Identify the option where all the columns are not correctly matched:

Animal Phylum Features
1. Pleurobrachia Ctenophora Comb plates,
Only sexual reproduction
2. Loligo Mollusca Radula, Dioecious
3. Balanoglossus Hemichordata Respiration by gills,
Proboscis gland
4. Ascidia Chordata Marine, Notochord
persistent throughout life
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Animals Feature present in both
1. Balanoglossus and Pinctada Open circulatory system
2. Branchiostoma and Ascidia Persistent notochord
3. Aplysia and Pheretima True coelom
4. Gorgonia and Pennatula Cnidoblasts
Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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The character that gives the Phylum Chordata is shown by:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

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Consider the following statements:

Chordates-

I. Possess a solid, single and ventral nerve cord

II. Have pharyngeal gill slits at some point during their development.

III. Have post-anal tail

Which of the above statements are true?

1 I and II only

2. I and III only

3. II and III only

4. I, II and III

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Which of the following is not an excretory structure found in invertebrates?

1. Flame cells

2. Malpighian tubules

3. Nephridia

4. Kidney

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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The presence of notochord in the larval tail is a characteristic of

(1) Doliolum

(2) Branchiostoma

(3) Balanoglossus

(4) Petromyzon

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Identify the chordates in which the notochord persists in the adult?

(1) Tunicates

(2) Lancelets

(3) Cyclostomata

(4) Bony fishes

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Which of the following would be a characteristic of the animal shown in the given diagram?

             

1. Excretory organ is the proboscis gland.

2. They migrate for spawning to fresh water.

3. Notochord is present only in the larval tail.

4. Parapodia are present for swimming.

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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False statement with respect to Ascidia is

1. Present exclusively in marine water

2. It is a urochordate and notochord is present only in larval tail

3. It is a vertebrate because it has a notochord

4. It is a protochordate

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates, why?

1.  Notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in the adults of some chordates.
2. The ventral hollow nerve cord remains throughout life in some chordates.
3. All chordates possess a vertebral column.
4. All chordates possess notochords throughout their lives. 

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