NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyAnimal KingdomPractice
Ascaris is characterized by
Options
- AAbsence of true coelom but presence of metamerism
- BPresence of neither true coelom nor metamerism
- CPresence of true coelom and metamerism
- DPresence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism
Correct answer
B. Presence of neither true coelom nor metamerism
Step-by-step solution
Body of Ascaris is elongate, cylindrical gradually tapering at both ends. There is no metameric segmentation. In Ascaris, between the body wall and visceral organs is a spacious fluid-filled cavity. They belong to phylum Aschelminthes that have pseudocoelom as there body cavity. Segmentation, also called metamerism, or metameric segmentation, in zoology, the condition of being constructed of a linear series of repeating parts, each being a metamere (body segment, or somite) and each being formed in sequence in the