Consider following features:
A: Organ system level of organisation
B: Bilateral symmetry
C: True coelomates with segmentation of body
Select the correct option of animal groups which possess all the above characteristics.
1. Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
2. Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata
3. Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca
4. Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata
1. | Phylum Arthropoda | 2. | Phylum Chordata |
3. | Phylum Mollusca | 4. | Phylum Porifera |
1. | Arthropods have an open circulatory system. |
2. | Arthropods exhibit bilateral symmetry. |
3. | All arthropods possess jointed appendages. |
4. | Arthropods possess a segmented body plan with a pseudocoelom. |
I: | They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, non-segmented and pseudocoelomate animals. |
II: | Arthropoda is the largest phylum of Animalia and includes more than 90 % of all species on the earth that are named so far. |
III: | Insects are arthropods with body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen. |
1. | Only I | 2. | Only I and II |
3. | Only III | 4. | Only II and III |
I: | Body of arthropods is covered by chitinous exoskeleton. |
II: | They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint, poda-appendages). |
III: | Circulatory system is of open type. |
IV: | Excretion takes place through malpighian tubules in insects. |
V: | They are mostly dioecious and fertilisation is usually internal. |
VI: | They are mostly oviparous. |
Which of the following is not an Arthropod characteristic?
1. | Jointed appendages | 2. | Periodic molting |
3. | Closed circulation | 4. | Articulated exoskeleton |