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Why do radially symmetrical animals have no concentrated area of nervous tissues?

Question #68037. Asked by niale.
Last updated Sep 14 2021.

What-A-Mess
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What-A-Mess

Answer has 2 votes.
Jelly fish.

"Nerve Net"


They do (jellyfish) not have a brain, a heart, a central nervous system, a skeletal system and also no bones and no blood. Jellyfish move using a hydrostatic skeleton that controls the water pouch in their body to manipulate their movements.

As far as the why........That is how they are designed or if you like how they evolved. Enviornmental adaptivity would be the primary factor.

Jul 10 2006, 7:34 AM
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Phenomenal reading on the subject at this link:



link https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(13)00359-X


Members of infrakingdom coelenterata, such as jellyfish and hydra, have a simple nervous system called a nerve net. This is a set of neurons, connected by synapses or gap junctions, that communicate with one another. The nerve net is centered around the mouth, but there are no anatomical groupings of neurons. Some jellyfish have sensory neurons known as rhopalia which can perceive light or gravity.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_systems

Response last updated by satguru on Sep 14 2021.
Jul 10 2006, 7:50 AM
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