AIIMS 2017
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2017
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Animal Kingdom
AIIMS 2017 · Botany · Animal Kingdom
Select the option that correctly matches characteristic features...
Select the option that correctly matches characteristic features with the group of three animals.
Options
- ASkeleton of spicules - Sycon, Adamsia, Spongilla
- BExcretion by flame - Taenia, Fasciola, cells Ancylostoma
- C
- DJointed appendages - Limulus, Apis, Laccifer
Correct answer
D. Jointed appendages - Limulus, Apis, Laccifer
Step-by-step solution
In poriferans, the body is supported by a skeleton made up of spicules or spongin fibres. Sycon and Spongilla are examples of poriferans, whereas Adamsia is a coelenterate. In platyhelminths, specialised cells called flame cells help in excretion. Taenia and Fasciola are platyhelminths whereas Ancylostoma is an aschelminth. In molluscs, mouth contains a file-like rasping organ for feeding called radula. Dentalium and Octopus are molluscs whereas Ophiura is an echinoderm. Arthropods have jointed appendages. Limulus, Apis and Laccifer all three are arthropods.