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  • Radial Symmetry: Understanding Wheel-Like Body Plans
    A body form that looks like the spokes of a wheel exhibits radial symmetry.

    Here's why:

    * Radial symmetry means an organism can be divided into equal parts along any plane that passes through the central axis. Think of a starfish or a jellyfish.

    * Bilateral symmetry means an organism can be divided into two mirror-image halves along a single plane (like a human or a butterfly).

    Since a spoke-like body form can be divided into equal parts from its central axis, it aligns with the definition of radial symmetry.

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