JAMB - Biology (2002 - No. 26)
Examples of organisms in which extracellular digestion occurs are?
fungus, loranthus and housefly
rhizopus, sponges and earthworm
roundworm, tapeworm and hydra
rhizopus, housefly and hydra
Selitys
Rhizopus is a fungus and it uses extracellular digestion.
Houseflies digest their food externally by apply a solvent liquid to food particles to dissolve them, and then suck up the liquid food.
Hydra also use extracellular digestion and secrete molecules to break down the substrate they will grow.