INTEGRATED PRINC.OF ZOOLOGY(LL)(FD)
INTEGRATED PRINC.OF ZOOLOGY(LL)(FD)
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To explain: The sponge body type that appears most efficient and makes possible that largest body size.

Introduction: Sponges are the members of the phylum Porifera. Sponges are a multicellular organism that has bodies full of channels and pores that permits water to circulate through them. The sponges have three body types, namely leuconoid, syconoid, and asconoid.

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