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
What is true about Nereis, scorpion, cockroach and silver fish ?
1. They all possess dorsal heart
2. None of them is aquatic
3. They all belong to the same phylum
4. They all have jointed paired appendages
Match the name of the animal (column I), with one characteristics (column II), and the phylum/class (column III) to which it belongs
Column I |
Column II |
Column III |
|
1. |
Ichthyophis |
terrestrial |
Reptilia |
2. |
Limulus |
body covered by chitinous exoskeleton |
Pisces |
3. |
Adamsia |
radially symmetrical |
Porifera |
4. |
Petromyzon |
ectoparasite |
Cyclostomata |
Which one of the following statements is totally wrong about the occurrence of notochord, while the other three are correct ?
1. It is present throughout life in Amphioxus
2. It is present only in larval tail in Ascidians
3. It is replaced by vertebral column in adult frog
4. It is absent throughout life in humans from the very beginning
The tunic of urochordates is composed of proteins and complex carbohydrates, and includes tunicin, which is a variety of:
1. | cellulose | 2. | amylopectin |
3. | agaropectin | 4. | alginic acid |