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What is the difference between the segmentation of a tapeworm and an earthworm?

Important Questions on Classification of Living Organisms

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Match List-I with List-II.

List-I List-II
(a) Metamerism (i) Coelenterata
(b) Canal system (ii) Ctenophora
(c) Comb plates (iii) Annelida
(d) Cnidoblasts (iv) Porifera
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The spermatheca, which receive and store spermatozoa in pheretima are present in
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In which one of the following phyla is the body segmented?
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Study the following statements
A) Corallium rubrum is the precious red stone coral that belongs to Scyphozoa
B) Renette gland is an excretory gland found in round worms
C) Tubifex is an aquatic annelid
D) In chilopods, maxillae are modified into gnathochilarium

Among the above, the incorrect statements are

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Which of the following options does correctly represent the characteristic features of phylum Annelida?
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Animals of this class in Annelida have definite number of segments.
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Which of the following animals does not undergo metamorphosis?
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The following are the various external apertures in Pheretima
A) Male genital apertures
B) Spermathecal apertures
C) Nephridiopores
D) Female genital aperture
Arrange the apertures in a correct sequence from the anterior end to the posterior end
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If a live earthworm is pricked with a needle on its outer surface without damaging its gut, the fluid that comes out is:
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Match Column I with Column II & mark the correct option.

Column-I Column- II
(A) Choanocytes 1. Platyhelminthes
(B) Cnidoblasts 2. Ctenophora
(C) Flame cells 3. Porifera
(D) Nephridia 4. Coelenterata
(E) Comb plates 5. Annelida
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Match the larval stages (in column I) with their corresponding animals (in column II) and select the correct option.

Column I Column II
I. Planula i. Holothuria (Sea cucumber)
II. Trocophore ii. Hermit crab
III. Glochidium iii. Obelia 
IV. Glaucothoe iv. Neresis
    v. Unio
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Which of the following is not a differentiating feature between Hirudinaria and Nereis?
a. Presence of nephridia to remove excretory waste.
b. Indirect development.
c. Dioecious with sexual dimorphism.
d. Presence of parapodia.

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Discuss the economic importance of the earthworms. How would their absence affect the environment?
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Describe the type of excretory and circulatory system in Annelida.
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Nephridia of earthworm are performing same functions as
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Which one of the following is a matching pair of a body feature and the animal possessing it?

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Match the excretory organs listed under column I with the animals given under column II and select the correct option.
 
I
(Excretory organs)
 
II
(Animals)
(a) Nephridia (i) Hydra
(b) Malpighian tubules (ii) Leech
(c) Protonephridia (iii) Shark
(d) Kidneys (iv) Roundworms
    (v) Cockroach