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Select the option with a correct representation of phylum of animals to the below-mentioned features:

I. The body is supported by a skeleton made up of spicules or spongin fibers with choanocytes line the spongocoel.

II. Specialized cells called flame cells help in osmoregulation and excretion.

III. The body bears eight rows of ciliated comb plates which helps in locomotion.

IV. The alimentary canal is complete with the well developed muscular pharynx.
BiologyAnimal KingdomNEET
Options:
  • A
    I II III IV
    Echinodermata Platyhelminthes Cnidaria Arthropoda
  • B
    I II III IV
    Echinodermata Nematoda Ctenophora Annelida
  • C
    I II III IV
    Porifera Aschelminthes Echinodermata Platyhelminthes
  • D
    I II III IV
    Porifera Platyhelminthes Ctenophora Aschelminthes
Solution:
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The correct answer is:
I II III IV
Porifera Platyhelminthes Ctenophora Aschelminthes
In Porifera/sponges the body is supported by a skeleton made up of spicules or spongin fibers with choanocytes line the spongocoel.

In Platyhelminthes, the specialized cells called flame cells help in osmoregulation and excretion.

Ctenophora bears eight rows of ciliated comb plates which help in locomotion.

In Aschelmenthes the alimentary canal is complete with the well developed muscular pharynx.

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