Animal tissues develop from embryonic germ layers. Triploblastic animals have three germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm) and three basic body plans related to body cavities (acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, and coelomate) Triploblasts have tissues derived from three embryonic germ layers: endoderm inside, ectoderm outside, and mesoderm in the middle. The three basic body plans of triploblasts relate to the presence or absence of a body cavity. No body cavity: acoelomate Body cavity lined on the inner side by endoderm-derived tissue and on the outer side by mesoderm-derived tissue: pseudocoelomate Body cavity lined entirely by mesoderm-derived tissue: coelomate