A marine biologist discovers a new tiny aquatic invertebrate species that lacks gills. The most reasonable hypothesis would be that the animal gets oxygen through

A. lungs.

B. diffusion across its skin.

C. extracellular digestion.

D. cephalization.

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Brynn Pierce

25 June, 00:19

A marine biologist discovers a new tiny aquatic invertebrate species that lacks gills. The most reasonable hypothesis would be that the animal gets oxygen through

A. lungs.

B. diffusion across its skin.

C. extracellular digestion.

D. cephalization.

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Amaya Mclaughlin · Answer 1

Lungs. Just like a whale or a dolphin, it is possible there are other aquatic animals in the ocean that have lungs. The species would use a blowhole of a sort rather than gills.

A marine biologist discovers a new tiny aquatic invertebrate species that lacks gills. The most reasonable hypothesis would be that the animal gets oxygen throughA. lungs.B. diffusion across its skin.C. extracellular digestion.D. cephalization.

A marine biologist discovers a new tiny aquatic invertebrate species that lacks gills. The most reasonable hypothesis would be that the animal gets oxygen through

A. lungs.

B. diffusion across its skin.

C. extracellular digestion.

D. cephalization.