Multiple Choice
Placozoans feed by
A) sharing food produced by symbiotic algae in their diffuse tissues
B) Gliding over their food, secreting enzymes, and absorbing products
C) Filtering food that moves through them in tiny pores
D) Taking food in through a ventral tube, digesting it, and expelling wastes back out the tube
E) Taking food in through a central tube, digesting it, and moving wastes out the anus
Placozoans lack organs, including digestive organs. They secrete digestive enzymes as they glide over their food. Products of digestion are absorbed by the ventral epithelium.
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