Question

An animal is called a protostome or a deuterostome based on _____. an animal is called a protostome or a deuterostome based on _____. the presence or absence of a mouth the way its body cavity develops whether it has a body cavity the number of germ lay

Answer 1

An animal is called a protostome or a deuterostome based on the way its body cavity develops.
The embryonic development is different between Protostome and Deuterostome. The first opening in deuterostomes (the blastopore) becomes the anus, while in protostomes, it becomes the mouth. Deuterostomes are Echinodermata, Hemichordata and Chordata. Protostomes are Ecdysozoa, Spiralia and Chaetognatha.