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What term is used to describe animals with three germ layers?

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triploblasts

Watch this video  http://openstaxcollege. org/l/symmetry2  to see a quick sketch of the different types of body symmetry. Layers of Tissues Most animal species undergo a layering of early tissues during embryonic development. These layers are called germ layers. Each layer develops into a specific set of tissues and organs. Animals develop either two or three embryonic germs layers  Figure 15.5 . The animals that display radial symmetry develop two germ layers, an inner layer  endoderm  and an outer layer  ectoderm . These animals are called diploblasts. Animals with bilateral symmetry develop three germ layers: an inner layer  endoderm , an outer layer  ectoderm , and a middle layer  mesoderm . Animals with three germ layers are called triploblasts.

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