1. What are the major adaptations that allow nemertines to thrive in the marine environment? Support your answer.

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1. What are the major adaptations that allow nemertines to thrive in the marine environment? Support your answer.

2. What is the advantage of the countercurrent gas exchange in the case of some molluscs? Why is it not present in all representatives?

 

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