Your job is to classify a newly discovered animal species. Your initial studies reveal that your specimen has tissues, organs, a head, and a pseudocoelom; has no segmentation; and has bilateral symmetry. To what phylum does this animal belong?

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The presence of tissues, organs, a head, and a pseudocoelom, along with bilateral symmetry and the lack of segmentation, are characteristic features of the phylum Nematoda. These are roundworms, which are distinct from the other options due to their pseudocoelom and lack of segmentation.

Your Job Is to Classify a Newly Discovered Animal Species