adjective
- having a body wall composed of two primary germ layers (ectoderm and endoderm)
Usage: biology
Examples
- Cnidarians like jellyfish are diploblastic animals.
- The diploblastic body plan is simpler than that of most other animals.
- Sponges and cnidarians represent the diploblastic grade of organization.
- In diploblastic animals, there is no true mesoderm layer.
- The diploblastic condition is considered primitive in animal evolution.
- Hydra exhibits the typical diploblastic structure of cnidarians.