NEETBotanyAnimal Kingdom
What type of muscles do annelids possess to help in locomotion?
Options
- Alongitudinal muscles
- Bcircular muscles
- Cboth longitudinal and circular muscles
- Dnone of the above
Correct answer
C. both longitudinal and circular muscles
Step-by-step solution
They may be aquatic (marine and fresh water) or terrestrial; free-living, and sometimes parasitic. They exhibit organ-system level of body organisation and bilateral symmetry. They are triploblastic, metamerically segmented and coelomate animals. Their body surface is distinctly marked out into segments or metameres and, hence, the phylum name Annelida (Latin, annulus : little ring). A closed circulatory system is present. Nephridia (sing. nephridium) help in osmoregulation and excretion. Neural system consists of