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What type of development do Hemichordates have?
Options
- ADirect
- BIndirect
- CParthenogenetic
- DReproductive cloning
Correct answer
B. Indirect
Step-by-step solution
Hemichordata was earlier considered as a sub-phylum under phylum Chordata, but now it is placed as a separate phylum under non-chordata. Hemichordates have a rudimentary structure in the collar region called stomochord, a structure similar to notochord. Development in Hemichordates is indirect. 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 the presence of