

Eyespots – Accessory organs used to detect intensity of lightįigure 4: Planaria: a free-living flatworm 3.First animals to evolve a nervous system.

Accessory organs for hearing, seeing, taste developed in this area. Cephalization – Development and concentration of nerve tissue at one end of the body. Looking back: Tissue development continues (Porifera – no layers, cnidarians – 2 layers filled with jelly-like mesoglea), flatworms – 3 layers) 2. Flatworms (like sponges/cnidarians) are acoelomates.Three tissue layers – Endoderm, Mesoderm (muscle, organs), and ectoderm. First animals with bilateral symmetry and cephalization (sense organs to the “front” – development of brain)įigure 2: Flatworm diversity A: Evolution of Body Plan 1.

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