JIPMER 2010
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2010
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Animal Kingdom
JIPMER 2010 · Botany · Animal Kingdom
Tube feet is the locomotory organ of
Tube feet is the locomotory organ of
Options
- Astarfish
- Bjelly fish
- Csilver fish
- DScoliodon
Correct answer
A. starfish
Step-by-step solution
Tube feet are extensible tubular processes bearing suckers and present in rows on the under-surface of echinoderms. Tube feet are connected internally with water vascular system. Each tube foot has an ampulla, a podium and a sucker. Tube feet are sensory structures that take part in adhesion, locomotion, respiration and food capturing. They are locomotory organs of echinoderms like starfish. Jelly fish is a member of phylum-Coelenterata. Scoliodon is a fish and silver fish is an arthropod.