AP BIOLOGY

CLASSIFICATION

NINE COMMON ANIMAL PHYLA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An unsegmented, triploblastic animal with a head, muscular foot and visceral massare the characteristics of ____
A
nematodes
B
molluscs
C
echinoderms
D
chordates
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mollusca are the aquatic animals. They have the soft unsegmented body that covered with the hard calcareous shell. They are triploblastic, bilaterally symmetrical, coelomate.

Detailed explanation-2: -In phylum Mollusca, the animals have a soft, unsegmented body, with a hard, calcareous shell to protect the soft body. They have a muscular foot to help locomotion and act as a weapon in some cases. Example: Snail, slug, oyster, mussel, clam, squid and octopus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arthropods are animals having a segmented body with paired appendages or legs. Molluscs are animals having soft bodies usually covered in mucus. The arthropods have exoskeleton covers on their body. This is generally made of chitin.

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