TYCh. 26 - Prob. 5TYCh. 26 - Prob. 6TYCh. 26 - Prob. 7TYCh. 26 - Prob. 8TYCh. 26 - A defining feature of the Ecdysozoa is a segmented...Ch. 26 - Incomplete metamorphosis is characterized by...Ch. 26 - Prob. 1CCQCh. 26 - Compare and contrast the five main feeding types...Ch. 26 - Prob. 3CCQCh. 26 - Prob. 1CBQCh. 26 - Prob. 2CBQ
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