Fossil evidence indicates that the earliest deuterostomes were bilaterally symmetrical, segmented animals with a pharynx that had slits through which water flowed.Adult echinoderms have pentaradial (five-radial) symmetry.Therefore,
A) bilateral symmetry is a derived character in deuterostomes.
B) adult pentaradial symmetry is a derived character in echinoderms.
C) bilateral symmetry is a derived character in echinoderm larvae.
D) pentaradial symmetry has evolved multiple times in deuterostomes.
E) adult pentaradial symmetry is the ancestral condition in deuterostomes.
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