What are characteristics of ctenophores?Multiple select question.Their life cycle is characterized by distinct polyp and medusa stages.Most species live in freshwater habitats.They possess colloblasts for prey capture.They move by coordinated beating of cilia.Many species are bioluminescent

How do ctenophores move?Multiple choice question.They propel themselves with fins.They use the beating of their cilia.They creep along the substrate.They swim using their tentacles.They use muscular contractions of the body.

Ctenophora have been shown to exhibit characteristics of triploblasts and they are a sister group to metazoans.Group startsTrue or False

Select all that applyWhy are ctenophores are no longer considered closely related to cnidarians?Multiple select question.They have a medusa-like form.They lack nematocysts.They have muscle cells derived from mesoderm.They are gelatinous.They are structurally complex.

Select the true statements concerning ctenophores.Check All That ApplyThey are diploblastic.They are diploblastic.They have some tissue derived from mesoderm.They have some tissue derived from mesoderm.They have a modified radial symmetry.They have a modified radial symmetry.They are a type of jellyfish.

Ctenophores were formerly thought to be related to because of their gelatinous, medusa-like form.