NEET 2018
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2018
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Animal Kingdom
NEET 2018 · Botany · Animal Kingdom
Which of the following animals does not undergo metamorphosis?
Which of the following animals does not undergo metamorphosis?
Options
- AMoth
- BTunicate
- CEarthworm
- DStarfish
Correct answer
C. Earthworm
Step-by-step solution
All the given animals except earthworm undergo metamorphosis. Earthworm exhibits direct development where no larval stage is involved.
Metamorphosis is usually seen in animals exhibiting indirect development, involving a larval stage which Later transformed into an adult.
The larval form of moth is a caterpillar and that of tunicates is a tadpole.
In starfish, bipinnaria larva forms into adult.