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How does respiration occur in Hemichordates?
Options
- ALungs
- BGills
- CProboscis gland
- DSkin
Correct answer
B. Gills
Step-by-step solution
Hemichordates have a rudimentary structure in the collar region called stomochord, a structure similar to notochord. Hemichordata was earlier considered as a sub-phylum under phylum Chordata, but now it is placed as a separate phylum under non-chordata . Respiration takes place through gills in Hemichordates. Animals belonging to the phylum Chordata are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomate with organ-system level of organisation. Animals belonging to phylum Chordata are fundamentally characterised by t